The bird community in urban areas indicates the species-specific adaptability to conditions such as increase man-made habitats. Urban adapters and exploiters, two groups that make up most of birds, were assessed determine their suitable habitat explain distribution, well environmental predictors for assemblages Depok, one Jakarta’s satellite cities. We used point-count method survey birds three...

Particulate matter (PM) is the most dangerous type of air pollutant and harmful to human health. Plants can be used as a biofilter remove PM from atmosphere improve quality. In this study, we pollution tolerance index four leaf traits five different plant species commonly in landscaping Korea determine which plants are best suited roadside areas spring, summer, autumn. We found that concentrati...

Collisions with dangerous roadside obstacles and rollovers are responsible for many injuries and deaths in highways worldwide. International crash data indicate that roadside characteristics contribute to more than half of all run-off-road injury crashes (RORIC) involving serious injury or death. Furthermore, roadside geometric characteristics are believed to be the leading cause of rollover in...

Motorcycle crashes with roadside objects often involve more than one impact event: typically involving a collision with the ground and another object. The objective of this study was to determine the fatality risk in these roadside object collisions when compared with crashes only involving a collision with the ground. The roadside objects analyzed included guardrails, concrete barriers, signs,...

Transportation activities can contribute to accumulation of heavy metals in roadside soil and grass, which could potentially compromise public health and the environment if the roadways cross farmland areas. Particularly, heavy metals may enter the food chain as a result of their uptake by roadside edible grasses. This research was conducted to investigate heavy metal (Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) conce...

Pollution by magnetic particles is a rising environmental issue with possible adverse health effects such as the Alzheimer's disease. Magnetic in urban dust originate from traffic-related activities, industrial products and detrital minerals, yet distribution of cities poorly known. Here, we measured properties surface roadside topsoils low-frequency susceptibility (χLF), saturation isothermal ...

Information on airborne microplastics (AMPs) in Thailand is still not available. This study monitored and identified AMPs Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), Thailand. A high-volume air sampler was used to collect at five different locations BMR. These are university, roadside, urban park, dumpsite, industrial estate. The results showed that concentration averaged 333.42 ± 142.99 per cubic meter...

Understanding local-scale transport and dispersion of pollutants emitted from traffic sources is important for urban planning and air quality assessments. Predicting pollutant concentration patterns in complex environments depends on accurate representations of local features (e.g., noise barriers, trees, buildings) affecting near-field air flows. This study examined the effects of roadside bar...