COVID-19 Salgınının Küresel Boyutta Çevresel Etkilerinin Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

COVID-19 salgını döneminde, dünya genelinde virüsün yayılmasını kontrol altına almak için alınan önlemler; sosyal, ekonomik ve ticari faaliyetlerin yavaşlamasına neden olmuştur. Bu durum kaçınılmaz olarak çevre bileşenlerini de doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak etkilemiştir. COVID-19 kısıtlamalarının uygulanmasıyla, dünyanın farklı şehirlerinde hava kalitesinin önemli ölçüde iyileştiği, sera gazı emisyonunun düştüğü, su kirliliği ve gürültü seviyesinin azaldığı, yüzey ve yer altı su kalitesinin iyileştiği ve trafik yoğunluğunun azaldığı gözlemlenmiştir. Fakat çevre üzerindeki bu olumlu etkilerine rağmen, yeni koronavirüs salgınında düşük iç hava kalitesi, tek kullanımlık plastiklerin kullanımlarının artması, maske ve eldiven gibi medikal atık miktarlarının artması, geri dönüşüm atık miktarının azalması gibi olumsuz etkilerin de ortaya çıkmasına neden olmuştur. Bu çalışmayla, salgın döneminden itibaren COVID-19'un çevresel faktörler ve üzerindeki etkilerine ilişkin çalışmaları içeren mevcut bilimsel literatürler gözden geçirilerek, COVID-19 salgınının olumlu ve olumsuz çevresel etkilerini sebepleriyle birlikte ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• Salgın
• Hava
• Atık
• Su
• Gürültü

Assessment of the Global Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic period, measures taken to control the spread of the virus worldwide; caused a decrease in social, economic and commercial activities. This situation inevitably affected the environmental components directly or indirectly. With the implementation of COVID-19 restrictions, it has been observed that air quality has improved significantly, greenhouse gas emissions have decreased, water pollution and noise levels have slowdown, surface and ground water quality has enhanced and traffic density has reduced in different cities of the world. However, despite these positive effects on the environment, the new corona virus epidemic also caused negative effects such as low indoor air quality, increased use of disposable plastics and medical waste such as masks and gloves, and decreased amount of recycling waste. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the positive and negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on environment by reviewing the scientific literatures.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• Pandemic
• Air
• Waste
• Water
• Noise

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