Large gaps in monitoring urban air pollution in low- and middle- income countries associated with economic conditions and political institutions

Maja Schoch; Camille Fournier De Lauriere; Thomas Bernauer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321358

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Large gaps in monitoring urban air pollution in low- and middle- income countries associated with economic conditions and political institutions

Maja Schoch ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Maja Schoch, Camille Fournier De Lauriere

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP), ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig, Zurich, Switzerland
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Camille Fournier De Lauriere ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Maja Schoch, Camille Fournier De Lauriere

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP), ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig, Zurich, Switzerland
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Thomas Bernauer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: thbe0520@ethz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP), ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig, Zurich, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3775-6245

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Large gaps in monitoring urban air pollution in low- and middle- income countries associated with economic conditions and political institutions

Maja Schoch,
Camille Fournier De Lauriere,
Thomas Bernauer

Published: January 13, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321358

About the Authors

Maja Schoch

Contributed equally to this work with: Maja Schoch, Camille Fournier De Lauriere

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP), ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig, Zurich, Switzerland

Camille Fournier De Lauriere

Contributed equally to this work with: Maja Schoch, Camille Fournier De Lauriere

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP), ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig, Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Bernauer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: thbe0520@ethz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP), ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig, Zurich, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3775-6245

Competing Interests

No author has competing interests.

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