Research progress in micro-scale environmental monitoring, exposure and individual response in Chinese literature

With China’s remarkable progress in smart city and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), novel technologies have gradually permeated through research on micro-scale environmental exposure research. Consequently, the research has undergone a series of transitions and seen new progress. This article reviews and summarizes three transitions of micro-scale environmental monitoring, exposure, and individual response in Chinese literature:(1) the micro-scale transition in individual-level environment monitoring, including technologies such as mobile particulate monitors, portable physiological monitors, and virtual reality for micro-scale environmental monitoring; (2) the real-time transition towards individual environmental exposure measurement; (3) the individual response to environmental exposure. In this context, environmental exposure research intersects with many disciplines and contributes practical value in the fields of micro-spatial governance, healthy spatiotemporal behavior, and targeted pollution prevention.