Mapping urban air pollution using gis: A regression-based approach

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 699-718

  Briggs, David J ^a   Collins, Susan ^b   Elliott, Paul ^c   Fischer, Paul ^e   Kingham, Simon ^d   Lebret, Erik ^e   Pryl, Karel ^f   Van Reeuwijk, Hans ^e   Smallbone, Kirsty ^g   Van Der Veen, Andre ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GIS; MAPPING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PLANNING METHOD; REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

CZECH REPUBLIC, PRAGUE; NETHERLANDS, AMSTERDAM; UK, ENGLAND, WEST YORKSHIRE, HUDDERSFIELD;

EID: 0031413542     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136588197242158     Document Type: Article

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