Addressing congestion and transport-related air pollution in Saharanpur, India

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-154

  Fazal, Shahab ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Congestion; Transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645556442     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247806063970     Document Type: Article

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