Developing the interaction matrix technique as a tool assessing the impact of traffic on air quality

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-522

  Mavroulidou, Maria ^a   Hughes, Susan J ^a   Hellawell, Emma E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; GIS; Interaction matrix; Vulnerability maps

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS APPROACH; CASE-STUDIES; INTERACTION MATRICES; MATRIX TECHNIQUE; MATRIX TYPES; SPATIAL DATASETS; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN TRAFFIC; VULNERABILITY MAPS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; DATA SET; GIS; MAP; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34447253116     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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