Assessing the impacts of infrastructural road changes on air quality: A case study

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 529-536

  O'Donoghue, R T ^a   Broderick, B M ^a   Delaney, K ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air quality; Atmospheric pollution; Transport emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

MOTORWAY; TRANSPORT EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONGESTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MOTORWAY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CORK [COUNTY CORK]; COUNTY CORK; COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35248851933     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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