Analysing and mapping spatial and temporal dynamics of urban traffic noise pollution: A case study in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 65-72

  Doygun, Hakan ^a   Kuşat Gurun, Derya ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kahramanmara ; Noise map; Noise pollution; Traffic noise; Urban traffic

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MAPPING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

NOISE MAP; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN TRAFFIC;

NOISE POLLUTION;

MAPPING; NOISE POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE STANDARD; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TIME; TRAFFIC NOISE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CITIES; GEOGRAPHY; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; KAHRAMANMARAS; TURKEY;

EID: 44949101375     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9908-7     Document Type: Article

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