Potential problems with environmental sound barriers when used in mitigating surface transportation noise

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Arenas, Jorge P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Mitigation measures; Noise; Noise impact; Sound barriers

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ROADS AND STREETS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDS; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION MEASURES; NOISE; NOISE IMPACT; NOISE IMPACTS; P OTENTIAL PROBLEMS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; ROAD USERS; SOUND BARRIERS; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES; VISUAL IMPACTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION; NOISE; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NOISE POLLUTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SLEEP; SUNLIGHT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

CITY PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 52949151494     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.049     Document Type: Article

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