Comparative studies and impact analysis of environmental noise modeling from Malaysian industrial projects

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 666-675

  Ismail, A R ^a   Mansor, M R A ^a   Nor, M J M ^a   Nuawi, M Z ^a   Zulkifli, R ^a   Rahman, M N Ab ^a   Sopian, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Legislation; Modeling; Noise

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LEGISLATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; NOISE POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; MELAKA; PERAK; SELANGOR; SEMENYIH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 53549094973     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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