Dynamics of traffic noise in a tropical city Varanasi and its abatement through vegetation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Pathak, Vinita ^a   Tripathi, Brahma D ^a   Mishra, Virendra Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Noise Climate (NC); Noise pollution level; Noise reduction; Vegetation belt

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

NOISE CLIMATE (NC); NOISE POLLUTION LEVEL; NOISE REDUCTION; VEGETATION BELT;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NOISE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBAN TRANSPORT; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CESTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIBISCUS; INDIA; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MURRAYA; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PLANT HEIGHT; TRAFFIC NOISE; VEGETATION;

INDIA; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PLANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

CESTRUM NOCTURNUM; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; MURRAYA;

EID: 53849087538     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0060-1     Document Type: Article

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