Impact assessment of motorway traffic noise using visualized noise mapping technique

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-33

  Pamanikabud, Pichai ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cross section; Motorway; Motorway noise model; Noise impact; Noise prediction; Plan view; Traffic noise; Traffic noise on building; Visualized noise mapping

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MAPPING METHOD; MOTORWAY; NOISE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHONBURI; EURASIA; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 59649109204     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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