Reducing pedestrian exposure to environmental pollutants: A combined noise exposure and air quality analysis approach

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 309-316

  King, E A ^a   Murphy, E ^b   McNabola, A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dublin; Noise pollution; Pedestrian exposure; Urban planning and design

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

ANALYSIS APPROACH; COMBINED ANALYSIS; COMBINED NOISE; DUBLIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PEDESTRIAN EXPOSURE; PLANNING AND DESIGN; POLLUTANT EXPOSURES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NOISE POLLUTION; PEDESTRIAN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIAL IMPACT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349142344     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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