Assessment of the relationships between air quality and socio-economic factors in Sheffield, UK using GIS

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 9 B, 2010, Pages 2040-2046

  Xie, Hui ^a   Hou, Shujing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; Environmental inequalities; GIS; Sheffield; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GIS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ENGLAND; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649863958     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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