Evaluation of Anticipated Performance Index of some tree species for green belt development to mitigate traffic generated noise

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Pathak, Vinita ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a   Mishra, V K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Noise reduction; Peri urban green space; Pollution; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; GREENBELT; NOISE POLLUTION; PERIURBAN AREA; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN REGION;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

FICUS INFECTORIA; FICUS RELIGIOSA; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 79851515663     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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