Effects of urban morphology on the traffic noise distribution through noise mapping: A comparative study between UK and China

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 556-568

  Wang, Bo ^a   Kang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Noise mapping; Spatial noise distribution; Traffic noise; UK; Urban density; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

CHINA; NOISE MAPPING; SPATIAL NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISE; UK; URBAN DENSITY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; MAPPING; MORPHOLOGY; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 79954633427     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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