Pedestrians' perception of environmental stimuli through field surveys: Focus on particulate pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2493-2502

  Nikolopoulou, Marialena ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^b   Linden, P F ^b   Lykoudis, Spyros ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air quality; Noise; Perception; Thermal environment; Urban design

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; NOISE; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; PERCEIVED AIR QUALITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION SITE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN DESIGN;

SURVEYS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIELD SURVEY; MICROCLIMATE; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEDESTRIAN; PERCEPTION; SMOKING; URBAN DESIGN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROCLIMATE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEDESTRIAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; AIR POLLUTANT; PUBLIC OPINION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79960961209     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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