Distance-based assessment of open country Quiet Areas in Greece

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-288

  Votsi, Nefta Eleftheria P ^a   Drakou, Evangelia G ^a,c   Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distance based criteria; Environmental noise directive; Protected areas; Quietness; Soundscape

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; NOISE POLLUTION;

DISTANCE-BASED; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; PROTECTED AREAS; QUIETNESS; SOUNDSCAPES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NOISE; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

GREECE;

EID: 83955163606     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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