Environmental nuisances from industrial activities in residential areas of Arab municipalities in Israel

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 353-362

  Sofer, Michael ^a   Potchter, Oded ^b,c   Gnaim, Noaman ^a   Gnaim, Jallal M ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Bet Berl Academic College   (Israel)

^d Triangle Regional R and D Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab municipalities; Environmental nuisances; Industrial activities; Israel; Residential areas

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84866482128     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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