Pollution attenuation by roadside greenbelt in and around urban areas

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 460-464

  Islam, Md Nazrul ^a,b   Rahman, Khandkar Siddikur ^b   Bahar, Md Mezbaul ^c   Habib, Md Ahsan ^d   Ando, Keisuke ^a   Hattori, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Noise level; Tree belts; TSP removal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GREENBELT; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POROSITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 84868195672     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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