Impact of local urban design and traffic restrictions on air quality in a medium-sized town

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2467-2477

  Acero, J A ^a   Simon, A ^a   Padro, A ^a   Coloma, O Santa ^a  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

dispersion modelling; PROKAS; traffic emissions; urban dispersion; WinMISKAM

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DISPERSION MODELLING; PROKAS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; URBAN DISPERSION; WINMISKAM;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; TOWN PLANNING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BUILDING; CAR; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; KERNEL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RECREATION; SPAIN; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

EID: 84869744222     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.672472     Document Type: Article

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