Procurement of sustainable noise-reducing devices: State-of-the-art review from EU project QUIESST

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-329

  Oltean Dumbrava, Crina ^a   Watts, Greg ^a   Miah, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Noise barriers; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; DESIGN GUIDE; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS; NOISE BARRIERS; OPTIMAL CONSIDERATIONS; POLICY MAKERS; PROCUREMENT AGENCY; PROCUREMENT PROCESS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SOCIAL FACTOR; STATE OF THE ART; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; SURFACE TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; WORK PACKAGES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; DESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RAILINGS; RESEARCH;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873325552     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000106     Document Type: Article

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