Noise levels associated with urban land use

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1017-1030

  King, Gavin ^a   Roland Mieszkowski, Marek ^b   Jason, Timothy ^a   Rainham, Daniel G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Digital Recordings Advanced Research and Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Land use; Noise; Public health; Sound level meter; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY PLANNING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN POPULATION;

CITY PLANNING; HOUSING; HUMANS; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; NOVA SCOTIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878509334     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9721-7     Document Type: Article

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