Heavy duty vehicles: Impact on the environment and the path to green operation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-161

  Poulikakos, L D ^a   Heutschi, K ^a   Soltic, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heavy duty vehicles; Noise; Policy; Pollutant emissions; User pays principle; Weight in motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORCYCLE; NOISE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

EID: 84880301566     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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