Influence of urban morphology on total noise pollution: Multifractal description

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Ariza Villaverde, Ana B ^a   Jiménez Hornero, Francisco J ^a   Gutiérrez De Ravé, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building height; Joint multifractal analysis; Street width; Total noise pollution; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; NOISE POLLUTION;

ANDALUSIA , SPAIN; BUILDING HEIGHT; LANDSCAPE METRICS; MULTI-FRACTAL SPECTRUM; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESEARCH STUDIES; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

URBAN PLANNING;

BUILDING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

ANDALUCIA; CORDOBA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

BUILDING HEIGHT; JOINT MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; STREET WIDTH; TOTAL NOISE POLLUTION; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; NOISE;

EID: 84888246594     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.091     Document Type: Article

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