Guidelines for optimizing road traffic noise shielding by non-deep tree belts

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 276-286

  Van Renterghem, Timothy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Noise pollution; Road traffic noise; Tree belts

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; NOISE ABATEMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SHIELDING;

BIOMASS DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FULL WAVES; INPUT DATAS; LARGE DATASET; NOISE REDUCING; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOFT SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NOISE POLLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOFT SOIL; SOUND SCATTERING; THINNING; TREE PLANTING; TREELINE;

ACOUSTICS; FORESTRY; NOISE CONTROL; ROADS;

EID: 84902317616     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.04.029     Document Type: Article

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