Assessing the relationship between objective and subjective indicators of residential exposure to road traffic noise in the context of environmental justice

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1398-1421

  Riedel, Natalie ^a   Scheiner, Joachim ^a   Müller, Grit ^b   Köckler, Heike ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

environmental justice; noise annoyance; residential exposure to road traffic noise; validity of indicators

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84902862057     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.808610     Document Type: Article

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