Cost-benefit analyses of tree belts for noise reduction - Including aesthetic and amenity values

42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 4669-4678

  Klæboe, Ronny ^a   Veisten, Knut ^a   Mosslemi, Marjan ^a   Van Renterghem, Timothy ^b   Van Maercke, Dirk ^c   Leissing, Thomas ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Centre Scientifique et Technique Du Bâtiment ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Holistic design

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; COST ESTIMATING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NOISE ABATEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMENITY VALUES; BENEFIT COST RATIOS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; HOLISTIC DESIGN; LITERATURE SURVEY; NOISE REDUCTION EFFECT; ROAD TRAFFIC;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; NOISE;

EID: 84904510672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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