A combined assessment of air and noise pollution on the High Line, New York City

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-103

  King, E A ^a   Bourdeau, E P ^a   Zheng, X Y K ^a   Pilla, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Particulate matter; Pedestrian exposure; Urban planning and design

Indexed keywords

NOISE POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION INDEX; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; PEDESTRIAN EXPOSURE; PLANNING AND DESIGN; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; WALKING THROUGH;

POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEDESTRIAN; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; WALKING;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949309732     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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