Methods to improve traffic flow and noise exposure estimation on minor roads

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue , 2016, Pages 746-754

  Morley, David W ^a   Gulliver, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNOSSOS EU; Geospatial routing; Minor roads; Noise exposure; OpenStreetMap; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

GEO-SPATIAL; MINOR ROADS; NOISE EXPOSURE; OPENSTREETMAP; ROAD TRAFFIC;

TRANSPORTATION;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL MAP; GIS; NOISE; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROUTING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NOISE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE;

EID: 84977493113     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.042     Document Type: Article

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