Relationship between green space-related morphology and noise pollution

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 921-933

  Margaritis, Efstathios ^a   Kang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; GIS; Green spaces; Noise pollution; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POLLUTION;

GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; GREEN SPACES; LOCAL SCALE; LOWER NOISE; NOISE BANDS; STRONG CORRELATION; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

NOISE POLLUTION;

AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; GREENSPACE; INDEX METHOD; LAND COVER; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84990849830     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.09.032     Document Type: Article

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