Cyclists’ exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise in central city neighbourhoods of Montreal

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 63-69

  Apparicio, Philippe ^a   Carrier, Mathieu ^a   Gelb, Jérémy ^a   Séguin, Anne Marie ^a   Kingham, Simon ^b  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cycling; GIS; Montreal; Noise; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CYCLE TRANSPORT; GIS; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; ROAD TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84991758916     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.09.014     Document Type: Article

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