Roadside vegetation design characteristics that can improve local, near-road air quality

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 354-361

  Baldauf, Richard ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Highway landscape design; Particulate matter; Traffic; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; HIGHWAY LANDSCAPES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES; TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS;

ROADSIDES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LANDSCAPE; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN DESIGN; VEGETATION;

EID: 85016001818     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2017.03.013     Document Type: Article

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