Influence of urban vegetation on air pollution and noise exposure – A case study in Gothenburg, Sweden

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 599-600, Issue , 2017, Pages 1728-1739

  Klingberg, Jenny ^a   Broberg, Malin ^a   Strandberg, Bo ^a   Thorsson, Pontus ^b   Pleijel, Håkan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; PAH; Park effect

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOISE POLLUTION; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYRENE; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; BENZO(A)PYRENE; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AIR QUALITY; URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

URBAN GROWTH;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GREENSPACE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NOISE POLLUTION; OZONE; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; LEAF AREA; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATIONAL PARK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

GOTEBORG; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 85019376295     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.051     Document Type: Article

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