From street canyon microclimate to indoor environmental quality in naturally ventilated urban buildings: Issues and possibilities for improvement

ZT Ai, CM Mak - Building and environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Many buildings in urban areas are more or less naturally ventilated. A good understanding
of the current status and issues of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in naturally ventilated …

[HTML][HTML] El ruido vehicular urbano: problemática agobiante de los países en vías de desarrollo

A Ramírez González… - Revista de la Academia …, 2011 - scielo.org.co
El ruido vehicular se ha constituido en una problemática ambiental creciente que se
expresa mayormente en las ciudades modernas y al cual se le ha prestado poca atención …

Development of an adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system based vehicular traffic noise prediction model

D Singh, R Upadhyay, HS Pannu, D Leray - Journal of Ambient …, 2021 - Springer
Noise pollution has been a global concern among the scientific community as it can cause
long term and short-term adverse effects on human health. Vehicular traffic is one of the …

Noise levels associated with urban land use

G King, M Roland-Mieszkowski, T Jason… - Journal of Urban …, 2012 - Springer
Recent trends towards the intensification of urban development to increase urban densities
and avoid sprawl should be accompanied by research into the potential for related health …

Street categorization for the estimation of day levels using short-term measurements

J Romeu, M Genescà, T Pàmies, S Jiménez - Applied acoustics, 2011 - Elsevier
Day time noise level computation by traffic noise model requires realistic traffic data that is
hardly ever available for every single street, therefore direct noise levels measurements may …

Experimental investigation on composites incorporating rice husk nanoparticles for environmental noise management

J Rendón, CHC Giraldo, KC Monyake, L Alagha… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental noise characteristics are determined by factors besides its source. One such
factor is reverberation time, which in city canyons tends to be high due to the reflective …

Road traffic noise, annoyance and community health survey-a case study for an Indian city

S Agarwal, BL Swami - Noise and health, 2011 - journals.lww.com
The present study is aimed to investigate the impact of noise pollution on
residents/community residing near roadside. The degree of annoyance was assessed by …

Variability in road traffic noise levels

J Alberola, IH Flindell, AJ Bullmore - Applied Acoustics, 2005 - Elsevier
Environmental noise levels can vary over a wide range as a result of the diversity of site
conditions and activities occurring during field measurements. This variability, extremely …

Measurement network for urban noise assessment: Comparison of mobile measurements and spatial interpolation approaches

A Can, L Dekoninck, D Botteldooren - Applied acoustics, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the relevance of different interpolation techniques to improve the
spatial resolution of urban noise maps, in complement to measurements achieved at fixed …

Determination of roadside noise reduction effectiveness of Pinus sylvestris L. and Populus nigra L. in Erzurum, Turkey

S Ozer, MA Irmak, H Yilmaz - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2008 - Springer
This study was carried out to determine the noise-reduction effectiveness of the Pinus
sylvestris L. and Populus nigra L. trees along the E-80 State highway in Erzurum—Turkey …