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Study of traffic noise in urban street canyons of Bengaluru city [1]

In urban street canyons, external noise environment is a critical restriction to the opening of building windows for natural ventilation. The high external noise intensities are often used to substantiate the utilization of air conditioning systems in residential and commercial buildings. Therefore, a systematic method of examining the noise levels in urban street canyons is essential if the potential for natural ventilation is to be estimated.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
25/03/2016
Halesh Koti [3], G. Ranganath [4], H. N. Rajakumara [5]
Current Science [6]
110
6
1072-1078
Tags:
Congestion [7], Noise Pollution [8], Bangalore (T) [9], Urban Roads [10], Karnataka [11]
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[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/06/1072.pdf
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/g-ranganath
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/h-n-rajakumara
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/noise-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangalore-t
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-roads
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka