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Measurements of housing density along transmission lines
Author(s) -
Florig H. Keith,
Morgan M. Granger
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.2250090108
Subject(s) - electric power transmission , transmission (telecommunications) , physics , environmental science , materials science , engineering , electrical engineering
One of the fundamental inputs to models of population exposure to the power‐frequency fields of high‐voltage transmission lines is the density of population about the lines. We examined aerial photographs of over 1,700 km of transmission corridor to characterize the density of nearby housing units. The data show that the density of houses within 200 m of transmission lines (1) is typically smaller than the average density of houses in the local utility's service area, (2) tends to increase with distance from the line, and (3) is inversely correlated with line voltage.