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Road traffic noise geography during the night in Montreal: An environmental equity assessment
Author(s) -
Carrier Mathieu,
Apparicio Philippe,
Séguin AnneMarie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12281
Subject(s) - road traffic , geography , traffic noise , noise (video) , population , transport engineering , environmental science , demography , engineering , computer science , noise reduction , sociology , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Key Messages Areas with more low‐income individuals and visible minorities are more likely to be characterized by higher levels of road traffic noise during the night. 5% of the population of the study area live in a city block characterized by a mean value of road traffic noise that exceeds 55 dB(A). Areas with the highest road traffic noise values are located along the major highways of the study area.