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Noise exposure of the residential areas close to urban expressways in a high-rise mountainous city

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  • Heng Li

    (Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, 47913Chongqing University, China)

  • Hui Xie

    (Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning; Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, 47913Chongqing University, China)

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Urban expressways can generate excessive noise in the surrounding urban areas, and it tends to be more complex in mountainous cities, due to the undulating terrain, dense population and compact urban structures. This article aims to investigate the objective acoustic environment and road traffic noise exposure, including the noisy evaluation, annoyance and effect of roadside apartments in residential areas close to urban expressways in the high-density, high-rise, mountainous city of Chongqing. Three housing estates were selected for a series of field measurements, questionnaire surveys and noise mapping. There was a significant negative correlation between night-time noise levels and the distances to the urban expressway ( p 

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  • Heng Li & Hui Xie, 2021. "Noise exposure of the residential areas close to urban expressways in a high-rise mountainous city," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 48(6), pages 1414-1429, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:48:y:2021:i:6:p:1414-1429
    DOI: 10.1177/23998083211015249
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