Silent surfaces : an experience in Portugal

It is acknowledged that traffic noise affects human behaviour and health. Measures aiming at mitigating the impact of traffic noise are not always viable in urban areas. In Portugal, road designers have recently started to consider silent surfaces as alternative within their road pavement projects....

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Main Author: Freitas, Elisabete F. (author)
Other Authors: Pereira, Paulo A. A. (author), Paulo, Joel (author), Coelho, J. L. Bento (author), Anfosso-Lédée, F. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/17351
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/17351