Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@JournalArticle {1939, title = {Environmental Quality Health Index for Cities}, journal = {Habitat International}, volume = {45}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-01-05 00:00:00}, pages = {29{\textendash}35}, publisher = {Elsevier}, abstract = {This paper presents an urban environmental quality health index based on noise levels and air pollutant concentrations. The proposed model makes use of multi-criteria techniques for combining, aggregating and standardising noise levels and pollutant concentration data. The dose-effect relationships in relation to the impact of noise and air pollution exposure on human health are comprised in the weighting and standardisation process. This allows the assessment of combined noise and air pollution risk within human health context.
}, keywords = {Dose-effect., Environmental index, Risk of health effect, Urban air pollution, Urban Noise}, issn = {0197-3975}, doi = {10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.020}, author = {Silva, L. T.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 24 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt