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Volume 1, Issue 3
1 December 1992
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Research Article| December 01 1992

Road Transport and the Environment – A Brief Overview

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6100
Print ISSN: 0965-3562
© MCB UP Limited
1992
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal (1992) 1 (3)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002458

Discusses the effects of road transport on the environment and details the social effects, disbenefits and perceived nuisance of road transport. Examines methods of alleviating the effects of road transport on the environment such as emission reduction.

Keywords: Acid rain, Environment, Noise, Pollution, Road transport, Water industry
© MCB UP Limited
1992
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