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Parking facilities in urban areas: air and noise impacts

Parking facilities in urban areas: air and noise impacts
Parking facilities in urban areas: air and noise impacts
Parking problems in major urban centers are typically an accumulation of the effects of several factors, including short-sighted urban planning regulations, pricing distortions, ineffective enforcement, and vague transport and parking policies. This paper evaluates the environmental impacts at a typical proposed parking facility in the greater Beirut area, where parking deficiencies have increased significantly in recent years due to development and reconstruction efforts. The assessment focuses on vehicle-induced pollutant and noise emission impacts, which are evaluated along with possible mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate potential adverse impacts. The assessment showed that the greatest potential impacts would occur during the construction phase. Increased parking capacity proved to have a more adverse effect on air quality than on noise levels. Although air quality and noise levels were not significantly affected with respect to projected baseline levels and under normal operating conditions, mitigation measures are still needed because of the urban nature of the area
0733-9488
16-33
El-Fadel, M.
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Sbayti, H.
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El-Fadel, M.
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Sbayti, H.
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El-Fadel, M. and Sbayti, H. (2001) Parking facilities in urban areas: air and noise impacts. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 127 (1), 16-33. (doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2001)127:1(16)).

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Parking problems in major urban centers are typically an accumulation of the effects of several factors, including short-sighted urban planning regulations, pricing distortions, ineffective enforcement, and vague transport and parking policies. This paper evaluates the environmental impacts at a typical proposed parking facility in the greater Beirut area, where parking deficiencies have increased significantly in recent years due to development and reconstruction efforts. The assessment focuses on vehicle-induced pollutant and noise emission impacts, which are evaluated along with possible mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate potential adverse impacts. The assessment showed that the greatest potential impacts would occur during the construction phase. Increased parking capacity proved to have a more adverse effect on air quality than on noise levels. Although air quality and noise levels were not significantly affected with respect to projected baseline levels and under normal operating conditions, mitigation measures are still needed because of the urban nature of the area

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Published date: March 2001

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Local EPrints ID: 52927
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/52927
ISSN: 0733-9488
PURE UUID: 0dc1ffb0-ce8c-4eca-a12a-3d14273d7ee0

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Date deposited: 15 Jul 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 10:39

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Author: M. El-Fadel
Author: H. Sbayti

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