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P. Klungboonkrong & M.A.P. Taylor

Abstract

Road traffic is a major contributor of amenity and environmental degradation in urban areas. Such degradation including both qualitative and quantitative aspects varies, ranging from direct health hazards to annoyance effects. The measurement and assessment of degradation are difficult and complex. A decision support tool has been developed to evaluate the multicriteria environmental sensitivity of urban road networks. It is an integration of management science and knowledge-based expert system (KBES) technology. This paper discusses the theoretical foundations and an application to an Australian case study. The findings from the case study matched the likely environmental sensitivity (ES) effects indicating by using other methods. Th

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