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LIFE+2008 HUSH project results: a new methodology and a new platform for implementing an integrated and harmonized noise Action Plan and proposals for updating Italian legislation and Environmental Noise Directive

  • Francesco Borchi , Monica Carfagni , Lapo Governi , Salvatore Curcuruto , Rosalba Silvaggio , Raffaella Bellomini , Sergio Luzzi , Gaetano Licitra , Diego Palazzuoli and Arnaldo Melloni
From the journal Noise Mapping

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Received: 2015-11-18
Accepted: 2016-4-12
Published Online: 2016-5-16

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