The Influence of Green Infrastructure on the Acoustic Environment

We present a revision of the QSI model from a fuzzy overlay of binary buffers to a reclassified weighted sum of gradient buffers to gain a more nuanced insight into human impact burdens on the acoustic environment. 1) END major road, rail, and airport locations 2) urban morphological zones (UMZ), 3) E-PRTR industrial locations, and 4) Corine Land Cover and Land Use including urban, industrial, mined or construction areas. Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Sample locations, NSG and GBT points, biotope complex polygons, land use polygons.