Aesthetic, affective, and cognitive effects of noise on natural landscape assessment

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-242

  Mace, Britton L ^a   Bell, Paul A ^a   Loomis, Ross J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape assessment; Natural environments; Noise; Outdoor recreation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; WILDERNESS AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033025306     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089419299279713     Document Type: Article

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