Ambient sound assessment of urban environments: Field studies in two French cities

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1241-1256

  Raimbault, Manon ^a   Lavandier, Catherine ^b   Bérengier, Michel ^c  

^a CERMA UMR CNRS 1563   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c Section Imagerie et Géolocalisation   (France)

Author keywords

Ambient sound environment; Psycho acoustics; Sound perception; Soundscapes

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; NOISE POLLUTION;

SOUND ASSESSMENT;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 0141864659     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(03)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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