A cross-cultural study of the soundscape in urban open public spaces

Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2703-2710

  Yang, Wei ^a   Kang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORPHOLOGY; NOISE POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING;

MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES STUDY; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS; SOUNDSCAPE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 2342418431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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