The contribution of sound source characteristics in the assessment of urban soundscapes

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 912-921

  Lavandier, Catherine ^a   Defréville, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b LASA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARKETING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

OBJECTIVE PARAMETERS; ZWICKER'S LOUDNESS;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 33845956929     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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