The acoustic and visual factors influencing the construction of tranquil space in urban and rural environments tranquil spaces-quiet places?

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1446-1457

  Pheasant, Robert ^a   Horoshenkov, Kirill ^a   Watts, Greg ^a   Barrett, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC AND VISUAL FACTORS; TRANQUIL SPACE; URBAN LANDSCAPES;

URBAN PLANNING;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LANDSCAPE; LOUDNESS; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE; SPACE; TRANQUILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VISION;

ACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NOISE; PRESSURE; SOCIAL PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 40749090705     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2831735     Document Type: Article

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