Green space, soundscape and urban sustainability: An interdisciplinary, empirical study

Local Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-172

  Irvine, Katherine N ^a   Devine Wright, Patrick ^b   Payne, Sarah R ^b   Fuller, Richard A ^c   Painter, Birgit ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Noise; Soundscape; Sustainability; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENSPACE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 58549091112     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830802522061     Document Type: Article

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