Priorization of acoustic variables: Environmental decision support for the physical characterization of urban sound environments

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1477-1489

  Torija, Antonio J ^a   Genaro, N ^a   Ruiz, Diego P ^a   Ramos Ridao, A ^a   Zamorano, M ^a   Requena, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental decision support; Environmental urban noise; Noise variability; Urban agglomerations; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; HIGH QUALITY; NOISE VARIABILITY; OPTIMAL SELECTION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PRIORIZATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOUND ENVIRONMENT; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND PRESSURES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS; URBAN NOISE; URBAN SPACES;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; AGGLOMERATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ULTRASONICS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

URBAN PLANNING;

ACOUSTICS; AMBIENT NOISE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MODELING; PRIORITIZATION; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 75949098238     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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