Aesthetic and affective effects of vocal and traffic noise on natural landscape assessment

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-111

  Benfield, Jacob A ^a   Bell, Paul A ^a   Troup, Lucy J ^a   Soderstrom, Nicholas C ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Noise; Overflight; Park; Scenic evaluation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 76549119076     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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