Factors influencing the sound preference in urban open spaces

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 622-633

  Yu, Lei ^a   Kang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sound; Sound preference; Urban open space

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LABORATORY STUDIES; LARGE SCALE SURVEYS; OPEN SPACE; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; SITE PREFERENCES; SOUND ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY SITES; TIME OF DAY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77950593401     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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