Human preference for countryside soundscapes

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-471

  Lam, Kin Che ^a   Brown, A L ^b   Marafa, Lawal ^a   Chau, Kwai Cheong ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; HONG-KONG; HUMAN EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SIMPLE METRICS; SOUND LEVEL; SOUNDSCAPES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 77952985131     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918299     Document Type: Article

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