Attractive "quiet" courtyards: A potential modifier of urban residents' responses to road traffic noise?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3359-3375

  Gidlöf Gunnarsson, Anita ^a   Öhrström, Evy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

"Quiet" Courtyard; "Quiet" Side; Annoyance; Perceived soundscape; Restorative environments; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE REDUCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78649626138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7093359     Document Type: Article

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