Evaluating water sounds to improve the soundscape of urban areas affected by traffic noise

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 477-483

  You, Jin ^a   Lee, Pyoung Jik ^a   Jeon, Jin Yong ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; MASKING NOISE; PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUNDSCAPES; SPECTRAL ASPECTS; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DESIGNERS; URBAN SOUNDSCAPE; URBAN SPACES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTICS; NOISE POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 78650320497     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.3484183     Document Type: Article

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