Towards standardization in soundscape preference assessment

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 387-392

  Brown, A L ^a   Kang, Jian ^b   Gjestland, Truls ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Sound; Sound preference; Soundscape; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COMFORT; DIVERSE FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; HOUSING DESIGN; HUMAN SOUNDS; IN-BUILDINGS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NOISE ANNOYANCE; OUTDOOR SPACE; PERCEPTUAL ASSESSMENT; RECREATION MANAGEMENT; SOUND; SOUND PREFERENCE; SOUND QUALITY; SOUND SOURCE; SOUNDSCAPES; WORKING GROUPS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; NOISE POLLUTION; PLANNING; RATING; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 79951725636     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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