Perception of urban park soundscape

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2762-2771

  Tse, Man Sze ^a   Chau, Chi Kwan ^a   Choy, Yat Sze ^a   Tsui, Wai Keung ^a   Chan, Chak Ngai ^a   Tang, Shiu Keung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SATISFACTION; SOUND; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84863110345     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3693644     Document Type: Article

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