Good sound environment in green areas modify road-traffic noise annoyance at home

8th European Conference on Noise Control 2009, EURONOISE 2009 - Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics

Volumn 31, Issue PART 3, 2009, Pages

  Gidlöf Gunnarsson, Anita ^a   Öhrström, Evy ^a   Ögren, Mikael ^b   Jerson, Tomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c WSP Environmental   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; GREEN AREAS; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NATURAL AREAS; NATURAL ELEMENTS; NOISE ANNOYANCE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; RESTORATION PROCESS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND ENVIRONMENT; SOUND EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; HOUSES; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84864704893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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