On the definitions of quiet façades and quiet urban areas

Proceedings - European Conference on Noise Control

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1365-1372

  Van Den Berg, Frits ^a   Schoonebeek, Carlo ^b   Hillebregt, Menno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Environmental and Building Department   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INDICATORS; ACTION PLAN; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; INTERNATIONAL TEAM; LOW LEVEL; NEIGHBOURHOOD; NOISE LIMIT; PERCEIVED QUALITY; QUALITY INDICATORS; SOUND LEVEL; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREAS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84866000315     PISSN: 22265147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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