Characteristics of and human preference for the countryside soundscapes of Hong Kong

Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA - 35th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2006

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 3613-3621

  Lam, Kin Che ^a   Keung, Man Yin ^a   Chau, Kwai Cheong ^a   Marafa, Lawal M ^a   Chan, Pak Kin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONG-KONG; SOUNDSCAPES; URBAN AREAS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; EXHIBITIONS; URBAN PLANNING;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84867946164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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