A full-scale intervention example of the "quiet side- concept" in a residential area exposed to road traffic noise: Effects on the perceived sound environment and general noise annoyance

39th International Congress on Noise Control Engineering 2010, INTER-NOISE 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2468-2477

  Gidlof Gunnarsson A ^a   Ohrstrom E ^a   Kihlman, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health effects; Intervention; Quiet side; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SITES; FREE FIELDS; HEALTH EFFECTS; INTERVENTION; LOWER NOISE; NOISE ANNOYANCE; NOISE BARRIERS; NOISE LEVELS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; QUIET SIDE; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND ENVIRONMENT; SOUND LEVEL;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84868671590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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