Towards some standardization in assessing soundscape preference

38th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2009, INTER-NOISE 2009

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 4023-4033

  Brown, A L ^a   Kang, Jian ^b   Gjestland, Truls ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COMFORT; DIVERSE FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; HOUSING DESIGN; HUMAN SOUNDS; IN-BUILDINGS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NOISE ANNOYANCE; OUTDOOR SPACE; PERCEPTUAL ASSESSMENT; RECREATION MANAGEMENT; SOUND QUALITY; SOUND SOURCE; SOUNDSCAPES; WORKING GROUPS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; EXHIBITIONS; NOISE POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84869988584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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