Advancing the concepts of soundscapes and soundscape planning

Australian Acoustical SocietyConference 2011, Acoustics 2011: Breaking New Ground

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 298-305

  Brown, A L ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; SCOPE OF APPLICATION; SOUNDSCAPES; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84871269965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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