The influence of courtyard quality on annoyance and well-being in noise-exposed urban residential areas

International Congress on Noise Control Engineering 2005, INTERNOISE 2005

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 3090-3098

  Gunnarsson, Anita Gidlöf ^a   Öhrström, Evy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOUR-GROUP; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HIGH QUALITY; MODERATING FACTORS; NOISE ANNOYANCE; NOISE EXPOSURE; OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENT; SOUND LEVEL;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; HEALTH; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84873858423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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