Soundscape quality in urban open spaces

Turkish Acoustical Society - 36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2007 ISTANBUL

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3028-3034

  Nilsson, Mats E ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY PARKS; CONTROL MEASURES; EFFECT OF NOISE; GUIDELINE VALUES; QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES; ROAD-TRAFFIC NOISE; RULE OF THUMB; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SOUNDSCAPES; STOCKHOLM; URBAN OUTDOOR;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTICS; EXHIBITIONS; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84873970800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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