Landscape effects on soundscape experience in city parks

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-481

  Liu, Jiang ^a,b,c   Kang, Jian ^c,d   Luo, Tao ^a   Behm, Holger ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

City park; Functional landscape; Soundscape experience; Visual landscape

Indexed keywords

CITY PARKS; CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; MANAGEMENT PROCESS; SOUNDSCAPES; VISUAL LANDSCAPE;

POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PARK DESIGN; PERCEPTION; SOUND PROPAGATION; URBAN PLANNING; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUNDSCAPE;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 84876334079     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.038     Document Type: Article

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