Characterizing the soundscape of tranquil urban spaces

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages

  De Coensel, Bert ^a   Boes, Michiel ^b   Oldoni, Damiano ^b   Botteldooren, Dick ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; NATURAL ELEMENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENT; SOUND MONITORING; SPECTRAL STRUCTURE; URBAN SPACES; VISUAL SCENE;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84878961490     PISSN: 1939800X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4799793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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