The soundscape quality in some urban parks in Milan, Italy

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2348-2369

  Brambilla, Giovanni ^a   Gallo, Veronica ^a   Zambon, Giovanni ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Perceived quality; Soundscape; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; NOISE; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA;

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; ITALY; LAW; MALE; MOTIVATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; PET ANIMAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUIETNESS; READING; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOUNDSCAPE QUALITY; SPORT; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PARK; VEGETATION; VOICE; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 84879019753     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10062348     Document Type: Article

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