Noise Management: Soundscape Approach

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 174-184

  Kang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Evaluation; Management; Noise; Prediction; Sound; Soundscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879678209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00260-9     Document Type: Chapter

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