Characterizing urban areas with good sound quality: Development of a research protocol

Noise and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 73, 2014, Pages 380-387

  Van Kempen, Elise ^a   Devilee, Jeroen ^a   Swart, Wim ^a   Van Kamp, Irene ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indicators; sound quality; urban areas

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CITY; CITY PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; SOUND; URBANIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; HUMANS; NOISE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOUND; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84915737094     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.144416     Document Type: Article

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