Noise indicators to diagnose urban sound environments at multiple spatial scales

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 964-974

  Can, A ^a   Guillaume, G ^b   Gauvreau, B ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Acoustique Environnementale   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; NOISE INDICATORS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; SOUND ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84942693340     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: 18619959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918891     Document Type: Article

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