Green spaces and environmental noise perception

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1000-1008

  Dzhambov, Angel M ^a   Dimitrova, Donka D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Green spaces; Nature; Noise annoyance; Noise perception; Noise sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GREENSPACE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION;

BULGARIA; PLOVDIV;

EID: 84951753314     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.006     Document Type: Article

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