View on outdoor vegetation reduces noise annoyance for dwellers near busy roads

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 203-215

  Van Renterghem, Timothy ^a   Botteldooren, Dick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Audio visual interactions; Noise annoyance; Road traffic noise; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUDIO ACOUSTICS; FACINGS; HOUSING; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS;

AUDIO-VISUAL INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; FACE TO FACE; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; LIVING ROOM; MERE PRESENCES; NOISE ANNOYANCE; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE;

VEGETATION;

NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION COVER; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 84955575700     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.12.018     Document Type: Article

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