Soundscape descriptors and a conceptual framework for developing predictive soundscape models

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-74

  Aletta, Francesco ^a   Kang, Jian ^a   Axelsson, Östen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental sound quality; Sound perception; Soundscape descriptor; Soundscape indicator

Indexed keywords

SOUND REPRODUCTION;

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DESCRIPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDS; PERCEIVED AFFECTIVE QUALITIES; PSYCHO-ACOUSTIC METRICS; SOUND PERCEPTION; SOUNDSCAPES;

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

ACOUSTICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PERCEPTION; SOUND PROPAGATION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84959147702     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.02.001     Document Type: Review

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