Development of indicators for the soundscape in urban shopping streets

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 462-473

  Yu, Boya ^a   Kang, Jian ^a,b   Ma, Hui ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS;

LABORATORY STUDIES; PERCEPTUAL FACTORS; PHYSICAL FEATURES; PHYSICAL INDICATORS; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHODS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 84968928169     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918965     Document Type: Article

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