Effects of combination of water sounds and visual elements on the traffic noise mitigation in urban green parks

Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1771-1776

  Masullo, Massimiliano ^a   Maffei, Luigi ^a   Pascale, Aniello ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Informational masking; Noise mitigation; Restorativeness; Urban parks; Visual influence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INFORMATIONAL MASKING; NOISE MITIGATION; RESTORATIVENESS; URBAN PARKS; VISUAL INFLUENCE;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 84994639253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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