Using Virtual Reality for assessing the role of noise in the audio-visual design of an urban public space

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 167, Issue , 2017, Pages 98-107

  Echevarria Sanchez, Gemma Maria ^a   Van Renterghem, Timothy ^a   Sun, Kang ^a   De Coensel, Bert ^a   Botteldooren, Dick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambisonics; Audio visual interactions; Public space; Urban design; Urban sound planning; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AUDIO RECORDINGS; AUDITION; DESIGN; NOISE POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AMBISONICS; AUDIO-VISUAL INTERACTIONS; PUBLIC SPACE; SOUND PLANNING; URBAN DESIGN;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SPACE; SOUND VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DRAINAGE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85020698908     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.05.018     Document Type: Article

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