Acoustic performance of vegetation and soil substratum in an urban context

Environmental Methods for Transport Noise Reduction

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 75-106

  Horoshenkov, Kirill ^a   Khan, Amir ^b   Benkreira, Haidj ^b   Mandon, Agnes ^c   Rohr, René ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Canevaflor   (France)

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EID: 85141228264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17606-8     Document Type: Chapter

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