Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness

This book gathers 14 original contributions published in an IJERPH Special Issue that deal with the perception of environmental sounds and how such sounds are likely to affect human quality of life and well-being and the experience of a place. The research focus over the years has been gradually shi...

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Other Authors: Aletta, Francesco (Editor), Kang, Jian (Editor)
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Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
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