Acoustic Territoriality
and the Politics of Urban Noise
By Jacob Kreurafelde
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Ecology and acoustic territoriality
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polation crieredina aaa conte (Va 5.58) lowing
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trad eet (977,279,
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tarts rough which space emanged To nd «hep non
fer undentnding the specs a urban sound enone
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‘spt from modern scouts te
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