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Li, Feng, Jiali Xiang, Tao Li, Danni Shen, and Tian Li. "Active Indoor Soundscape Design: A Case Study of Ceramic Passive Amplifiers." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 18 (September 7, 2022): 11251. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811251.
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Indoor soundscape research has developed rapidly in recent years, with the aim of improving the single indoor noise reduction method and people’s acoustic comfort. However, practical solutions to promote the generation of positive indoor soundscapes are still insufficient. The purpose of this study was to explore the improvement effect of ceramic passive amplifiers on the indoor soundscape and the relationship between the improvement effect and different amplifier shapes. Objective sound pressure level (SPL) values and subjective soundscape perception were measured for 10 ceramic passive amplifiers based on the soundscape, mainly using a comparative method. Ten sample amplifiers were compared with the acoustic data of the original open-plan studio environment, and then with an electronic sound amplifier. The results show that ceramic passive amplifiers can improve the quality of the indoor soundscape by creating sound scenes with appropriate loudness. Regarding non-acoustic aspects, the shape and materials of ceramic passive amplifiers play a positive role in emotional guidance.
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LIU, Jiang, and Jian KANG. "SOUNDSCAPE DESIGN IN CITY PARKS: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOUNDSCAPE COMPOSITION PARAMETERS AND PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOACOUSTIC PARAMETERS." JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT 23, no. 2 (June 25, 2015): 102–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2014.998676.
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Soundscape design in city parks is important for a better visiting experience. The aim of this research is to find a more effective way to design soundscapes in city parks, by exploring the relationships between certain physical and psychoacoustic parameters and soundscape composition parameters as proposed in this study, including perceived loudness of individual sound (PLS), perceived occurrences of individual sound (POS), and soundscape diversity index(SDI). The parameters were based on soundscape information gathered with a specifically designed soundwalk method in five city parks in Xiamen, China. The results showed that the soundscape composition parameters play important roles as soundscape parameters. LCeq–LAeq, LA10–LA90 and sharpness showed more explanatory power to the soundscape composition parameters of individual sound categories than other physical and psychoacoustic parameters. PLS of human sounds was the most frequently introduced variable for nearly all the other objective parameters, followed by SDI. Some of the soundscape composition parameters were found to be mutually explainable, including PLS of human sounds with LA10, LCeq–LAeq and sharpness, respectively, POS of traffic sounds with LA10, and PLS of both mechanical and geophysical sounds with sharpness, which supply important information for soundscape design in city parks.
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Fang, Xingyue, Tian Gao, Marcus Hedblom, Naisheng Xu, Yi Xiang, Mengyao Hu, Yuxuan Chen, and Ling Qiu. "Soundscape Perceptions and Preferences for Different Groups of Users in Urban Recreational Forest Parks." Forests 12, no. 4 (April 12, 2021): 468. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12040468.
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Although the soundscape in cities is receiving increased attention in urban planning, there is still a lack of knowledge of how personal factors influence the perception of and preference for soundscapes. Most present studies are linked to one or a few specific soundscapes and do not have a holistic approach exploring the pros and cons of all soundscapes in a place. This study surveyed individuals to assess how soundscape perceptions and preferences may differ among various attendees of typical urban forest recreational parks in Xi’an, China, using an on-site questionnaire. The respondents (N = 2034) revealed that rare natural sounds were perceived more positively than the dominating artificial sounds. Five main dimensions of social, demographic, and behavioral attributes were found to be linked to the soundscape perceptions and preferences: (1) familiarity of the park and attendees’ age made people more tolerant towards sounds that others find annoying; (2) higher education and higher socio-economic status showed lower tolerance towards sounds; (3) having companions and specific types of recreational use increased the frequent perception of artificial sounds; (4) females generally showed higher sensitivity and lower tolerance than males towards several sounds; and (5) the longer attendees remained in the park, the more positive the overall soundscape preference was. The results indicate that numerous sounds are affecting people’s overall experience in the parks. These findings could help decision-makers and urban forest recreational park designers to formulate relevant strategies for park design that are in tune with varying public needs and expectations towards soundscape. The implementation of human-oriented soundscape design can therefore enhance people’s well-being.
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Lacey, Jordan. "Conceptual overlays for urban soundscape design emerging from a transversal analysis of Lefebvre, Deleuze and Guattari, and Arendt." SoundEffects - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience 3, no. 3 (December 1, 2013): 71–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/se.v3i3.18442.
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This paper describes theoretical developments that have emerged alongside the author’s urban soundscape design practice. The theory, which emerged from a transversal analysis of Henri Lefebvre, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, and Hannah Arendt, particularly their philosophical investigations of space, rhythm and nature, is presented as four conceptual overlays to aid soundscape design practices in urban spaces. The first conceptual overlay, Radiating Striations of Centralities, synthesises spatial discussions of Deleuze and Guattari and Lefebvre into soundscape design approaches that simultaneously respond to centralized controls and the peripheries of urban spaces. The second conceptual overlay, The Isorhythimc Refrain, convolves Deleuze and Guattari’s refrain and Lefebvre’s isorhythms into identifiable socially controlling rhythms that unfold as captured sonic and gestural forms throughout urban spaces. The third conceptual overlay, Altered Soundscapes as Emergent Ecologies, investigates Guattari’s a-signifying rupture and the potential of soundscape design as rupture to affect the emergence of Lefebvre’s new nature(s) in urban spaces. The fourth conceptual overlay, Disassembling the Collective Assemblage of Enunciation, discusses Arendt’s reflections on social rhythms subsuming society into automated behaviour, and the challenges that can be presented to such automated behaviour through the act of soundscape design. The four conceptual overlays provide sociopolitical and ecological understandings of the urban that contribute to a soundscape design practice from which public soundscape installations are created to subvert controlling spatiotemporal rhythms of the urban for the emergence of new nature(s). The article concludes by suggesting that due to the amorphous characteristics of sound the soundscape designer is in a unique position to affect immediate sociopolitical and experiential transformations of urban spaces.
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Mitchell, Andrew, Tin Oberman, Francesco Aletta, Mercede Erfanian, Magdalena Kachlicka, Matteo Lionello, and Jian Kang. "The Soundscape Indices (SSID) Protocol: A Method for Urban Soundscape Surveys—Questionnaires with Acoustical and Contextual Information." Applied Sciences 10, no. 7 (April 1, 2020): 2397. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10072397.
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A protocol for characterizing urban soundscapes for use in the design of Soundscape Indices (SSID) and general urban research as implemented under the European Research Council (ERC)-funded SSID project is described in detail. The protocol consists of two stages: (1) a Recording Stage to collect audio-visual recordings for further analysis and for use in laboratory experiments, and (2) a Questionnaire Stage to collect in situ soundscape assessments via a questionnaire method paired with acoustic data collection. Key adjustments and improvements to previous methodologies for soundscape characterization have been made to enable the collation of data gathered from research groups around the world. The data collected under this protocol will form a large-scale, international soundscape database.
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Polack, Jean-Dominique, Philippe Taupin, Hyun In Jo, and Jin Yong Jeon. "Urban Soundscapes in the Imaginaries of Native Digital Users: Guidelines for Soundscape Design." Sustainability 14, no. 2 (January 6, 2022): 632. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14020632.
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We present an experiment run along the lines of a pilot experiment in China based on collages and narratives to illustrate the participants’ experience with urban sceneries. Its aim was to develop a conceptual model based on narrative analysis that linked objects of the environment to the perceived properties of the soundscape. Participants in groups of two were free to clip any image they wanted from a selection of magazines—the same for all groups within each country—and free to add comments or drawings on their collages. Then, they had to present their collages to the other participants, and the presentations were recorded and transcribed. The structural semantic model that underlies the descriptions of the collages and narratives is presented. The results of the analysis were comparable with previous studies, since ideal urban environments should be calm, quiet and green, but urban environments should also promote cultural activities and the possibility to escape outside the city. The analysis also allowed for attaining the emotions created by soundscapes. Thus, the semantic model can be used as a conceptual model for a soundscape, from which guidelines for soundscape planning and design can be derived, as well as suggestions for innovative soundscapes.
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Birdja, Dilip, and Elif Özcan. "Better Sleep Experience for the Critically Ill: A Comprehensive Strategy for Designing Hospital Soundscapes." Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 3, no. 2 (May 22, 2019): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mti3020036.
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In this paper, the sleep phenomenon is considered in relation to critical care soundscapes with the intention to inform hospital management, medical device producers and policy makers regarding the complexity of the issue and possible modes of design interventions. We propose a comprehensive strategy based on soundscape design approach that facilitates a systematic way of tackling the auditory quality of critical care settings in favor of better patient sleep experience. Future research directions are presented to tackle the knowledge deficits in designing for critical care soundscapes that cater for patient sleep. The need for scientifically-informed design interventions for improving patient sleep experience in critical care is highlighted. The value of the soundscape design approach for resolving other sound-induced problems in critical care and how the approach allows for patient-centred innovation that is beyond the immediate sound issue are further discussed.
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Yang, Jiaxi, and Hong Lu. "Visualizing the Knowledge Domain in Urban Soundscape: A Scientometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21 (October 26, 2022): 13912. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113912.
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The purpose of this study was to identify the main research themes and knowledge structures in the field of urban soundscape. With the continuous expansion of research work in the field of urban soundscape, it has become necessary to carry out a systematic analysis. CiteSpace was used to conduct an information visualization analysis of high-quality literature related to urban soundscape research in the WoS database from 1976 to 2021. The results revealed the following: (1) In terms of research content, research hotspots center on noise, perception, and quality, while focusing on theory and methodology. (2) In terms of research methods, the Perceptual Restorative Soundscape Scale has gradually become the main method of soundscape research. With the development of sound acquisition technology and sound simulation technology, the soundscape perception model will undergo an iterative process of updating. (3) In terms of research objects, most of the research focuses on the soundscape of outdoor environments (such as urban parks, tourist attractions, and historical blocks) together with the influences and preferences for different types of soundscapes. The research results can provide reference for research and planning as well as the design practice of urban soundscape.
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Hasegawa, Yoshimi, and Siu-Kit Lau. "Audiovisual Bimodal and Interactive Effects for Soundscape Design of the Indoor Environments: A Systematic Review." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 339. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010339.
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A growing number of soundscape studies involving audiovisual factors have been conducted; however, their bimodal and interactive effects on indoor soundscape evaluations have not yet been thoroughly reviewed. The overarching goal of this systematic review was to develop the framework for designing sustainable indoor soundscapes by focusing on audiovisual factors and relations. A search for individual studies was conducted through three databases and search engines: Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed. Based on the qualitative reviews of the selected thirty papers, a framework of indoor soundscape evaluation concerning visual and audiovisual indicators was proposed. Overall, the greenery factor was the most important visual variable, followed by the water features and moderating noise annoyance perceived by occupants in given indoor environments. The presence of visual information and sound-source visibility would moderate perceived noise annoyance and influence other audio-related perceptions. Furthermore, sound sources would impact multiple perceptual responses (audio, visual, cognitive, and emotional perceptions) related to the overall soundscape experiences when certain visual factors are interactively involved. The proposed framework highlights the potential use of the bimodality and interactivity of the audiovisual factors for designing indoor sound environments in more effective ways.
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Aburawis, Ayad A. Mohamed, and Papatya Nur Dokmeci Yorukoglu. "An integrated framework on soundscape perception and spatial experience by adapting post-occupancy evaluation methodology." Building Acoustics 25, no. 1 (March 2018): 3–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1351010x18758478.
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The effecting factors of soundscape perception and space experience have a very close relationship. This study aims to synthesize the diversity of soundscape classifications and schemes and unify such factorial variations in order to develop an integrated framework for soundscape perception and spatial experience within a systematic review of recent progress and by adapting post-occupancy evaluation methodology. First, factors under soundscape perception and space experience are reviewed in detail and merged to form conceptual classification models. Six soundscape perception factors are formed as (1) sonic, (2) spatial, (3) temporal, (4) psychological, (5) behavioural and (6) personal. Similarly, five space experience factors are formed as (1) user, (2) usage, (3) architectural design, (4) social context and (5) physical environment. All related items in the literature are presented and the sub-items under each factor are exemplified. Second, factors under the merged conceptual models are integrated by considering occupants’ experience of space regarding their variance in perception of soundscapes through acoustical post-occupancy evaluation. An adapted study design is proposed under indicative, investigative and diagnostic stages of the post-occupancy evaluation by presenting the methods, data types and factorial correlations for each stage.
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Chen, Zhu, Tian-Yuan Zhu, Jiang Liu, and Xin-Chen Hong. "Before Becoming a World Heritage: Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Spatial Dependency of the Soundscapes in Kulangsu Scenic Area, China." Forests 13, no. 9 (September 19, 2022): 1526. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13091526.
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Kulangsu is a famous scenic area in China and a World Heritage Site. It is important to obtain knowledge with regard to the status of soundscape and landscape resources and their interrelationships in Kulangsu before it became a World Heritage. The objective of this study was to explore the spatial dependency of the soundscapes in Kulangsu, based on the spatiotemporal dynamics of soundscape and landscape perceptions, including perceived sound sources, soundscape quality, and landscape satisfaction degree, and the spatial landscape characteristics, including the distance to green spaces, normalized difference vegetation index, and landscape spatial patterns. The results showed that perception of soundscape and landscape were observed in significant spatiotemporal dynamics, and the dominance of biological sounds in all sampling periods and human sounds in the evening indicated that Kulangsu scenic area had a good natural environment and a developed night-time economy, respectively. The green spaces and commercial lands may contribute to both the soundscape pleasantness and eventfulness. Moreover, the soundscape quality was dependent on the sound dominant degree and landscape satisfaction degree but not on the landscape characteristics. The GWR model had better goodness of fit than the OLS model, and possible non-linear relationships were found between the soundscape pleasantness and the variables of perceived sound sources and landscape satisfaction degree. The GWR models with spatial stationarity were found to be more effective in understanding the spatial dependence of soundscapes. In particular, the data applied should ideally include a complete temporal dimension to obtain a relatively high fitting accuracy of the model. These findings can provide useful data support and references for future planning and design practices, and management strategies for the soundscape resources in scenic areas and World Heritage Sites.
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Sarwono, Joko, Anugrah Sabdono Sudarsono, Andini Hapsari, Helga Salim, and Ranti Dwi Tassia. "The Implementation of Soundscape Composition to Identify the Ideal Soundscape for Various Activities." Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences 54, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 220107. http://dx.doi.org/10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2022.54.1.7.
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Soundscapes are affected by several factors and one of them is the activities done in the space concerned. People expect different acoustic environments for different activities, but there is no specific guidance for designing an ideal acoustic environment for different activities. This study aimed to identify ideal urban acoustic environments for four different activities: reading, relaxing, talking with friends, and playing with children. The ideal acoustic environment was evaluated using the soundscape composition concept. The concept was implemented by an acoustic environment simulator that enabled the respondents to compose their ideal acoustic environment and identify the perception of their composition. The sound source selection and perception rating were analyzed to understand the ideal acoustic environment and perception for different activities. This study identified the ideal soundscapes for four different activities and the perception expected to be present in the ideal environments for those activities. The result can be beneficial as guidance for urban soundscape design.
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Yoganathan, Nimalan. "Sounding Out Normative and Colour-Blind Listening in Acoustic Ecology." Canadian Journal of Communication 47, no. 3 (September 1, 2022): 462–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cjc.2022-0025.
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Background: The field of acoustic ecology emerged from Simon Fraser University in the late 1960s during which time R. Murray Schafer and the World Soundscape Project studied everyday soundscapes and the rise of urban noise. While it was an innovative approach to understanding the relationship between humans and their environments, it reproduced the dominant frameworks of this period. Analysis: This article argues that contemporary acoustic ecology discourse continues to frame noise, silence, and urban acoustic design through a white normative and colour-blind listening framework. This article examines dominant authorship and citation practices within leading journals that publish soundscape literature as well as sound mapping practices. Conclusion: After also surveying seldom-cited soundscape research that interrogates the environmental listening and sound-making practices of BIPOC and marginalized communities, the article concludes that there is a need for contemporary soundscape research to incorporate more intersectional and decolonial modes of environmental listening.
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Kato, Shuko. "Soundscape design in libraries." Library and Information Science 36 (March 31, 1998): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.46895/lis.36.1.
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Elizondo - Garza, Fernando J. "Educating for soundscape design." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134, no. 5 (November 2013): 4022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4830682.
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Orhan, Cemre, and Semiha Yilmazer. "Understanding the Effect of Restorativeness in Indoor Soundscapes through a Conceptual Model." INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings 263, no. 5 (August 1, 2021): 1019–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3397/in-2021-1732.
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The soundscape is defined as the acoustic environment perceived or experienced by a person or people. Soundscape research, where human perception is at the center, has generally been conducted on unwanted sound sources to identify sounds' negative health effects. Therefore, wanted sound sources and their impact on being exposed to soundscapes that may induce positive outputs on health has been neglected. People tend to be in places that reduce stress and increase restoration. However, many indoor places cause stress in our daily lives and decrease the quality of living. This study aims to generate the conceptual model that would be used to identify what causes stress indoors and what can be done to transfer these spaces into restorative ones from the soundscape perspective. To generate a comprehensive model, by centering the soundscape framework of ISO, its constructs were combined with Attention Restorative Theory (ART), Stress Recovery Theory (SRT), and Biophilic Design approach into positive and negative relations based on their effects on health.
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Zhang, Jiping. "An objective evaluation method and experiment on the impact of road traffic noise on the soundscape: The case of West Lake." INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings 263, no. 4 (August 1, 2021): 2851–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3397/in-2021-2244.
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A positively judged soundscape generally includes both natural and social/cultural sounds in the sonic environment. Road traffic noise (RTN) is a major source of sound that may impact the both, such as the case of West Lake. Many studies examine soundscapes contexts with RTN based on physical descriptors, and subjective social scientific assessments by their descriptors mainly using onsite questionnaires to develop an understanding of the situation. By application of an objective evaluation method borrowed from speech intelligibility measurement techniques defined as the signal-to-noise-ratio-loss in the presence of RTN, research of the correlation between background RTN and environmental soundscape is developed by a self contained and evident proof derivation, proposed an objective evaluation method for protecting the soundscape from RTN, and presented the design and performance of an experiment to verify the method at two roads where RTN is propagated a distance into two roadside urban parks at West Lake. Our goal is the assessment and protection of the environmental soundscape from RTN using a convenient objective evaluation method that supplements cumbersome subjective investigations, provides an early warning concerning the RTN impact to the soundscape, and a tool how to improve the soundscape within the RTN impacted areas.
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Guo, Yanlong, Ke Wang, Han Zhang, and Zuoqing Jiang. "Soundscape Perception Preference in an Urban Forest Park: Evidence from Moon Island Forest Park in Lu’an City." Sustainability 14, no. 23 (December 2, 2022): 16132. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142316132.
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Urban forest parks improve the environment by reducing noise, which can promote the development of physical and mental health. This study aimed to investigate the soundscape preferences of visitors in different spaces. It also provides practical suggestions for the study of urban green-space soundscapes. This study took the example of Moon Island Forest Park in Lu’an City, based on the questionnaire field survey that acquired public soundscape perception data. SPSS 26.0 was used to analyze five different spatial soundscape perception preferences in Moon Island Forest Park, starting from the subjective evaluation of users’ soundscape perception, based on user preference for different spatial sound source types. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used and a separate analysis of soundscape preferences in each space was undertaken; the mean (SD) was also used to reveal the respondents’ preference for each sound-source perceptual soundscape. The study found that the five dimensions of different spaces were significantly correlated with sound perception preferences. First, the same sound source had different perceptual characteristics and differences in different functional areas. Second, different spatial features were influenced differently by typical sound sources. Third, in each functional area, water sound was the main sound source of positive impact and mechanical sound was the main source of negative impact. Mechanical sound had the greatest negative impact on the overall area. Overall, natural sound provided the most popular significant contribution to the soundscape preference; second was the human voice, and mechanical sound produced a negative effect. The results of these studies were analyzed from the perspective of soundscape characteristics in different spaces, providing a more quantitative basis for urban forest park soundscape design.
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Hong, Xin-Chen, Guang-Yu Wang, Jiang Liu, and Emily Dang. "Perceived Loudness Sensitivity Influenced by Brightness in Urban Forests: A Comparison When Eyes Were Opened and Closed." Forests 11, no. 12 (November 24, 2020): 1242. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11121242.
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Soundscape plays a positive, health-related role in urban forests, and there is a competitive allocation of cognitive resources between soundscapes and lightscapes. This study aimed to explore the relationship between perceived loudness sensitivity and brightness in urban forests through eye opening and closure. Questionnaires and measuring equipment were used to gather soundscape and lightscape information at 44 observation sites in urban forested areas. Diurnal variations, Pearson’s correlations, and formula derivations were then used to analyze the relationship between perception sensitivity and how perceived loudness sensitivity was influenced by lightscape. Our results suggested that soundscape variation plays a role in audio–visual perception in urban forests. Our findings also showed a gap in perception sensitivity between loudness and brightness, which conducted two opposite conditions bounded by 1.24 dBA. Furthermore, we found that the effect of brightness on perceived loudness sensitivity was limited if variations of brightness were sequential and weak. This can facilitate the understanding of individual perception to soundscape and lightscape in urban forests when proposing suitable design plans.
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De Winne, Jorg, Karlo Filipan, Bart Moens, Paul Devos, Marc Leman, Dick Botteldooren, and Bert De Coensel. "The Soundscape Hackathon as a Methodology to Accelerate Co-Creation of the Urban Public Space." Applied Sciences 10, no. 6 (March 12, 2020): 1932. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10061932.
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The design of urban public spaces is typically performed by architects and urban planners, which often only focus on the visual aesthetics of the urban space. Yet, a visually pleasing public open space designed for relaxing will be underused if it sounds unpleasant. Ideally, sonic design should be integrated with visual design, a need the soundscape approach answers. The current trend of co-creating the urban space together with all stakeholders, including local residents, opens up new opportunities to account for all senses in the urban design process. Unfortunately, architects and urban planners struggle to incorporate the soundscape approach in the urban design process and to use it in the context of co-creation. In this work, a hackathon is proposed to generate creative concepts, methods and tools to co-create the urban public space. A soundscape hackathon was organized in the spring of 2019. Participants were challenged to apply their own immersive approaches or virtual and/or augmented reality solutions on selected urban soundscapes. They presented their results to colleagues in the field and to a professional jury. This paper describes the process and results of the event and shows that a hackathon is a viable approach to accelerate the co-creation of the urban public space.
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Xiaohong, Li, Wang Jinxiao, and Zhu Hongxuan. "Research on Interactive Soundscape Design for Urban Landscape." E3S Web of Conferences 236 (2021): 03033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123603033.
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This paper intends to discuss the concept and design elements and methods of the interactive soundscape for urban landscape through the analysis on the influence relationship of components of a soundscape for urban landscape. With the analysis on the composition of the acoustic environment for urban landscape as the starting point, it finds out the implicit relationship of components of the acoustic environment, introduces the concept of interactive design, proposes the concept and components of the interactive soundscape for urban landscape and discusses its design methods and specific process with the case simulation method, taking the soundscape design of landscape nodes in Zhongshan Park, Qingdao as an example.
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Fornari, José, Adolfo Maia Jr., and Jônatas Manzolli. "Soundscape design through evolutionary engines." Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society 14, no. 3 (September 2008): 51–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-65002008000300005.
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Fornari, José, Adolfo Maia, and Jônatas Manzolli. "Soundscape Design Through Evolutionary Engines." Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society 14, no. 3 (September 2008): 51–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03192564.
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Genuit, Klaus, and André Fiebig. "Traffic design for soundscape improvements." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 135, no. 4 (April 2014): 2147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4876010.
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Shen, Qiong. "Soundscape of Public Space and Design Method." Advanced Materials Research 852 (January 2014): 327–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.852.327.
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By researching and organizing the type and the development status of road, railway stations, shopping malls and other public spaces, combining with solving methods on sound sign from domestic and overseas, to explore the design method preliminarily on sound sign, which meet the normal and the visually impaired users. Then, as a conclusion, the design method of soundscape of a comfortable public space is to control the noise source, regulate the tone, volume, and timbre of sound sign in a reasonable way, to create the moral quality and social responsibility of the users in the soundscape, and also to protect the regionalism of soundscape.
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Cao, Xin, and Yen Hsu. "The Effects of Soundscapes in Relieving Stress in an Urban Park." Land 10, no. 12 (December 1, 2021): 1323. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10121323.
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Urban parks are important urban public spaces that guarantee people recreation, create positive emotions and relieve stress. Emerging research has shown that natural soundscapes are associated with restorative landscapes in urban parks. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on the use of physiological indexes to evaluate the effects of natural sounds versus human-based sounds on stress relief. In this study, the three physiological indexes of skin conductance level, heart rate and heart rate variability were collected in Fuzhou West Lake Park with the help of Ergo LAB data platform, and a soundscape perception evaluation questionnaire was used to assess the degree of soundscape perceptions in the sample sites. The differences in the stress relieving effects of different urban park environments were analysed by applying the median test, the Wilcoxon test was applied to analyse the effects of soundscapes and urban park environments on relieving stress, and regression analysis was used to identify the important factors of restorative soundscapes. The results found that urban park environments provide a certain degree of stress relief, but the stress relieving effects of different urban park environments vary and that natural spaces play an important role in relieving stress. Urban park soundscapes are key to restorative environmental design, with natural sounds such as birdsong and stream sound being important factors of restorative soundscapes.
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Ren, SHI Jian, and ZHAO Xiu Min. "Rudimentary Educational Survey on Acoustic Landscape of Lakefront Scenic Areas: A Case Study of Hangzhou City, China." Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies (JARS) 5, no. 3 (September 3, 2018): 109–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.56261/jars.v5i3.169096.
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Urban open spaces are important for improvement in urban living quality. Traditional research onopen spaces mainly focuses on spatial forms and visual esthetics to analyze environmental quality,but lacks adequate consideration regarding acoustic elements. In the field of the acoustic environment,people pay much attention to interior sound quality design and noise pollution. In order to provide a newviewpoint for urban design and to reinforce design methods, herein, the concept of soundscape wasintroduced. In this survey, the types and the features of lakefront soundscapes, as well as visitors’ spatialdistribution were observed. Thirteen pairs of sound and image scenarios were presented to 112 subjects ata tourism city, Hangzhou, China. The sounds and images used were of real settings in lakefront scenicareas. Affective response was measured in terms of pleasure. Through the evaluation on the influence ofthe interaction between visual and acoustic stimuli on perception of the environment, it is proved thatthere is a need to identify places where the conservation of the sound environment is essential, due to thedrastic impact of the loss of sound quality or its salient informational content on human appreciation,especially in theme spaces, and folk-custom landscapes. Moreover, the coherence between sound andimage influences human preferences, since coherent combinations are rated higher than the mean of thecomponent stimuli. As a result, the spatial partition of soundscape is also necessary with the movement ofthe visual images. Finally, some design guidelines regarding soundscape are proposed with the illustrationsof four typical lakefront spots.
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Wang, Yi, Qin Song, and Rongchuan Li. "Multi-dimensional Soundscape Interaction Design at Xi’an Small Wild Goose Pagoda." E3S Web of Conferences 189 (2020): 03017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202018903017.
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Based on the analysis of the soundscape at Small Wild Goose Pagoda (also Xiao Yanta, according to its Chinese pronunciation) from the perspective of “audience-sound-environment”, this article explores the audience’s perception information of the “Yanta Morning Bell”, the symbolic soundscape of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda. To probe audience’s way of acquiring the perception information of the pagoda and the mode of constructing cultural contacts, this article starts with the uniqueness of the soundscape at the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, incorporating visual, hearing, touch and other interactive forms. By immersive experience, audiences can receive cultural information and enrich their cultural knowledge. This study hopes to provide new ideas for the multi-dimensional soundscape interaction design at Small Wild Goose Pagoda.
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Brooks, Bennett M. "Community design with soundscape in mind." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117, no. 4 (April 2005): 2551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4788483.
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Siebein, Gary, Joshua Fisher, Adam Bettcher, Threcia Robinson, Robert Lilkendey, Hyun Paek, Chris Jones, and Reece Skelton. "Experiments to develop soundscape design methods." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 124, no. 4 (October 2008): 2552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4783019.
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Siebein, Gary W., Robert M. Lilkendey, Hyun Paek, and Chris Jones. "Soundscape design applications for transportation noise." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126, no. 4 (2009): 2307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3249509.
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ERÇAKMAK, Uğur Beyza, and Papatya Nur DÖKMECİ YÖRÜKOĞLU. "Comparing Turkish and European Noise Management and Soundscape Policies: A Proposal of Indoor Soundscape Integration to Architectural Design and Application." Acoustics 1, no. 4 (November 8, 2019): 847–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/acoustics1040051.
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Improving soundscape studies and policies states that the soundscape approach, which also considers noise interventions, should replace noise management. However, a considerable number of soundscape studies have been concerned with the quality of acoustic environments of open and urban public spaces. This study focuses on indoor soundscaping and its possible integration into the architectural design and application process. Therefore, the present and ongoing Turkish and European soundscape and noise management policies were evaluated in detail and compared in order to characterize the gap regarding the state of indoor soundscaping between the literature and the policy development level. Furthermore, we identified and classified factors and methods which have an influence on indoor soundscaping to be integrated into the final proposed model. As a result of the detailed evaluation regarding policies and indoor soundscaping principles, five stages were proposed that can be used in an integrated indoor soundscape model: (1) the establishment of a topic specific institution or working group on indoor soundscaping; (2) the preparation of a standard that includes definitions, indoor soundscape factors and methods; (3) the preparation of an indoor soundscape directive; (4) the preparation of indoor soundscape guidelines; and (5) the provision of maintenance and supervision by experts and authorities.
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Torresin, Simone, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Ethan Bourdeau, Jack Harvie-Clark, Jian Kang, Lisa Lavia, Antonella Radicchi, and Rossano Albatici. "Acoustics for Supportive and Healthy Buildings: Emerging Themes on Indoor Soundscape Research." Sustainability 12, no. 15 (July 28, 2020): 6054. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12156054.
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The focus of the building industry and research is shifting from delivering satisfactory spaces to going beyond what is merely acceptable with a wave of new research and practice dedicated to exploring how the built environment can support task performance and enhance people’s health and well-being. The present study addresses the role of acoustics in this paradigm shift. Indoor soundscape research has recently emerged as an approach that brings a perceptual perspective on building and room acoustics in order to shape built environments that “sound good” according to building occupants’ preference and needs. This paper establishes an initial discussion over some of the open questions in this field of research that is still in an embryonic stage. A thematic analysis of structured interviews with a panel of experts offered a range of perspectives on the characterization, management, and design of indoor soundscapes and health-related outcomes. The discussion pointed out the importance of both perceptual and multisensory research and integrated participatory design practices to enable a holistic view regarding the complex building–user interrelations and the design of just cities. Soundscape methodologies tailored to the peculiarities of indoor soundscapes can help to measure and predict the human perceptual response to the acoustic stimuli in context, thus reducing the risk of mismatches between expected and real building experiences. This perceptual perspective is expected to widen the scientific evidence for the negative and positive impacts of the acoustic environment on human health, well-being, and quality of life. This will support prioritizing the role of acoustics in building design and challenge many current design practices that are based on a noise control approach.
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Ntalampiras, Stavros. "Emotional quantification of soundscapes by learning between samples." Multimedia Tools and Applications 79, no. 41-42 (August 15, 2020): 30387–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-09430-3.
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Abstract Predicting the emotional responses of humans to soundscapes is a relatively recent field of research coming with a wide range of promising applications. This work presents the design of two convolutional neural networks, namely ArNet and ValNet, each one responsible for quantifying arousal and valence evoked by soundscapes. We build on the knowledge acquired from the application of traditional machine learning techniques on the specific domain, and design a suitable deep learning framework. Moreover, we propose the usage of artificially created mixed soundscapes, the distributions of which are located between the ones of the available samples, a process that increases the variance of the dataset leading to significantly better performance. The reported results outperform the state of the art on a soundscape dataset following Schafer’s standardized categorization considering both sound’s identity and the respective listening context.
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Green, Andrew. "Post Sonica: a speculative design project that cultivates community and sense of place within the city soundscape." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, no. 4 (April 2022): A251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0011226.
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There is a strong history of soundscape reverence and reflection in Utah. From Messiaen to Ussachevsky, scholars and composers alike have been inspired by the state’s sonic environment. Using these individuals’ reflective works as a muse while simultaneously incorporating R. Murray Schafer’s insights on soundscapes, I performed a sound sample study across Salt Lake City. Analyzing my samples led me to design a public installation that explores the ways in which our sonic environments affect daily life at the intersection of time, sound, and place. The concept for post sonica is a granite cylinder (4 ft. wide × 3 ft. high). Three arms rotate from the center at variable speeds in response to the strength and pitch of the sounds around them. Pads at the arms’ ends wear away separate paths in the granite base with each pass, creating the sonic “fingerprint” of a place over time. User engagement is necessarily bidirectional; as passersby are moved to interact with the device, their moment of reflection is captured and physicalized by the spinning arms. In this way, post sonica is a reminder of an urban community’s fundamental interconnectedness and the ever-present soundscape that functions as a part of it all.
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Schmidt, Ulrik. "Musik og design. Phil spector og lydfladens medialisering." K&K - Kultur og Klasse 39, no. 111 (June 25, 2011): 127–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/kok.v39i111.15760.
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MUSIC AND DESIGN. PHIL SPECTOR AND SOUNDSCAPES MEDIATIZATIONPhil Spector is often referred to as one of history’s first true music producers, and his famed ‘Wall of Sound’ has been the model for many future musical productions. However, Spector’s productions can also be seen as an early manifestation, among others, of a much more general change in the auditory popular culture around 1960 away from the conventional approach to musicalsound as something that depends primarily on a musical performance and secondarily its technical reproduction S towards a conception of music as a form of design. Hence, Spector’s productions make a favorable material for a more general investigation of the relationship between music and design. Despite the rather extensive literature on Spector and his music, and on sound recording and sound production in general, the different aspects of Spector’s design have not yet been the subject of a broader phenomenological and aesthetic investigation. “Music and Design” explores the key elements in Spector’s musical project through an analysis of his use of repetition, accumulation and synthetized sound in hit recordings such as He’s a Rebel (1962) and Be My Baby (1963). It is argued that Spector’s productions are basically characterized by a displacement of the auditory focus from external media conditions, to musical sound as simultaneously a more synthetic and mediatized as well as moremassive and ‘massified’ soundscape. This mediatization of the soundscape would later constitute a predominant aesthetic model not only in current music production, but in modern sound design in general.
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Freeman, Lauren A., Simon Freeman, Aaron M. Thode, and Philip Caspers. "Coral reef & temperate coastal soundscape features evident in directional and omnidirectional passive acoustic time series." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, no. 4 (April 2022): A149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0010933.
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Biologically complex coastal environments, such as coral reefs, demonstrate an equally rich ambient soundscape. Bioacoustic features of coastal soundscapes are closely tied with relative ecosystem health, functional groups present, and can be linked with specific behaviors. Biological contributions to ambient soundscapes have distinctive qualities as compared to sound associated with physical processes (i.e. wind and wave noise). While some biological components are readily identifiable, such as marine mammal or fish calls, the background noise associated with hundreds of thousands of biological clicks, snaps, and pops is not as well studied but contains a wealth of information about the ecosystem. A 64-element line array with 4.5 kHz design frequency was deployed for several field experiments off the coast of Kona, Hawaii in 2019 and 2020. Soundscape data from Hawaii were compared with comparable omnidirectional time series from Bermuda (2020) and coastal New England rocky reefs (2020–2021). Similarities in certain spectral features associated with biological sound sources were found between these unique ecosystems. The characteristic coral reef evening chorus, or significant increase in sound levels immediately prior to sunset, was consistent in Hawaii and Bermuda with comparable crepuscular changes in coastal New England.
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Comunità, Marco, Andrea Gerino, Veranika Lim, and Lorenzo Picinali. "Design and Evaluation of a Web- and Mobile-Based Binaural Audio Platform for Cultural Heritage." Applied Sciences 11, no. 4 (February 8, 2021): 1540. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11041540.
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PlugSonic is a suite of web- and mobile-based applications for the curation and experience of 3D interactive soundscapes and sonic narratives in the cultural heritage context. It was developed as part of the PLUGGY EU project (Pluggable Social Platform for Heritage Awareness and Participation) and consists of two main applications: PlugSonic Sample, to edit and apply audio effects, and PlugSonic Soundscape, to create and experience 3D soundscapes for headphones playback. The audio processing within PlugSonic is based on the Web Audio API and the 3D Tune-In Toolkit, while the mobile exploration of soundscapes in a physical space is obtained using Apple’s ARKit. The main goal of PlugSonic is technology democratisation; PlugSonic users—whether cultural institutions or citizens—are all given the instruments needed to create, process and experience 3D soundscapes and sonic narratives; without the need for specific devices, external tools (software and/or hardware), specialised knowledge or custom development. The aims of this paper are to present the design and development choices, the user involvement processes as well as a final evaluation conducted with inexperienced users on three tasks (creation, curation and experience), demonstrating how PlugSonic is indeed a simple, effective, yet powerful tool.
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Zhao, Wei, Hongyu Li, Xun Zhu, and Tianji Ge. "Effect of Birdsong Soundscape on Perceived Restorativeness in an Urban Park." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 16 (August 5, 2020): 5659. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165659.
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Natural soundscapes have beneficial effects on the perceived restorativeness of an environment. This study examines the effect of birdsong, a common natural soundscape, on perceived restorativeness in Harbin Sun Island Park in China. Eight sites were selected and a series of questionnaire surveys on perceived restorativeness soundscape scale (PRSS) of four birdsong types were conducted during summer and winter. Two-hundred and forty respondents participated in this survey. Analysis of the survey results shows that different types of birdsong have different perceived restorativeness effects in different seasons. Crow birdsong has the worst effect on the perceived restorativeness in both summer and winter. Moreover, sound comfort and preference are significantly associated with the perceived restorativeness. The perceived restorativeness soundscape is best when birdsong is at a height of 4 m rather than 0.5 m or 2 m. The demographic/social factors of age, education, and stress level are all correlated with perceived restorativeness. There are suggestions for urban park design, especially with constructed natural elements. Creating a suitable habitat for multiple species of birds will improve perceived restorativeness. Moreover, appropriate activities should be provided in city parks to ensure restorativeness environments, especially for subjects with high levels of education and stress.
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Truax, Barry. "R. Murray Schafer (1933–2021) and the World Soundscape Project." Organised Sound 26, no. 3 (December 2021): 419–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355771821000509.
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This in memoriam tribute for Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer focuses on his seminal work in establishing soundscape studies and the World Soundscape Project. It discusses his intellectual legacy in terms of emphasising a perceptually based approach and the importance of soundscape design, along with critical responses to his ideas.
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Jeon, Jin Yong, Haram Lee, Juin Kim, and Dongchul Park. "Investigation of indoor soundscape indicators according to the types of occupants' activity in autonomous vehicles." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 152, no. 4 (October 2022): A121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0015748.
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Electric and autonomous vehicles have brought about a paradigm shift in interior space design and are now replacing their functions as spaces for living, work and leisure activities. Therefore, in order to design the optimal sound environment for the interior space of the vehicle, it is necessary to investigate the interior soundscape of the vehicle based on the type of occupant's activity and the purpose and function of the space. However, although the soundscape concept has been applied to the design of urban and natural spaces and large indoor spaces such as open plan offices, there is no study on the interior space of vehicles. In this study, soundscape indicators were set according to the activity patterns of autonomous vehicle occupants. Through the result, it is possible to derive vehicle interior soundscape design factors based on the evaluation of each type of sound environment presented.
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Mitchell, Andrew, Francesco Aletta, and Jian Kang. "How to analyse and represent quantitative soundscape data." JASA Express Letters 2, no. 3 (March 2022): 037201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0009794.
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This study first examines the methods presented in ISO 12913 for analysing and representing soundscape data by applying them to a large existing database of soundscape assessments. The key issue identified is the inability of the standard methods to summarise the soundscape of locations and groups. The presented solution inherently considers the variety of responses within a group and provides an open-source visualisation tool to facilitate a nuanced approach to soundscape assessment and design. Several demonstrations of the soundscape distribution of urban spaces are presented, along with proposals for how this approach can be used and developed.
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Zhou, Min. "Research on Soundmarks of Soundscape at Historical District." Applied Mechanics and Materials 584-586 (July 2014): 521–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.584-586.521.
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The historical districts of cities in China are in a period of reconstruction and upgrading, the systematic research on these districts soundscapes will help to considerate soundscape at urban planning and design stage. The researchers collected the soundmarks at a large urban historic districts area in Guangzhou’s "Xiguan Area ", and explored people’s perception on these soundmarks through methods of soundwalk and on-site interview. The results showed that: the local language - Cantonese, was the most important soundmark of this region; the soundmark inside the blocks was the sound of chess entertainment, as well as the production and labor sound at workshops, which were the true embodiment of the urban cultural ecology and people's lifestyles; the sound of commercial activities was another soundmark which appeared in multiple places. The corresponding urban design strategy will be put forward through analysis on the soundmarks and environmental characteristics.
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Cerwén, Gunnar. "Listening to Japanese Gardens: An Autoethnographic Study on the Soundscape Action Design Tool." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 23 (November 22, 2019): 4648. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234648.
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Landscape architecture and urban design disciplines could benefit from soundscape thinking in order to enhance experiential qualities in their projects, though the available tools are not yet fully developed nor tested. The present research aims to substantiate one of the available tools, Soundscape Actions, and thereby increase the understanding of soundscape design. The study focuses on the Japanese garden tradition, which is known for high preference ratings, tranquil qualities and consideration for sound and other sensory experiences. An autoethnographic approach was used to conduct field studies in 88 gardens in Japan, the majority of which are located in urban areas with potential noise disturbance. The studies are based on observations in situ, supported by video documentation, field recordings and readings of sound pressure levels (SPL). A total of 19 Soundscape Actions are described and discussed in the paper. They are structured around three main categories: localisation of functions, reduction of unwanted sounds and introduction of wanted sounds. The study provides concrete examples of how the tool can be used to enhance tranquil qualities, particularly focusing on small green spaces in dense urban settings, involving the (simultaneous) reduction of unwanted sounds and enhancement of wanted sounds/effects. The autoethnographic approach allowed for the phenomenological perspective to be brought forward, which contributed new insights regarding the design tool. The findings are discussed in relation to health and soundscape research, focusing on multisensory experiences, masking strategies and potentials for implementation and future developments of the design tool.
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Knight, Lauren Elizabeth. "‘Creator gave us two ears and one mouth’." Stream: Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication 13, no. 1 (November 5, 2021): 37–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.21810/strm.v13i1.297.
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Acoustic ecology has served as a foundational theoretical field for many sound scholars to understand the soundscape as a signifier for environmental crisis. While sound theorists like R. Murray Schafer and those in the World Soundscape Project have developed ways in which to critically analyze environmental soundscapes, these methods have often excluded Indigenous narratives which offer complex understandings of sound through embodied experience. In this paper I employ a brief description of acoustic ecology, drawing attention to its benefits as a methodological approach to sonic ordering, while also demonstrating the possibilities for expansion of this field when examined in conversation with Canadian Indigenous perspectives and notable sonic activist movements. I address how Indigenous knowledge systems, futurisms, art, and activism can provide critical perspectives within the field of acoustic ecology, which lends well to understanding soundscapes of crisis. I identify a few case studies of sonic forward Indigenous environmental movements which include game design by Elizabeth LaPensée, Rebecca Belmore’s Wave Sound sculpture, and the Round Dance Revolution within the Idle No More movement. In sum, this paper works to bridge the work of acoustic ecology and Indigenous sonic movements to encourage a complex and nuanced relationship to sound, and to explore moments for understanding sonic intersections at the forefront of environmental crisis.
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Shono, Taiko, and Hidemaro Shimoda. "Soundscape design connecting people with the environment." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144, no. 3 (September 2018): 1931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.5068451.
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Zhong, Bingzhi, Hui Xie, Tian Gao, Ling Qiu, Heng Li, and Zhengkai Zhang. "The Effects of Spatial Characteristics and Visual and Smell Environments on the Soundscape of Waterfront Space in Mountainous Cities." Forests 14, no. 1 (December 21, 2022): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14010010.
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The soundscape of waterfront space in mountainous cities (WSMC) can affect people’s physical and mental health. Taking seven WSMCs in Chongqing, China, as the study area, this study aimed to investigate the soundscape and explore the influence of spatial characteristics and visual and smell environments on the soundscape of WSMCs through a sensewalking approach. The results show that the soundscape evaluations of WSMCs are of poor quality, and traffic sounds are dominant (33%). Among spatial characteristics, the position relative to the road (including vertical and horizontal distances) had a greater impact than other spatial indicators on soundscape evaluations. Elevation was positively correlated with the A-weighted equivalent sound level (LAeq) and negatively correlated with the soundscape comfort degree (SCD). In terms of visual elements, the proportions of paved ground, pedestrians, and buildings had negative effects on the soundscape, while those of the sky, water, and natural terrain had positive effects. High visual and smell environment quality can enhance soundscape evaluations, although the smell environment had a greater impact on the SCD than the visual environment in WSMCs. Finally, this study summarizes the recommended values of spatial characteristics and visual and smell environment indicators to put forward references for the soundscape design of WSMCs.
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Hermida, Luis, Ignacio Pavón, Antonio Lobo Soares, and J. Bento-Coelho. "On the Person-Place Interaction and Its Relationship with the Responses/Outcomes of Listeners of Urban Soundscape (Compared Cases of Lisbon and Bogotá): Contextual and Semiotic Aspects." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 4 (February 14, 2019): 551. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040551.
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Design, planning, and management of the urban soundscape require various interacting fields of knowledge given the fact that it is the human person that experiences and provides meaning to the urban places and their acoustic environments. The process of environmental perception involves contextual information that conditions people’s responses and outcomes through the relationship between the variables Person, Activity, and Place. This research focuses on the interaction between Person and Place and its impact on responses and outcomes from listeners with different geographical origin and background. Laboratory studies were conducted in the cities of Lisbon (Portugal) and Bogotá (Colombia), where local listeners were introduced to known and unknown acoustic environments. Sound data recorded in the two cities allowed comparison of responses and outcomes of the listeners according to the Person-Place Interaction, leading to different meanings depending on the contextual variables. The results clearly show a relationship between site, acoustic environment, soundscape, Person-Place Interaction, and meaning of the place. This information can be useful for urban technicians and designers dealing with planning and management of urban soundscapes.
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Erfanian, Mercede, Andrew J. Mitchell, Jian Kang, and Francesco Aletta. "The Psychophysiological Implications of Soundscape: A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature and a Research Agenda." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 19 (September 21, 2019): 3533. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193533.
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The soundscape is defined by the International Standard Organization (ISO) 12913-1 as the human’s perception of the acoustic environment, in context, accompanying physiological and psychological responses. Previous research is synthesized with studies designed to investigate soundscape at the ‘unconscious’ level in an effort to more specifically conceptualize biomarkers of the soundscape. This review aims firstly, to investigate the consistency of methodologies applied for the investigation of physiological aspects of soundscape; secondly, to underline the feasibility of physiological markers as biomarkers of soundscape; and finally, to explore the association between the physiological responses and the well-founded psychological components of the soundscape which are continually advancing. For this review, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and PsycINFO were searched for peer-reviewed articles published in English with combinations of the keywords ‘soundscape’, ‘environmental noise/sound’, ‘physiology/physiological’, ‘psychology/psychological’, and ‘perceptual attributes/affective/subjective assessment/appraisals’. Previous research suggests that Electrocardiography (ECG) and Vectorcardiography (VCG) biometrics quantifying Heart Rate (HR), stimulus-locked experimental design, and passive listening with homogeneous populations are predominantly applied to characterize the psychophysiology underlying the soundscape. Pleasantness and arousal are the most frequent psychological descriptors for soundscape subjective appraisals. Likewise, acoustic environments are reported to inconsistently evoke physiological responses with great variability among studies. The link between the perceptual attributes and physiological responses of soundscape vary within and among existing literature. While a few studies detected a link between physiological manifestations of soundscape and the perceptual attributes, the others failed to validate this link. Additionally, the majority of the study findings were limited to one or two physiological responses.
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Xiao, Jieling, Francesco Aletta, and Islah Ali-Maclachlan. "On the Opportunities of the Soundscape Approach to Revitalise Acoustics Training in Undergraduate Architectural Courses." Sustainability 14, no. 4 (February 9, 2022): 1957. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14041957.
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Soundscape research has been gaining prominence in studies on the built environment. The soundscape concept is defined as the acoustic environment as perceived and/or understood by a person in context. Compared with traditional building acoustics, the soundscape concept brings interesting perspectives—but also challenges—for undergraduate architectural curricula, where it tries to strike a balance between qualitative and quantitative methodologies, a theoretical approach that in the context of soundscape studies it is often referred to as ‘triangulation’. Starting from real-world higher education courses, the aim of this paper is to examine how the soundscape approach can be integrated into teaching building acoustics at the undergraduate level in architectural courses. Methods such as soundwalks, acoustic measurements, and computational simulations that are commonly used in soundscape research are introduced in educational projects as tools for students to experience, analyse, and articulate the narrative around the sound environment to inform their design concepts and details.