Evaluation of noise pollution related to human perception in a university campus in Brazil

Redefinition of Park Design Criteria as a Result of Analysis of Well-Being and Soundscape: The Case Study of the Kortowo Park (Poland)

“…In addition to acoustic valor of greenery in university campuses that is marked in our research, it should be considered as one element in a more complex environmental system, where soundscape together with water management [ 73 ], energy consumption [ 74 ], or climate mitigation actions [ 75 ] can create academic campuses as sustainable educations hubs influencing the surrounding and promoting a built environment of 21st century. Such actions in redesigning academic campuses according to modern urbanization concepts can be observed in many countries around the globe like France [ 76 ], Spain [ 77 ], Italy [ 78 ], Poland [ 79 ], Germany [ 70 ], Finland [ 80 ], US [ 81 ], Turkey [ 82 ], India [ 83 ], China [ 84 ], Singapore [ 85 ], Malaysia [ 86 ], or Brazil [ 87 ].…”

The Importance of Smart Campuses in the Context of Boyd Cohen Wheel and Sustainable Environmental Dimension

“…While the definition of a smart city is made in the world and Turkey according to a wide variety of commissions and unions, the concept of smart city incorporates some concepts such as sustainable city, connected city, the competitive city, brand city, digital city, livable city, ecological city, green city, and low carbon city (de Souza et al, 2020;General Directorate of Geographic Information Systems, 2019;Guerrieri et al, 2019;Ardito et al, 2019). A smart city is expressed as a sustainable city where technological facilities and data are utilized at the most advanced level in order to improve the life quality of its inhabitants and to use the resources effectively and efficiently, and where all the individuals of the city are integrated with the city management (Neirotti et al, 2014).…”

“…Generally, universities around the world and in our country have focused on the GreenMetric model, intelligent environment, and life components within the scope of Boyd Cohen's Smart City Wheel. In addition, there is a wide variety and new research about Smart Campus in the literature (de Souza et al, 2020;Guerrieri et al, 2019;Ardito et al, 2019;Ampudia-Renuncio et al, 2018;Gasco-Hernandez, 2018;Yoshida et al, 2017;Alvarez-Campana et al, 2017;Yaqoob et al, 2017;Liu, 2015;Wu and Yin, 2015).…”

Ecological Security of Communities in Polish Cities

“…Those undesirable phenomena may be limited only partially by physical barriers. Therefore, they affect areas such as residential zones, schools [3], health centres, and other public utility facilities. Long-term exposure to noise is related to multiple health problems, including coronary artery disease [4], myocardial infarction, irritation among people with poor quality of sleep, diabetes, decreased un-derstanding of written text, and decreased focus among children at school age [5].…”