The perceived quality of soundscape in three urban parks in Rome

Brambilla, Giovanni; Gallo, Veronica; Asdrubali, Francesco; D’Alessandro, Francesco

doi:10.1121/1.4807811

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“…That is why several research studies into human sound perception have been conducted. Brambilla & Gallo (2013) studied human sound perception in urban parks in Rome. According to them, it is not only acoustical parameters that affect sound perception.…”

Section: Miscellanea Geographica -Regional Studies On Developmentmentioning

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The Warsaw soundscape - structure and specifics

Romanowska¹

2014

Miscellanea Geographica

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The Warsaw soundscape has been examined according to the principles of acoustic ecology. The soundscape is the acoustic environment tested primarily by qualitative research. Warsaw residents were asked in a survey about their sound impressions and requirements for the Warsaw soundscape. The aim of this research was to learn both the conditions of acoustic environment and the needs of space users in accordance with the space category. The present and expected sound structures of five different categories of space were examined (residential areas, streets, city centre, tourist areas and green areas). Information on both the specific Warsaw sounds and the ideas for new sounds (which could be introduced into the city) was collected.

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Section: Miscellanea Geographica -Regional Studies On Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Warsaw soundscape - structure and specifics

Romanowska¹

2014

Miscellanea Geographica

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“…Indeed, the European Environment Agency in its "Good practice guide" acknowledges 'soundscaping' as one of the strategies to identify and manage quiet areas (European Environment Agency, 2014), thus a lot of research efforts focused on this one particular soundscape: quietness and tranquillity (e.g., Pheasant, Watts, & Horoshenkov, 2009;García, Aspuru, Herranz, & Bustamante, 2013;Brambilla, Gallo, Asdrubali, & D'Alessandro, 2013;Brambilla & Gallo, 2016). Nonetheless, there is still a need to systematically provide the underpinning science and practical guidance in soundscaping.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment

Kang

Aletta

Gjestland

et al. 2016

Building and Environment

340

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Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) eprints@whiterose.ac.uk https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Reuse Unless indicated otherwise, fulltext items are protected by copyright with all rights reserved. The copyright exception in section 29 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 allows the making of a single copy solely for the purpose of non-commercial research or private study within the limits of fair dealing. The publisher or other rights-holder may allow further reproduction and re-use of this version -refer to the White Rose Research Online record for this item. Where records identify the publisher as the copyright holder, users can verify any specific terms of use on the publisher's website. TakedownIf you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. Abstract: Soundscape research represents a paradigm shift from noise control policies towards a new multidisciplinary approach as it involves not only physical measurements but also the cooperation of humanity and social sciences to account for the diversity of soundscapes across countries and cultures, with more focus on how people actually experience the acoustic environments; and it considers environmental sounds as a 'resource' rather than a 'waste'. The ten questions presented in this paper range from the very basic definitions underlying the emerging soundscape 'science', to more applied topics about how to use soundscape as a design approach for the planning and management of the built environments. Although significant research activity has been conducted so far, there is still a need to systematically provide the underpinning science and practical guidance in soundscaping. Thus, the last question aims to identify the most crucial gaps in soundscape research and set the agenda for future advancements in the field.

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“…At the city scale, previous works have selectively emphasized the quantitative assessment of parks concerning traffic noise reduction (Cohen et al, 2014;González-Oreja et al, 2010). Other studies investigating also the users' perception of the acoustic quality in the parks have been performed by Brambilla et al, 2013;Brambilla & Maffei, 2006;Weber, 2012. However, there is little evidence on the effect of green spaces as a land use parameter on traffic noise. The most frequent use is through land use regression (LUR) models (Goudreau et al, 2014;Ragettli et al, 2016), or in a local scale through the TRAP tool by Pheasant et al (2010), which can be very useful in the absence of noise maps, but still of limited range and dependent on on-site noise measurements.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Relationship between green space-related morphology and noise pollution

Margaritis

Kang

2017

Ecological Indicators

127

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Green spaces have been proved to have a positive effect on traffic noise pollution in the local scale; however their effects have not been explored on the urban level. This paper investigates the effects of green space-related parameters from a land cover viewpoint on traffic noise pollution in order to understand to what extent greener cities can also be quieter. A triple level analysis was conducted in the agglomeration, urban and kernel level including various case study cities across Europe. The green space parameters were calculated based on land cover data available in a European scale, while traffic noise data were extracted from online noise maps and configured in noise indices. In the first level 25 agglomerations were investigated, six of which were further analyzed in the urban and kernel levels. It was found that the effect of green spaces on traffic noise pollution varies according to the scale of analysis. In the agglomeration level, there was no significant difference in the cluster of the higher green space index and the percentage of people exposed in the lowest (55-59 dB(A)) or the highest noise band of more than 70 dB(A). In the urban level it was found that lower noise levels can possibly be achieved in cities with a higher extent of porosity and green space coverage. Finally, in the kernel level a Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) analysis was conducted for the identification of correlations between noise and green. Strong correlations were identified between 60% and 79%, while a further cluster analysis combined with land cover data revealed that lower noise levels were detected in the cluster with higher green space coverage. At last, all cities were ranked according to the calculated noise index.

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The perceived quality of soundscape in three urban parks in Rome

Cited by 86 publications

References 9 publications

The Warsaw soundscape - structure and specifics

The Warsaw soundscape - structure and specifics

Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment

Relationship between green space-related morphology and noise pollution

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