Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness
Aletta, Francesco
Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (334 p.)
Open Access
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 shifting from treating sound simply as "noise" and something that cities should get rid of to a potential "resource" to promote and support community life in public spaces. Three main topics or "needs" to be addressed by researchers and practitioners emerged from this Special Issue: (1) the need to re-think "quietness" in cities as something that goes beyond the mere "pursuit of silence", (2) the need to integrate additional contextual factors in the characterization and management of urban acoustic environments for public health, and (3) the need to consider the acoustic quality of indoor spaces as opposed to an outdoor-only perspective. The contributions collected in this book will hopefully trigger new questions and inform the agenda of future researchers and practitioners in the environmental acoustics domain.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03928-273-9 9783039282722 9783039282739
10.3390/books978-3-03928-273-9 doi
Humanities
Social interaction
green space greenness noise exposure noise perception soundscape environmental sounds quietness vibrancy acoustic environments urban sound planning environmental noise public health well-being quality of life restoration quiet areas noise abatement soundscape design landscape planning urban planning general plan sustainability acoustic comfort inner yard acoustics soundscape pleasantness sound perception virtual room acoustics virtual audio quality of experience irrelevant speech noise noise annoyance productivity mental health cross-sectional survey open-plan offices shared offices occupants' behavior restorative effect children's cognitive performance classroom soundscape sustained attention short-term memory urban environments semiosis model square dancing public spaces acoustic territory enjoyment appropriateness psychological restoration emotions acoustic environment urban open public spaces urban design stress experiment virtual reality bird song noise perceived restoration quiet area urban park urban square audio-visual interaction audio-visual walk young people's psychological response orthogonal analysis urban parks Musikiosk soundscape intervention democratic soundscape installation quality of the urban public experience mixed methods study pocket park physiology perceptual attributes auditory sonic experience tranquillity garden therapy landscape architecture Japanese gardens autoethnography soundscape actions n/a
Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (334 p.)
Open Access
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 shifting from treating sound simply as "noise" and something that cities should get rid of to a potential "resource" to promote and support community life in public spaces. Three main topics or "needs" to be addressed by researchers and practitioners emerged from this Special Issue: (1) the need to re-think "quietness" in cities as something that goes beyond the mere "pursuit of silence", (2) the need to integrate additional contextual factors in the characterization and management of urban acoustic environments for public health, and (3) the need to consider the acoustic quality of indoor spaces as opposed to an outdoor-only perspective. The contributions collected in this book will hopefully trigger new questions and inform the agenda of future researchers and practitioners in the environmental acoustics domain.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03928-273-9 9783039282722 9783039282739
10.3390/books978-3-03928-273-9 doi
Humanities
Social interaction
green space greenness noise exposure noise perception soundscape environmental sounds quietness vibrancy acoustic environments urban sound planning environmental noise public health well-being quality of life restoration quiet areas noise abatement soundscape design landscape planning urban planning general plan sustainability acoustic comfort inner yard acoustics soundscape pleasantness sound perception virtual room acoustics virtual audio quality of experience irrelevant speech noise noise annoyance productivity mental health cross-sectional survey open-plan offices shared offices occupants' behavior restorative effect children's cognitive performance classroom soundscape sustained attention short-term memory urban environments semiosis model square dancing public spaces acoustic territory enjoyment appropriateness psychological restoration emotions acoustic environment urban open public spaces urban design stress experiment virtual reality bird song noise perceived restoration quiet area urban park urban square audio-visual interaction audio-visual walk young people's psychological response orthogonal analysis urban parks Musikiosk soundscape intervention democratic soundscape installation quality of the urban public experience mixed methods study pocket park physiology perceptual attributes auditory sonic experience tranquillity garden therapy landscape architecture Japanese gardens autoethnography soundscape actions n/a