Ecological connectivity of urban quiet areas: the case of Mytilene, Greece

Tsaligopoulos, Aggelos; Karapostoli, Aimilia; Radicchi, Antonella; Economou, Chris; Kyvelou, Stella; Matsinos, Yiannis G.

doi:10.1080/23748834.2019.1599093

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“…This approach should be an essential strategy for designing green areas in urban areas to improve the well-being of those residing there [60][61][62][63]. Also, the authors [64,65] indicate that landscape architects should, in their design work, take into account such aspects as the acoustic properties of materials, the possibility of masking, or introducing elements of small architecture with the functions of "white noise." As was emphasized in [64][65][66], the reduction of noise level only using legal regulations does not always have the expected economic and environmental effect.…”

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“…Also, the authors [64,65] indicate that landscape architects should, in their design work, take into account such aspects as the acoustic properties of materials, the possibility of masking, or introducing elements of small architecture with the functions of "white noise." As was emphasized in [64][65][66], the reduction of noise level only using legal regulations does not always have the expected economic and environmental effect. Therefore, it is imperative that the acoustic environment, especially in urban parks, is properly analyzed [64][65][66][67].…”

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“…As was emphasized in [64][65][66], the reduction of noise level only using legal regulations does not always have the expected economic and environmental effect. Therefore, it is imperative that the acoustic environment, especially in urban parks, is properly analyzed [64][65][66][67]. In the analysis of Bydgoszcz parks, it is noteworthy that a human factor appears in the sound perception (visitors disturb other visitors).…”

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The article’s research subject concerns soundscape acoustic perception and human perception. The article aims to support decision-making processes, based on the subjective assessment of green areas by visitors, allowing modeling of planning strategies in urban green areas. This would allow creating a friendly soundscape and managing it sustainably. The need to create a musical landscape can contribute to finding a new function and attractive form for the studied areas now and in the future. Research carried out for selected city parks in Bydgoszcz (Poland) took into consideration people’s responses in assessing the soundscape. Surveys conducted in selected parks provided information on noise sources and how consumers perceive noise during their stay in the park. A question about feeling described the reception of sound sources’ intensity by respondents (level of feeling: low, medium, high, and very high). The completed studies allow to “translate” subjective sound level responses to the numerical values of the correlation using fuzzy cognitive maps. The implemented scenarios show the possibility of using tools supporting the decision-making process in urban planning, taking into account existing acoustic conditions.

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“…It is well established that the interdisciplinary collaboration of ecologists and architects/urban designers operating in an acoustic and soundscape ecology framework could produce schemes that involve action plans regarding noise mitigation and, more specifically, regarding the structural and functional connection of urban quiet areas. In previous research regarding the ecological connectivity of urban green, quiet areas [ 95 ], the non-physical barrier imposed by noise intercepting the otherwise equally distributed levels of acoustic complexity was underlined.…”

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Revisiting the Concept of Quietness in the Urban Environment—Towards Ecosystems’ Health and Human Well-Being

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There is plenty of proof that environmental noise is a major pollutant in the urban environment. Several approaches were successfully applied for its calculation, visualization, prediction and mitigation. The goal of all strategy plans regards its reduction and the creation of quietness. This study aims to revisit the concept of quietness in the urban environment and attempts to portray a new understanding of the specific phenomena. “Quietness” as a term retains an ambiguity, and so far, it can be described as the lack of something, meaning the lack of noise that is portrayed by means of intensity. Several studies describe quietness as the combination of perceptual soundscape elements and contextual factors that can be quantified, combined, weighed and used as indicators of healthy soundscapes. In this research, the focus is on setting aside all indicators, either measuring the intensity or contextual ones and use solely quantifiable metrics regarding the acoustic environment, thus introducing a new composite index called the composite urban quietness index (CUQI). After testing the CUQI, in order to verify the results of previous research regarding the identification of quiet Areas in the city of Mytilene (Lesbos Island, Greece), the study concludes that CUQI is efficiently functioning even in this early stage of development.

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“…An important issue in the urban tissue towards the improvement of the acoustic environment is ecological connectivity. The goal of ecological connectivity [71] is meant as perceiving urban areas not as independent units, but as disconnected patches in need of reconnection within the urban environment [72]. This also stands as one of the underpinning principles of the concept of green infrastructure.…”

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Exploring the Effects of “Smart City” in the Inner-City Fabric of the Mediterranean Metropolis: Towards a Bio-Cultural Sonic Diversity?

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“Smart city”, driven by digital technology is not only a technological but also a social, cultural and political project. A socially and culturally significant new urban ideal is born. This research paper is based on the narrative that the city appears as a palimpsest of interventions of all natures. History and shared memory, composition and superimposition, coherence and divergence are fundamental for its evolution. It is thus evident that ”Smart city” as a rather new urban ideal, but also as a disruptive innovation process, cannot be conceived nor implemented all at once; it must follow analogous processes of buildup and stratification. On the other hand, sounds are part of cities, of their sensory landscape, of their identity. They are one of the urban markers, along with the visual landscape. In this context, the paper focuses on the sound identity of the inner-city areas of the Mediterranean metropolis, posing the following research question: What are the transformations that “Smart city” can cause to the sound identity of a city? In dense urban fabric with high-rise buildings, high rates of exploitation, frequent transgressions of the legal construction and least free space in private plots, what can be the prospects of using “smart transport”, for enriching the city with positive soundscapes, thus improving its environmental quality? Following the metaphor of urban and acoustic palimpsest, we examine narratives of replacement of conventional cars with autonomous vehicles (AVs) and of private cars with car-pooling systems. The article concludes that spatialized intelligence can substantially and positively transform the sound identity of the Mediterranean metropolis and be the spearhead for an increase in bio-cultural sonic diversity. At least during the era when the city still appears as a palimpsest of interpositions, evoking the historic time.

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Ecological connectivity of urban quiet areas: the case of Mytilene, Greece

Cited by 11 publications

References 68 publications

Noise as a Factor of Green Areas Soundscape Creation

Noise as a Factor of Green Areas Soundscape Creation

Revisiting the Concept of Quietness in the Urban Environment—Towards Ecosystems’ Health and Human Well-Being

Exploring the Effects of “Smart City” in the Inner-City Fabric of the Mediterranean Metropolis: Towards a Bio-Cultural Sonic Diversity?

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