Factors that influence soundscapes in historical areas

Zhou, Zhiyu; Kang, Jian; Jin, Hong

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“…The soundscape approach plays also an important role in the tourism management of natural areas [15][16][17][18][19]. Yet, studies about the soundscape of touristic destinations in urban rather than natural contexts are still scarce [20,21]. Liu et al [22] studied the soundscapes of historical areas of Beijing, China.…”

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The “sound of silence” in Granada during the COVID-19 lockdown

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Exceptional circumstances in the city of Granada due to the COVID-19 lockdown have provided the opportunity to characterise the impact of humans on its urban acoustic climate. Traditional environmental noise management and urban sound planning usually take into account noise sources in the city, such as industrial activities or road traffic noise, in model estimations, as well as in empirical research. But trying to isolate human impact by itself, human activity including social activity, walking, talking or just going around the city, has always been a difficult or even impossible task. The COVID-19 lockdown measures have provided the opportunity to study urban climate as never before, affected just by natural or animal noise sources. Previous soundscape research at some iconic sites in the city of Granada carried out in 2019 before the lockdown and a special measuring campaign carried out at the same locations during the lockdown in 2020 offered valuable information on sound levels and local characteristics in order to carry out this comparison. Results show a great change in environmental noise levels that is interesting not only because of its magnitude, but also for its implications, especially at those sites where social human activity was an identifying characteristic. Natural or animal sounds became surprisingly evident at some study sites, especially where road traffic noise dramatically decreased, leading to significantly lower background noise levels. Important spectral changes are observed before and during the lockdown, suggesting a shift from anthropic to animal sources in the acoustic environment.

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“…In details in the same city we can recognize areas in which, although the people's lifestyle and some details were modified, the actual soundscape can be assumed to be similar to the one in the past (Fernandez Álvarez, Pascale, Masullo, Maffei, & Puyana Romero, 2014), areas in which the presence of a specific sound source has altered the original soundscape, which is, however, still present in the background, and areas that had a radical urban and social transformation and in which all past sound sources disappeared and were replaced by new ones (Zhou, Kang, & Jin, 2014). Besides all, the soundscape of these areas takes over and accompanies our daily life as residents and impresses us as tourists during our visits.…”

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Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment

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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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“…Elsewhere, Z. Zhou et al (2014) used questionnaires to analyze the main factors affecting the audio-visual environments in historic districts, such as human activities, public sanitation, and landscaping and green areas.…”

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“…Combined audio-visual studies of historic districts have been carried out, but they were mostly based on questionnaires or interviews, resulting in limited study areas (usually a few street blocks within one historic district) and sample sizes (usually no more than 500 participants) (Z. Zhou et al, 2014). Recently, however, the availability of social media data has provided us with new opportunities to cover more historic districts and survey more participants.…”

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Interplay between auditory and visual environments in historic districts: A big data approach based on social media

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Historic districts play a vital role in stimulating urban economic development, conserving regional culture, and enhancing public participation. Both auditory and visual environments, and the interplay between them, are critical to visitors’ perception and evaluation of historic districts. However, most studies have explored either the auditory or visual environments separately. The handful of existing studies on audiovisual interaction were confined to laboratory environments, leading to limited external validity. Here, we performed a data-driven study of the features of auditory and visual environments and the interaction between them in 17 historic towns in China using posts containing soundscape-related keywords and streetscape photos from a popular Chinese social media platform. First, we found that the auditory environments in historic districts mainly consist of man-made sounds from folkloric activities, the sounds of street shop vendors, and natural sounds from running water and birds. Second, street greenery, spatial enclosure, and presence of pedestrian in visual environment are positively associated with emotional feedback of the soundscape. This study and others support the importance of studying the auditory and visual environments of historic districts in conjunction. The innovative methods used in this study can be used in further studies in the field.

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Factors that influence soundscapes in historical areas

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The “sound of silence” in Granada during the COVID-19 lockdown

The “sound of silence” in Granada during the COVID-19 lockdown

Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment

Interplay between auditory and visual environments in historic districts: A big data approach based on social media

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