Green space, soundscape and urban sustainability: an interdisciplinary, empirical study

Irvine, Katherine N.; Devine‐Wright, Patrick; Payne, Sarah R.; Fuller, Richard A.; Painter, Birgit; Gaston, Kevin J.

doi:10.1080/13549830802522061

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“…Uniquely among the study mangroves, it is valued for the more intrinsic benefits of peace and tranquility, and enjoying time with family. Urban green spaces can attenuate sounds generated outside their area (Irvine et al 2009), and wooded areas can restore a sense of peace, comfort, and mental and spiritual balance (Hansen-Ketchum et al 2011). The proximity of the Pasir Ris Mangrove to residences may allow locals to visit more frequently, and therefore to appreciate the more intrinsic benefits that it can provide.…”

Section: Variation In Cultural Ecosystem Service Values Between Diffementioning

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Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore

Thiagarajah

Wong

Richards

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Cultural ecosystem services are a function of people and place, so may change as a location transitions from rural to urban. Singapore has undergone rapid urbanization after its independence in 1965, with a concomitant decline in natural habitat extent and accessibility. Using coastal mangrove forests as a case study habitat, changing cultural values were explored with a novel array of techniques, including qualitative archival analysis (photographs, oral histories), current sources (publically uploaded social media photographs), and surveys of (a) the general public and (b) visitors to publically accessible mangroves. Cultural value changed through time, with a significant transition from intrinsic, intrapersonal values (spiritual, cultural heritage) to instrumental, interpersonal values (recreation, education). Additionally, cultural value varied between different mangroves depending on their public accessibility, and the evolving degree of human interaction with the ecosystem as urban development occured. Cultural values change as development transitions, though mangroves still play an important cultural role in a heavily urbanized environment.

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Section: Variation In Cultural Ecosystem Service Values Between Diffementioning

confidence: 99%

Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore

Thiagarajah

Wong

Richards

et al. 2015

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110

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“…To examine the related problems of increasing sound pollution and decreasing urban green space, Irvine et al [63] combine environmental psychology, ecology and acoustical analysis to describe both subjective and objective measures of sound at various places within urban green spaces. Like many MIT projects, when combining multiple disciplinary perspectives, some aspects of one discipline will get appropriated differently than others.…”

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Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research

2011

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Abstract:Our contemporary social and ecological problems, including climate change, peak oil and food security, necessitate solutions informed by multiple backgrounds that singular disciplines seem unable to provide, and possibly, are even incapable of providing. The increasing occurrence of multi-, inter-and transdisciplinary (MIT) research projects speak to the recognition of that necessity. But as the literature and our own experiences bear out, just calling a project "beyond disciplinary" or integrated does not necessarily yield the intended outcomes or make progress toward alleviating the hurdles of bridging disciplines. Here we examine the distinctions between three categories (multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary) of integrated research and offer reflections on how sustainability researchers can categorize their research to improve common understandings.

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“…In a comparative study of three green spaces in Sheffield (United Kingdom), Irvine et al (2009) demonstrate a relationship between the perception of sound and the attributes of the greenery. Park users expressed a hierarchy of preference for sound, valuing natural sounds over those of people or mechanical sounds.…”

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On the Necessity of an Integrated, Participative and Adaptive Approach to Sustainable Urban Environmental Quality Planning

2017

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On the necessity of an integrated, participative and adaptive approach to urban environmental quality in planning sustainable cities Key words: urban environmental quality; urban quality of life; sustainable urban development; trade-offs; quality dimensions. Rien van Stigt, Peter Driessen and Tejo Spit AbstractBased on a review of recent literature, this paper addresses the question of how urban planners can steer urban environmental quality, given the fact that it is multidimensional in character, is assessed largely in subjective terms and varies across time. A novel perspective of urban environmental quality is proposed, exploring three questions that are at the core of planning and designing cities: 'quality of what?', 'quality for whom?' and 'quality at what time?' The dilemmas that urban planners face in answering these questions are illustrated using secondary material. The three questions provide a framework that offers urban planners perspectives for action in finding their way out of the dilemmas identified. Rather than further detailing the exact nature of urban quality, this novel perspective calls for an approach to urban planning that is integrated, participative and adaptive.

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Green space, soundscape and urban sustainability: an interdisciplinary, empirical study

Cited by 136 publications

References 48 publications

Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore

Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore

Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research

On the Necessity of an Integrated, Participative and Adaptive Approach to Sustainable Urban Environmental Quality Planning

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