Individual and shared representations on “zones calmes” (“quiet areas”) among the French population in urban context

Lavandier, Catherine; Delaitre, Pauline

doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2015.06.007

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“…This study revealed the main beliefs shared by different groups of the population. A brief description of the methodology is given in this section, but, for the complete study, we refer to [16].…”

Section: Main Viewpoints On Tranquilitymentioning

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“…In order to provide an overview of the different meanings given to tranquility, an online survey has been conducted in France using Q-methodology with 302 participants [15,16]. This study revealed the main beliefs shared by different groups of the population.…”

Section: Main Viewpoints On Tranquilitymentioning

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“…G j (k) can be interpreted as how much more participant j belongs to the tranquility viewpoint group k than the average over all participants: Table 1. Tranquility statements used in the Antwerp parks survey campaign with their corresponding reference number to the French quiet areas study [16]. Prototypical group markings (g ki ) are provided for each statement i and three tranquility groups k: (1)-"Social relationships" group, (2)-"Natural sound sources" group, (3)-"Silence" group.…”

Section: Relative Membership To Tranquility Groupsmentioning

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“…They were selected from the 47 statements used in the French population quiet areas study [16] to be the most differentiating between tranquility viewpoints (Section 2). In accordance with the methodology, participants ranked their preference on an ordinal scale with 11 numbers ranging from −5 to +5 with the labels only on both ends: "do not agree at all" (−5) and "completely agree" (+5).…”

Section: Tranquility Statementsmentioning

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“…A study on linguistic representations of tranquility has been conducted among the French population [15,16]. In this research, three major groups of people were identified: those who associate tranquility to social relationships, those that mention sounds, in particular natural sounds with relation to tranquility, and those that focus on silence.…”

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The Personal Viewpoint on the Meaning of Tranquility Affects the Appraisal of the Urban Park Soundscape

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Abstract:Previous research has shown that tranquil areas in the city, such as urban parks, are usually perceived as positive and have a restorative effect on visitors. However, visitors could experience these spaces differently depending on the meaning they assign to the concept of tranquility. To investigate how individuals' personal views on tranquility affect their perception of the sonic environment, a soundscape study was conducted in several city parks in Antwerp, Belgium. Mobile sound measurements were combined with a questionnaire survey amongst 660 park visitors. Within the survey, the participants' viewpoint on tranquility was evaluated using their agreement with a set of previously established prototypical statements, categorizing them into one out of three main tranquility viewpoint groups: people that associate tranquility with silence, those that associate it with hearing natural sounds, or those that associate it with social relationships. Next to this, the sounds that participants had heard during their visit were noted, and their perception of the overall quality of the soundscape and the degree to which it matched their expectation were assessed. Results show that the park visitors who associate tranquility with natural sounds or to silence are more often found amongst those that report hearing mechanical sounds a lot. The same groups of visitors rate the overall quality of the sonic environment of the park more often bad to very bad. These findings suggest that park visitors pay attention more to the sounds they do not expect to hear, and that the higher their expectations about the soundscape, the more critical they become in their appraisal of the soundscape.

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