Soundscape components, perceptions, and EEG reactions in typical mountainous urban parks

Li, Heng; Xie, Hui; Woodward, George

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127269

Cited by 34 publications

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“…Sound measurements showed that overall there is a pattern among time intervals. This is in the same line with many other studies reported that there are more people and transportation activities that dominate the sound environment in afternoons compared to mornings [38][39][40][41].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Soundscape Assessment of Green and Blue Infrastructures

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Green and blue infrastructures provide economic, environmental, and social benefits to urban life. Various areas that are passing through such infrastructures have implications for those benefits. For instance, urban, rural, agricultural, and industrial zones extend the services and disservices of green and blue infrastructures. Such extensions also have various implications on the environment and public health. Sound is one of those under-examined aspects of aggregated effects of green and blue infrastructures. This study aims to contribute to whether soundscape is affected by three pillars of urban, industrial, and rural areas among green and blue infrastructures. The study result shows no significant difference among those zones; however, urbanized areas include the highest sound levels. Industrial and rural zones show similar patterns. The study also identified that green infrastructure has more effects on the soundscape paradigm. The results also imply that green and blue infrastructures should be designated in harmony to produce a more sound-friendly environment considering the current major uses of the areas.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Soundscape Assessment of Green and Blue Infrastructures

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“…Those who chose jogging and brisk walking had a higher potential preference for natural sounds, while this group tended to choose exercise sites that were close to the natural landscape in the form of lawn, forest, and lakeside footpath. Since the venues for dance and gymnastics are limited by the mountainous terrain and are far from the mountains and forests, those who choose these activities have less exposure to natural sounds [47]. There is a positive correlation between the preference for device music and the crowd of square dancers and gymnasts, but they have a stronger aversion to activity sound and artificial noise.…”

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Audio-Visual Preferences for the Exercise-Oriented Population in Urban Forest Parks in China

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The purpose of this study is to explore the audio-visual preferences of exercisers in urban forest parks in China and to make practical suggestions for park landscape design. Taking Beigushan Forest Park in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province as a case, based on field research and questionnaire survey, this study analyzed the audio-visual preference characteristics of exercisers in the park, revealed the correlation between audio-visual preference and exercisers’ behaviors and individual characteristics, and explored the influence of audio-visual preferences on exercise feelings by establishing a structural equation model. It was found that (1) the forest and its avenue landscape and birdsong are most preferred by exercisers; (2) the audio-visual preferences of people with different exercise forms differ, for example, people who slowly walk, run, and briskly walk have stronger preferences for natural soundscape and visual landscape, while people who use fitness equipment have stronger inclusiveness for human activity sound and prefer public facility-based landscapes. In addition, some individual characteristics such as exercise intensity and exercise frequency significantly affect exercisers’ audio-visual preferences; (3) visual landscape preferences have a greater direct impact on exercise feelings, with natural waterscape having the greatest direct impact, but overall soundscape preferences do not have a high degree of direct impact on exercise feelings, with natural sound still having a strong positive impact. These findings provide a more quantitative basis for the landscape design of urban forest parks from the perspective of exercise behavior.

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“…A more recent in-situ soundwalk study by also concluded that natural sound sources produce more restorative benefits through EEG experiments than simply strengthening positive visual aspects of the environment. [61] Thus, the significant differences in OSQ ratings found in the visual landscape of waterbody for the current study may be moderated via the perception of individual sounds (biophonic, geophonic, and human activities)…”

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confidence: 70%