Urban green space soundscapes and their perceived restorativeness

Uebel, Konrad; Marselle, Melissa R.; Dean, Angela J.; Rhodes, Jonathan R.; Bonn, Aletta

doi:10.1002/pan3.10215

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“…The research findings vary from study to study. In the case of study areas located in natural urban landscape it was observed that in the presence of bird sounds people pay less attention to road traffic noise [35] yet only in the case of people who were generally insensitive to street noise. Interestingly, according to a Czech study on the walking speed along streets with adjacent vegetation with audible bird sounds pedestrians tend to walk slower in spring [36].…”

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“…The relevant factors include local topography, location of buildings, landscaping features in the adjacent area and vegetation (specifically the type, density and height) [33,34]. Studies on the effect of noise and its reduction on wellbeing of people in urban parks, taking into consideration bird sounds were carried out in several countries, including Australia [35], the Czech Republic [36] and Sweden [37]. The research findings vary from study to study.…”

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Effect of Lane Narrowing Implemented on an Urban Dual Carriageway on Speed Reduction and Acoustic Environment

Sołowczuk

Kacprzak

2021

Buildings

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The on-going growth in the use of motor vehicles leads to a number of traffic safety problems. Therefore, various traffic calming measures are applied to increase traffic safety in built-up areas. Lane narrowing is one of the techniques used to influence the perception of drivers and make them slow down. With this in mind, the authors conducted traffic volume and speed counts before and after installation of the lane narrowing treatment, covering 100 passing vehicles, at an intersection between an urban dual carriageway and an estate street where over a dozen fatal accidents occurred in the recent years. Traffic noise was also measured, both before and after lane narrowing. The traffic count data were analysed to show speed reduction by ca. 15 km/h, yet in all cases still above 50 km/h, which is the speed limit applicable to built-up areas in Poland. The analysis of the “before” and “after” noise maps showed only minor changes to the distribution of noise. The locations of these changes to the acoustic environment depended on the speed and volume of traffic and, much more importantly, on the topography of the surrounding area, the existing roadside layered landscape and the type of planted vegetation. The detailed analyses of the analysed parameters demonstrated that sustainable design of traffic calming measures on urban dual carriageways must consider not only the desired speed reduction but also the surrounding landscape and the local topography.

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Effect of Lane Narrowing Implemented on an Urban Dual Carriageway on Speed Reduction and Acoustic Environment

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Kacprzak

2021

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“…The well-established impact of nature on positive mood is also indicative of a positive effect on wellbeing [7][8][9]. Although some of this impact could be due to better air quality, to increased physical activity in green spaces, or to other stress-reducing mechanisms (e.g., calming natural soundscapes [10]), much of it is presumed to be a consequence of the visual information presented by natural environments, because immersion in nature is not required for a positive impact.…”

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Environment, Identity, and Response to Polluted Landscapes

Clayton

2021

Sustainability

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Research indicates that beautiful nature can have positive impacts. Does polluted nature have a corresponding negative impact? This paper presents two experiments investigating the impact of viewing images of natural settings, on a college campus, that do or do not contain litter. The moderating role of environmental identity was also examined. Study 1 showed that landscapes with litter evoked more negative emotions among a sample of 332 U.S. residents on MTurk than did landscapes without litter. Surprisingly, natural landscapes did not have a more positive effect than images of buildings. In Study 2, using an MTurk sample of 310 U.S. residents, results were similar to Study 1 but were qualified by an interaction between condition and EID: those high in EID were more strongly affected by the images. These results suggest that viewing polluted landscapes can have a negative effect on emotions (hedonic wellbeing), and that these effects are stronger among those who have a stronger relationship with nature. There was no evidence for an impact on eudaimonic wellbeing as represented by a sense of meaning, efficacy, or ethicality. Given the continuing degradation of our natural environment, further research on the impacts of polluted landscapes is needed.

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“…This was necessary to limit the duration of the experiment and prevent 'questionnaire fatigue' (Rolstad et al, 2011). While our design prevents us assessing the impacts of the presence/absence of birdsong on attentional outcomes there is already evidence that birdsong is associated with attention restoration (Ratcliffe et al, 2013(Ratcliffe et al, , 2016Uebel et al, 2021). Moreover, our design reflects the reality that most urban parks and green-spaces contain birds, and our core objective of testing how changes in the magnitude of biodiversity influences attentional outcomes.…”

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An experimental test of the impact of avian diversity on attentional benefits and enjoyment of people experiencing urban green‐space

Douglas

Evans

2021

People and Nature

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1. Biodiversity may play a key role in generating the well-being benefits of visiting green-spaces.2. The ability of people to accurately perceive variation in biodiversity is, however, unclear and evidence supporting links between biodiversity exposure and wellbeing outcomes remains equivocal. In part, this is due to the paucity of controlled experimental studies that deal adequately with confounding factors that covary

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Urban green space soundscapes and their perceived restorativeness

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Cited by 62 publications

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Effect of Lane Narrowing Implemented on an Urban Dual Carriageway on Speed Reduction and Acoustic Environment

Effect of Lane Narrowing Implemented on an Urban Dual Carriageway on Speed Reduction and Acoustic Environment

Environment, Identity, and Response to Polluted Landscapes

An experimental test of the impact of avian diversity on attentional benefits and enjoyment of people experiencing urban green‐space

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