Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness

• Autres auteurs: Aletta, Francesco (Éditeur intellectuel), Kang, Jian (Éditeur intellectuel)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Sujets: Humanities; Social interaction; green space; greenness; noise exposure; noise perception; soundscape; environmental sounds; quietness; vibrancy; acoustic environments; urban sound planning; environmental noise; public health; well-being; quality of life; restoration; quiet areas; noise abatement; soundscape design; landscape planning; urban planning; general plan; sustainability; acoustic comfort; inner yard acoustics; soundscape pleasantness; sound perception; virtual room acoustics; virtual audio; quality of experience; irrelevant speech noise; noise annoyance; productivity; mental health; cross-sectional survey; open-plan offices; shared offices; occupants' behavior; restorative effect; children's cognitive performance; classroom soundscape; sustained attention; short-term memory; urban environments; semiosis model; square dancing; public spaces; acoustic territory; enjoyment; appropriateness; psychological restoration; emotions; acoustic environment; urban open public spaces; urban design; stress; experiment; virtual reality; bird song; noise; perceived restoration; quiet area; urban park; urban square; audio-visual interaction; audio-visual walk; young people's psychological response; orthogonal analysis; urban parks; Musikiosk; soundscape intervention; democratic soundscape installation; quality of the urban public experience; mixed methods study; pocket park; physiology; perceptual attributes; auditory; sonic experience; tranquillity; garden therapy; landscape architecture; Japanese gardens; autoethnography; soundscape actions; n/a
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This book gathers 14 original contributions published in an IJERPH Special Issue that deal with the perception of environmental sounds and how such sounds are likely to affect human quality of life and well-being and the experience of a place. The research focus over the years has been gradually shi...