Do urban soundscapes cause anxiety?
Comparisons of city-users and urban planners’ experiences of urban soundscapes allow us to infer that a decrease of noise level or the elimination of noises from urban environments is not sufficient and can even create anxiety or reveal other problems.
Is noise annoyance an ideal urban soundscape?
If ideal urban soundscapes should reflect life through sounds communicating human presence and activities, noise annoyance is interpreted by the fact that “traffic” is the obvious salient factor describing the environment of cities ( Raimbault and Dubois, submitted ).
What is the current research on urban soundscapes?
Current research about urban soundscapes tends to include more subject-centered approaches that aim at achieving new knowledge about the adverse effects of noise on health and well-being.
Is Noise a pollutant?
Since 1972, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared noise as a pollutant. Over the last decades, the quality of the urban environment has attracted the interest of researchers due to the growing urban sprawl, especially in developing countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate th …
Soundscape Assessment of Green and Blue Infrastructures