The aim of this research, assigned by the City of Jyväskylä, was to define the soundscapes of the new urban park network Kehä Vihreä. With the goal of locating peaceful soundscapes, qualitative focus group interviews were conducted in order to examine what perceptions and emotions the soundscapes of Kehä Vihreä evoke. The characteristics of a soundscape were assessed using the sound walk method, which involves active listening during a predetermined walking route in the investigated area. To complement the qualitative focus group interviews with sound walks derived from the requirement that the interviewees were to observe the examined soundscape authentically prior to the interview. Five sound walks and focus group interviews were impleme...
Green urban parks can offer city dwellers a place to withdraw from traffic noise. However, the signi...
The concern on quality of soundscape has greater impact to urban environment around the globe. This ...
Urban parks are essential environmental resources in contemporary cities, for the substantial social...
As landscape architecture has turned more and more into a visual art instead of concentrating on of...
The main concept of soundscape being studied in this research project deals with people’s perception...
Over the last years several studies have demonstrated how the same environment can lead to different...
With the purpose of assisting developments in urban soundscape design, the present research investig...
AbstractOver the years the environmental potential of urban parks has attracted increasingly attenti...
Individual sounds and soundscapes can influence individuals, their place evaluations and potentiall...
Tolerance of Noise as a Necessity of Urban Life. Noise pollution as an environmental problem and its...
Over the years the environmental potential of urban parks has attracted increasingly attention. In o...
Urban forest parks improve the environment by reducing noise, which can promote the development of p...
Previous research has shown that tranquil areas in the city, such as urban parks, are usually percei...
People's assessments of urban soundscapes are dependent upon many factors. For example, perceptions ...
The soundscape: the sonic environment as perceived and understood within a context by a user is hard...
Green urban parks can offer city dwellers a place to withdraw from traffic noise. However, the signi...
The concern on quality of soundscape has greater impact to urban environment around the globe. This ...
Urban parks are essential environmental resources in contemporary cities, for the substantial social...
As landscape architecture has turned more and more into a visual art instead of concentrating on of...
The main concept of soundscape being studied in this research project deals with people’s perception...
Over the last years several studies have demonstrated how the same environment can lead to different...
With the purpose of assisting developments in urban soundscape design, the present research investig...
AbstractOver the years the environmental potential of urban parks has attracted increasingly attenti...
Individual sounds and soundscapes can influence individuals, their place evaluations and potentiall...
Tolerance of Noise as a Necessity of Urban Life. Noise pollution as an environmental problem and its...
Over the years the environmental potential of urban parks has attracted increasingly attention. In o...
Urban forest parks improve the environment by reducing noise, which can promote the development of p...
Previous research has shown that tranquil areas in the city, such as urban parks, are usually percei...
People's assessments of urban soundscapes are dependent upon many factors. For example, perceptions ...
The soundscape: the sonic environment as perceived and understood within a context by a user is hard...
Green urban parks can offer city dwellers a place to withdraw from traffic noise. However, the signi...
The concern on quality of soundscape has greater impact to urban environment around the globe. This ...
Urban parks are essential environmental resources in contemporary cities, for the substantial social...