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Noise as a Factor of Green Areas Soundscape Creation

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  • Małgorzata Sztubecka

    (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, UTP University of Science and Technology, Al. Prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland)

  • Marta Skiba

    (Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, ul. Prof. Z. Szafrana 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland)

  • Maria Mrówczyńska

    (Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, ul. Prof. Z. Szafrana 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland)

  • Michael Mathias

    (Faculty of Engineering, Universidade da Beira Interior, Convento de Sto. António, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal)

Abstract

The article’s research subject concerns soundscape acoustic perception and human perception. The article aims to support decision-making processes, based on the subjective assessment of green areas by visitors, allowing modeling of planning strategies in urban green areas. This would allow creating a friendly soundscape and managing it sustainably. The need to create a musical landscape can contribute to finding a new function and attractive form for the studied areas now and in the future. Research carried out for selected city parks in Bydgoszcz (Poland) took into consideration people’s responses in assessing the soundscape. Surveys conducted in selected parks provided information on noise sources and how consumers perceive noise during their stay in the park. A question about feeling described the reception of sound sources’ intensity by respondents (level of feeling: low, medium, high, and very high). The completed studies allow to “translate” subjective sound level responses to the numerical values of the correlation using fuzzy cognitive maps. The implemented scenarios show the possibility of using tools supporting the decision-making process in urban planning, taking into account existing acoustic conditions.

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  • Małgorzata Sztubecka & Marta Skiba & Maria Mrówczyńska & Michael Mathias, 2020. "Noise as a Factor of Green Areas Soundscape Creation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:3:p:999-:d:314529
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