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Appraising the sonic environment of urban parks using the soundscape dimension of visually impaired people

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  • Christina E. Mediastika
  • Anugrah S. Sudarsono
  • Luciana Kristanto
  • Gunawan Tanuwidjaja
  • Rony G. Sunaryo
  • Rully Damayanti

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The study aimed to investigate the specific soundscape dimension of visually impaired people and to learn about the possibly unique soundscape dimension elicited by the hearing sense alone. The soundscape dimension of the visually impaired will be used as a reference for improving urban parks to accommodate users inclusively. A semantic-scale questionnaire survey of sighted and visually impaired people in both in-situ and off-site modes was performed. Data were extracted using principal component analysis with polychoric correlations, which produced three soundscape dimensions elicited from the sighted and six from the visually impaired. In sum, evaluation of the park’s sonic environment identified the eventfulness soundscape dimension and the pleasantness soundscape dimension as being the most prominent for visually impaired and sighted people, respectively. HighlightsAn entirely aural soundscape method by visually impaired people is used to appraise urban parks.Soundscape dimension of eventfulness is the most prominent for visually impaired people.Visually impaired people extract more information from the acoustic environment.Visually impaired people sense the danger and direction of a space from sound.

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  • Christina E. Mediastika & Anugrah S. Sudarsono & Luciana Kristanto & Gunawan Tanuwidjaja & Rony G. Sunaryo & Rully Damayanti, 2020. "Appraising the sonic environment of urban parks using the soundscape dimension of visually impaired people," International Journal of Urban Sciences, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 216-241, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjusxx:v:24:y:2020:i:2:p:216-241
    DOI: 10.1080/12265934.2020.1713863
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    1. Samiha Boucherit & Luigi Maffei & Massimiliano Masullo & Djihed Berkouk & Tallal Abdel Karim Bouzir, 2023. "Assessment of Sighted and Visually Impaired Users to the Physical and Perceptual Dimensions of an Oasis Settlement Urban Park," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-16, April.
    2. Jerónimo Vida & José Antonio Almagro & Rafael García-Quesada & Francesco Aletta & Tin Oberman & Andrew Mitchell & Jian Kang, 2021. "Urban Soundscape Assessment by Visually Impaired People: First Methodological Approach in Granada (Spain)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-24, December.

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