Prof Bill Davies W.Davies@salford.ac.uk
Professor
Prof Bill Davies W.Davies@salford.ac.uk
Professor
MD Adams
NS Bruce
R Cain
A Carlyle
P Cusack
DA Hall
KI Hume
A Irwin
P Jennings
MR Marselle
CJ Plack
J Poxon
This paper takes an overall view of findings from the Positive Soundscape Project, a large inter-disciplinary soundscapes study. Qualitative fieldwork (soundwalks and focus groups) have found that soundscape perception is influenced by cognitive effects such as the meaning of a soundscape and its components, and how information is conveyed by a soundscape, for example on the behaviour of people within the soundscape. Three significant clusters were found in the language people use to describe soundscapes: sound sources, sound descriptors and soundscape descriptors. Results from listening tests and soundwalks have been integrated to show that the two principal dimensions of soundscape emotional response seem to be calmness and vibrancy. Further, vibrancy seems to have two aspects: organisation of sounds and changes over time. The possible application of the results to soundscape assessment and design are briefly discussed.
Davies, W., Adams, M., Bruce, N., Cain, R., Carlyle, A., Cusack, P., …Poxon, J. (2012). Perception of soundscapes : an interdisciplinary approach. Applied Acoustics, 74(2), 224-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.05.010
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Jul 6, 2012 |
Publication Date | Jul 6, 2012 |
Deposit Date | Jul 10, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 5, 2016 |
Journal | Applied Acoustics |
Print ISSN | 0003-682X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 74 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 224-231 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.05.010 |
Keywords | Soundscape Soundwalk Emotion Perception Noise |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.05.010 |
Related Public URLs | http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/profiles/davies/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0003682X |
Additional Information | Funders : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Projects : The Positive Soundscape Project |
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