TY - BOOK ID - 133454254 TI - Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness AU - Aletta, Francesco AU - Kang, Jian PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Humanities KW - Social interaction KW - green space KW - greenness KW - noise exposure KW - noise perception KW - soundscape KW - environmental sounds KW - quietness KW - vibrancy KW - acoustic environments KW - urban sound planning KW - environmental noise KW - public health KW - well-being KW - quality of life KW - restoration KW - quiet areas KW - noise abatement KW - soundscape design KW - landscape planning KW - urban planning KW - general plan KW - sustainability KW - acoustic comfort KW - inner yard acoustics KW - soundscape pleasantness KW - sound perception KW - virtual room acoustics KW - virtual audio KW - quality of experience KW - irrelevant speech noise KW - noise annoyance KW - productivity KW - mental health KW - cross-sectional survey KW - open-plan offices KW - shared offices KW - occupants’ behavior KW - restorative effect KW - children’s cognitive performance KW - classroom soundscape KW - sustained attention KW - short-term memory KW - urban environments KW - semiosis model KW - square dancing KW - public spaces KW - acoustic territory KW - enjoyment KW - appropriateness KW - psychological restoration KW - emotions KW - acoustic environment KW - urban open public spaces KW - urban design KW - stress KW - experiment KW - virtual reality KW - bird song KW - noise KW - perceived restoration KW - quiet area KW - urban park KW - urban square KW - audio-visual interaction KW - audio-visual walk KW - young people’s psychological response KW - orthogonal analysis KW - urban parks KW - Musikiosk KW - soundscape intervention KW - democratic soundscape installation KW - quality of the urban public experience KW - mixed methods study KW - pocket park KW - physiology KW - perceptual attributes KW - auditory KW - sonic experience KW - tranquillity KW - garden therapy KW - landscape architecture KW - Japanese gardens KW - autoethnography KW - soundscape actions KW - n/a KW - occupants' behavior KW - children's cognitive performance KW - young people's psychological response UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133454254 AB - This book gathers 14 original contributions published in an IJERPH Special Issue that deal with the perception of environmental sounds and how such sounds are likely to affect human quality of life and well-being and the experience of a place. The research focus over the years has been gradually shifting from treating sound simply as “noise” and something that cities should get rid of to a potential “resource” to promote and support community life in public spaces. Three main topics or “needs” to be addressed by researchers and practitioners emerged from this Special Issue: (1) the need to re-think “quietness” in cities as something that goes beyond the mere “pursuit of silence”, (2) the need to integrate additional contextual factors in the characterization and management of urban acoustic environments for public health, and (3) the need to consider the acoustic quality of indoor spaces as opposed to an outdoor-only perspective. The contributions collected in this book will hopefully trigger new questions and inform the agenda of future researchers and practitioners in the environmental acoustics domain. ER -