The urban environmental planning, a fundamental dynamic process for cities' sustainability,
could benefit from the soundscape approach, dealing with the perception of the acoustic …

Taxonomies and ontologies for the characterization of everyday sounds have been
developed in several research fields, including auditory cognition, soundscape research …

Soundscape studies evaluate the subjective and objective qualities of an environment and
attempt to develop a holistic view of the interplay between the acoustic scene and the …

This thesis is focussed on evaluating affective and physiological responses to soundscape
stimuli, building towards understanding the importance of ecological validity on ex-situ …

Abstract Mobile Civic Technologies (MCTs) refer to the mobile technologies created to
mediate information flow, civic engagement and address local issues. MCTs have allowed …

Abstract Mobile Civic Technologies (MCTs) refer to the mobile technologies created to
mediate information flow, civic engagement and address local issues. MCTs have allowed …

In the real world, we use sound to detect events occurring in our vicinity. Often, an acoustic
event is created by one entity (the active entity) acting on another entity (the passive entity) …

Environmental sound is rich source of information that can be used to infer contexts. With the
rise in ubiquitous computing, the desire of environmental sound recognition is rapidly …