[HTML][HTML] Blue space, health and well-being: A narrative overview and synthesis of potential benefits

MP White, LR Elliott, M Gascon, B Roberts… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Research into the potential health and well-being benefits from exposure to green spaces
such as parks and woodlands has led to the development of several frameworks linking the …

Soundscape descriptors and a conceptual framework for developing predictive soundscape models

F Aletta, J Kang, Ö Axelsson - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016 - Elsevier
Soundscape exists through human perception of the acoustic environment. This paper
investigates how soundscape currently is assessed and measured. It reviews and analyzes …

Designing sound and visual components for enhancement of urban soundscapes

JY Hong, JY Jeon - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of audio-visual components on
environmental quality to improve soundscape. Natural sounds with road traffic noise and …

Effects of adding natural sounds to urban noises on the perceived loudness of noise and soundscape quality

JY Hong, ZT Ong, B Lam, K Ooi, WS Gan… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introducing pleasant natural sounds to mask urban noises is an important soundscape
design strategy to improve acoustic comfort. This study investigates the effects of signal-to …

Interactive soundscape augmentation by natural sounds in a noise polluted urban park

T Van Renterghem, K Vanhecke, K Filipan… - Landscape and urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inappropriate sound environments are able to strongly deteriorate the user experience in
parks. A possible remediation is adding positively perceived sounds. The case of an urban …

Classification of urban park soundscapes through perceptions of the acoustical environments

JY Jeon, JY Hong - Landscape and urban planning, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to classify the soundscape characteristics in urban parks based on
perceptions of acoustic environments and to examine useful acoustic indicators to identify …

A cross-national comparison in assessment of urban park soundscapes in France, Korea, and Sweden through laboratory experiments

JY Jeon, JY Hong, C Lavandier, J Lafon, Ö Axelsson… - Applied Acoustics, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aims at examining the effect of socio-cultural context, including language, on
soundscape assessments in urban parks. In total, 95 persons took part in three laboratory …

[HTML][HTML] How to integrate the soundscape resource into landscape planning? A perspective from ecosystem services

Z Chen, J Hermes, J Liu, C von Haaren - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
In landscape planning and policy-making, environmental sounds have only negative
impacts on human health. The natural sounds that promote healthy and supportive …

A review of the use of psychoacoustic indicators on soundscape studies

MS Engel, A Fiebig, C Pfaffenbach, J Fels - Current Pollution Reports, 2021 - Springer
This work reviews the literature of 46 peer-reviewed papers and presents the current status
on the use of psychoacoustic indicators in soundscape studies. The selection of papers for a …

[HTML][HTML] A field experiment on the impact of sounds from a jet-and-basin fountain on soundscape quality in an urban park

Ö Axelsson, ME Nilsson, B Hellström… - Landscape and Urban …, 2014 - Elsevier
A field experiment was conducted to explore whether water sounds from a fountain had a
positive impact on soundscape quality in a downtown park. In total, 405 visitors were …