About this book
The concept of the “Soundscapes” includes all of the sounds in one’s environment and focuses not only on the sounds itself. Instead, it focuses on the interrelationships between person and activity and place, both in space and time. Soundscape also include influences on the acoustic environment through auditory sensation, its interpretation, and the responses to the acoustic environment in context. The conceptual framework of Soundscape describes the “process of perceiving or experiencing and/or understanding an acoustic environment, highlighting general concepts and their relationships: context, sound sources, acoustic environment, auditory sensation, interpretation of auditory sensation, responses, and outcomes” (International Organization for Standardization, ISO 12913-1:2014 Acoustics Soundscape Part Definition and Conceptual Framework, ISO, Geneva, 2014).
With soundscape, one achieves a deeper understanding of acoustic environment and its effects on people. The ISO standard 12931-1 on soundscape provides an important, and rigorous, distinction in the use of “Soundscape.” But, it is recognizable that some individuals, particularly planners, designers, lay persons, and even those primarily interested in management of the acoustic environment through environmental noise control, will find it convenient to use “Soundscape” as a synonym for the physical acoustic environment.
When it comes to noise management and urban planning, soundscape research has the potential to promote healthy urban environments by sharing and incorporating the significant knowledge of all concerned parties. Understandably, this shows that the communication with regard to noise management has to be forced to guarantee that the specifics of Soundscapes (i.e., the relevance of perception) are seriously considered alongside the whole.
This book will bridge the gap between soundscape theory and practice and therefore it will be different from our earlier publications as “Soundscape and the built environment” (ed. by J. Kang and B. Schulte-Fortkamp CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Fl 2016) and also from the respective Special Issues on Soundscapes in 2012 in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (ed. by B. Schulte-Fortkamp and J. Kang), and also the Special Issue in Acta Acustica 2006 *(ed. by B. Schulte-Fortkamp and D. Dubois), and the E-book on soundscape
This volume will be driven by the difficult process of standardization of Soundscape and its evaluation procedures. The main goal of the proposed volume is to present and review the developments in Soundscape, reflecting the standardization procedure and the diverse inputs. the needs in management and planning in urban acoustic environments, the book will also focus on the difficulties, as well as the solutions, in interdisciplinary grounded communication, that is, on the one hand, related to science, but on the other to application, that needs guidance.
Table of contents (11 chapters)
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- Front MatterPages i-xviiPDF
- Soundscape: The Development of a New Discipline
- Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, André Fiebig
- Soundscape: A Construct of Human Perception
- André Fiebig
- Soundscape: The Holistic Understanding of Acoustic Environments
- Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, Pamela Jordan
- Soundscape and Urban Planning
- Bennett M. Brooks
- Architectural Soundscapes: Theories, Methods, and Practice
- Gary W. Siebein, Keely M. Siebein
- Psychoacoustics in Soundscape Research
- Klaus Genuit, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, André Fiebig
- Measurements and Techniques in Soundscape Research
- Giovanni Brambilla, André Fiebig
- Triangulation as a Tool in Soundscape Research
- Dick Botteldooren, Bert De Coensel, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
- Soundscape and Health
- Peter Lercher, Angel M. Dzhambov
- Hospital Soundscapes
- Ilene Busch-Vishniac, Erica Ryherd
- How to Put Soundscape into Practice
- André Fiebig, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp
Quatuor Rokhs en résidence à l’auditorium de Pigna, Photographie de C. Boë © CC BY 
: Expérimentation sonore, recherche sonore et art
: Synthé modulaire et circuits bruiteux
Przemysław Sanecki
: Nimb noise expérimental digital
: Musique électronique ensemble v2
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