Soundscapes: Humans and Their Acoustic Environment

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 The concept of “Soundscape” includes all sounds in an environment and focuses on the interrelationship between person, activity and place, both in space and time. The goal of this volume is to present and review the developments in the field of Soundscape, reflecting standardization procedures and diverse applications. Soundscape – The Development of a New Discipline  Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, and André Fiebig  Soundscape: A Construct of Human Perception André Fiebig  Soundscape: The Holistic Understanding of Acoustic Environments Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp and Pamela Jordan  Soundscape and Urban Planning Bennett M. Brooks  Architectural Soundscapes:  Theories, Methods, and Practice Gary W. Siebein, and KeelyM. Siebein  Psychoacoustics in Soundscape Research Klaus Genuit, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, and André Fiebig  Measurements and Techniques in Soundscape Research Giovanni Brambilla, and André Fiebig  Triangulation as a Tool in Soundscape Research Dick Botteldooren, Bert De Coensel, and Francesco Aletta, Jian   Soundscape and Health Peter Lercher, and Angel M. Dzhambov  Hospital Soundscapes Ilene Busch-Vishniac, and Erica Ryherd  How to Put Soundscape into Practice André Fiebig, andBrigitte Schulte-Fortkamp 

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 ISOstandard 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 earlierpublications 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.

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Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp

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