Approaching Quietness as an Urban Sustainability Opportunity
Quietness in an urban environment is vital for the well-being of city residents. Nevertheless, the ambiguity in the conceptualization of the terms noise and quietness as urban acoustic planning and design objectives, has resulted in two different approaches: the soundscape approach and the noise con...
Main Authors: | Aggelos Tsaligopoulos, Yiannis G. Matsinos |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-01-01
|
Series: | Environments |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/9/2/12 |
Similar Items
-
Assessing the Effects of Noise on Sound Identities of Historical Landmarks
by: Anastasia Korkontzila, et al.
Published: (2020-09-01) -
LIFE+2010 QUADMAP Project: a new methodology
to select, analyze and manage Quiet Urban Areas
defined by the European Directive 2002/49/EC
by: Aspuru Itziar, et al.
Published: (2016-05-01) -
Smart Solutions for Recreational Noise Pollution in Turkey
by: Çoban Nilgün Akbulut, et al.
Published: (2018-04-01) -
Assessing the changing urban sound environment during the COVID-19 lockdown period using short-term acoustic measurements
by: Aletta Francesco, et al.
Published: (2020-08-01) -
Quiet Zone Enhancement for a Target Location Using an Improved Virtual Sensing Algorithm
by: Xiangbin Mu, et al.
Published: (2017-10-01)