Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona
High environmental noise as well as poor biodiversity and air pollution pose significant challenges for the European population, particularly those residing in urban areas, impacting clearly on citizens’ health. The Conscious Walk initiative stands for an innovative hybrid approach to analyse citize...
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| author | Alsina-Pagès Rosa Ma Parés Ma Eulàlia Vidaña-Vila Ester Freixes Marc Garcia Danielly Arnela Marc Martínez-Suquía Carmen Serra Oriol Ferrandiz-Rovira Mariona |
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| description | High environmental noise as well as poor biodiversity and air pollution pose significant challenges for the European population, particularly those residing in urban areas, impacting clearly on citizens’ health. The Conscious Walk initiative stands for an innovative hybrid approach to analyse citizens’ perception of their environment. Being a citizen science participative project, Conscious Walks involves both citizens and scientists collecting high-quality acoustic, chemical, biodiversity, and comfort data while walking in pre-analysed urban environments. The main objective of this proposal is to obtain comprehensive data encompassing both subjective and objective aspects related to soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and urban comfort. All these elements are closely tied to the overall acoustic environmental quality of the places under study. The effectiveness of this methodology has been tested in various locations in Catalonia, including Sabadell and Barcelona. This contribution focuses on the evaluation of the soundscape in the urban centre of Barcelona, with a comprehensive analysis that integrates data collected by both citizens and scientists during Conscious Walks, air quality metrics, biodiversity, and human comfort information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a97a9126dc7a420ba25c3743c697e8c82024-03-25T07:29:16ZengDe GruyterNoise Mapping2084-879X2024-03-011114395710.1515/noise-2022-0182Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in BarcelonaAlsina-Pagès Rosa Ma0Parés Ma Eulàlia1Vidaña-Vila Ester2Freixes Marc3Garcia Danielly4Arnela Marc5Martínez-Suquía Carmen6Serra Oriol7Ferrandiz-Rovira Mariona8Human-Environment Research (HER), La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull - c/Sant Joan de La Salle, 42, 08022 Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 7, Building B4, 08860 Castelldefels, SpainHuman-Environment Research (HER), La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull - c/Sant Joan de La Salle, 42, 08022 Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainHuman-Environment Research (HER), La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull - c/Sant Joan de La Salle, 42, 08022 Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 7, Building B4, 08860 Castelldefels, SpainHuman-Environment Research (HER), La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull - c/Sant Joan de La Salle, 42, 08022 Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainHuman-Environment Research (HER), La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull - c/Sant Joan de La Salle, 42, 08022 Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainReplantegem. Carrer Creueta 119, baixos esquerra, 08202, Sabadell, Catalonia, SpainCREAF, Edifici Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, SpainHigh environmental noise as well as poor biodiversity and air pollution pose significant challenges for the European population, particularly those residing in urban areas, impacting clearly on citizens’ health. The Conscious Walk initiative stands for an innovative hybrid approach to analyse citizens’ perception of their environment. Being a citizen science participative project, Conscious Walks involves both citizens and scientists collecting high-quality acoustic, chemical, biodiversity, and comfort data while walking in pre-analysed urban environments. The main objective of this proposal is to obtain comprehensive data encompassing both subjective and objective aspects related to soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and urban comfort. All these elements are closely tied to the overall acoustic environmental quality of the places under study. The effectiveness of this methodology has been tested in various locations in Catalonia, including Sabadell and Barcelona. This contribution focuses on the evaluation of the soundscape in the urban centre of Barcelona, with a comprehensive analysis that integrates data collected by both citizens and scientists during Conscious Walks, air quality metrics, biodiversity, and human comfort information.https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0182acoustic pollutionair pollutionurban biodiversityhuman comfortcitizen sciencesensorssoundwalk |
| spellingShingle | Alsina-Pagès Rosa Ma Parés Ma Eulàlia Vidaña-Vila Ester Freixes Marc Garcia Danielly Arnela Marc Martínez-Suquía Carmen Serra Oriol Ferrandiz-Rovira Mariona Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona Noise Mapping acoustic pollution air pollution urban biodiversity human comfort citizen science sensors soundwalk |
| title | Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona |
| title_full | Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona |
| title_fullStr | Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona |
| title_short | Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona |
| title_sort | conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape air quality biodiversity and comfort in barcelona |
| topic | acoustic pollution air pollution urban biodiversity human comfort citizen science sensors soundwalk |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0182 |
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