Browsing by Keyword "Environmental experience"

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    Analysis of Field Data to Describe the Effect of Context (Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Factors) on Urban Soundscapes
    (2017) Herranz-Pascual, Karmele; García, Igone; Diez, Itxasne; Santander, Alvaro; Aspuru, Itziar; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; CALIDAD Y CONFORT AMBIENTAL; ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
    The need to improve acoustic environments in our cities has led to increased interest in correcting or minimising noise pollution in urban environments, something that has been associated with the resurgence of the soundscape approach. This line of research highlights the importance of context in the perception of acoustic environments. Despite this, few studies consider together a wide number of variables relating to the context, and analyse the relative importance of each. The purpose of this paper is therefore to identify the acoustic and non-acoustic characteristics of a place (context) that influence an individual’s perception of the sound environment and the relative importance of these factors in soundscape. The aim is to continue advancing in the definition of an acoustic comfort indicator for urban places. The data used here were collected in various soundscape campaigns carried out by Tecnalia in Bilbao (Spain) between 2011 and 2014. These studies involved 534 evaluations of 10 different places. The results indicate that many diverse contextual factors determine soundscape, the most important being the congruence between soundscape and landscape. The limitations of the findings and suggestions for further research are also discussed.
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    Proposed conceptual model of environmental experience as framework to study the soundscape
    (2010) Herranz-Pascual, Karmele; Aspuru, Itziar; García, Igone; CALIDAD Y CONFORT AMBIENTAL; ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
    A proposed general conceptual model about environmental experience is presented in this paper to guide the soundscape studies. This proposal is the output of a review of the literature on soundscape and our experience regarding psychosocial studies in the Labien- Tecnalia Environmental Unit focuses on the relationship between environment and persons or communities. The general model has been structured around five main elements: person (community), place, activity, previous interaction between person and place, and environmental experience. The environmental experience is, in this model, a holistic experience within that soundscape and is linked to other perceptions, such as landscape, odour, etc. The relevant factors and variables of each main element have been identified to help us to explain human and social holistic experience in relation to place, in general, and soundscape (perception) in particular. The main objective of this paper is to present this model and to discuss it with interested colleagues.