Going beyond Quietness: Determining the Emotionally Restorative Effect of Acoustic Environments in Urban Open Public Spaces: Determining the emotionally restorative effect of acoustic environments in urban open public spaces

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dc.contributor.authorHerranz-Pascual, Karmele
dc.contributor.authorAspuru, Itziar
dc.contributor.authorIraurgi, Ioseba
dc.contributor.authorSantander, Álvaro
dc.contributor.authorEguiguren, Jose Luis
dc.contributor.authorGarcía, Igone
dc.contributor.institutionTecnalia Research & Innovation
dc.contributor.institutionCALIDAD Y CONFORT AMBIENTAL
dc.contributor.institutionSG
dc.contributor.institutionADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
dc.date.issued2019-04-01
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.description.abstractThe capacity of natural settings to promote psychological restoration has attracted increasing research attention, especially with regards to the visual dimension. However, there is a need to extend these studies to urban settings, such as squares, parks or gardens, due to the global trend towards urbanisation, and to integrate the dimension of sound into landscape. Such was the main aim of this study, in which 53 participants assessed four public spaces in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) as part of the CITI-SENSE Project (137 observations were used for analysis). A smartphone application was used to simultaneously collect objective and subjective data. The results show that at the end of the urban environmental experience, there was a statistically significant reduction in negative emotions and perceived stress, and a slight increase in positive emotions. Emotional restoration was mainly associated with prior emotional states, but also with global environmental comfort and acoustic comfort. The soundscape characteristics that contributed to greater emotional restoration and a reduction in perceived stress were pleasantness, calm, fun and naturalness. Therefore, in agreement with previous research, the findings of the present study indicate that besides contributing to the quietness of the urban environment, the urban soundscape can promote psychological restoration in users of these spaces.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationHerranz-Pascual , K , Aspuru , I , Iraurgi , I , Santander , Á , Eguiguren , J L & García , I 2019 , ' Going beyond Quietness: Determining the Emotionally Restorative Effect of Acoustic Environments in Urban Open Public Spaces : Determining the emotionally restorative effect of acoustic environments in urban open public spaces ' , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 16 , no. 7 , 1284 , pp. 1284 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071284
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph16071284
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.otherresearchoutputwizard: 11556/703
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064845504&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.keywordsQuietness
dc.subject.keywordsSoundscape
dc.subject.keywordsPsychological restoration
dc.subject.keywordsEmotions
dc.subject.keywordsAcoustic environment
dc.subject.keywordsUrban open public spaces
dc.subject.keywordsUrban design
dc.subject.keywordsQuietness
dc.subject.keywordsSoundscape
dc.subject.keywordsPsychological restoration
dc.subject.keywordsEmotions
dc.subject.keywordsAcoustic environment
dc.subject.keywordsUrban open public spaces
dc.subject.keywordsUrban design
dc.subject.keywordsPollution
dc.subject.keywordsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subject.keywordsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.keywordsProject ID
dc.subject.keywordsinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/308524/EU/Development of sensor-based Citizens' Observatory Community for improving quality of life in cities/CITI-SENSE
dc.subject.keywordsinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/308524/EU/Development of sensor-based Citizens' Observatory Community for improving quality of life in cities/CITI-SENSE
dc.subject.keywordsFunding Info
dc.subject.keywordsThis research formed part of the CITI-SENSE project funded under the European Union Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration, grant agreement no 308524.
dc.subject.keywordsThis research formed part of the CITI-SENSE project funded under the European Union Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration, grant agreement no 308524.
dc.titleGoing beyond Quietness: Determining the Emotionally Restorative Effect of Acoustic Environments in Urban Open Public Spaces: Determining the emotionally restorative effect of acoustic environments in urban open public spacesen
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