Payne, Sarah R., Devine-Wright, Patrick and Irvine, Katherine N. (2007) People's perceptions and classifications of sounds heard in urban parks : semantics, affect and restoration. In: Inter-Noise 07:36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 28-31 Aug 2007. Published in: Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2007

Preview

Text (Conference paper) WRAP_Payne_peoples perceptions and classifications of sounds heard in urban parks InterNoise 2007.pdf - Published Version Download (428Kb) | Preview

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

Sounds have been broadly categorized by researchers into ‘human’, ‘nature’ and
‘mechanical’. It is less clear if the general public define and classify sounds in the same
way and which factors influence their classification process. Establishing people’s
classification and impression of urban park sounds helps identify their perception and
experience of urban parks. This in turn aides the process of defining parks with reference to
soundscapes, to produce an appreciated and potentially restorative place. This study
involved urban park sounds, identified by park users, being presented in card sorts and
survey items. Participants sorted the sounds into similar groups, in reference to a visited
park. The terminology, factors involved and classification of the sounds was assessed using
multidimensional scaling. Triangulation of the results suggests affect is a key factor in
people’s classification process. Participants’ grouped sounds were labelled by affective
terms more often than their perceived physical properties. Affective evaluations of each
sound produced a similar classification structure as the card sort results. People’s
classification structure also varied depending on how restorative they found their urban
park. Furthermore schematic recollections played a part with many sounds being
‘expected’. Overall similarities and differences with ‘human’, ‘nature’ and ‘mechanical’
classifications were observed.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Sound, Classification, Urban parks
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2007
Publisher:	Institute of Turkish Acoustical Society
Official Date:	August 2007
Dates:	Date Event August 2007 Published
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Date of first compliant deposit:	26 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	26 December 2015
Funder:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), University of Manchester, De Montfort University
Conference Paper Type:	Paper
Title of Event:	Inter-Noise 07:36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Istanbul, Turkey
Date(s) of Event:	28-31 Aug 2007

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item

Downloads