As biodiversity decreases worldwide, the development of effective techniques to track
changes in ecological communities becomes an urgent challenge. Together with other …

Parks are important places to listen to natural sounds and avoid human-related noise, an
increasingly rare combination. We first explore whether and to what degree natural sounds …

This study investigated the relationship between overall satisfaction with the urban
environment and its soundscape and landscape based on a subjective evaluation of the …

To investigate the combined effects of thermal, acoustic and visual comfort in open spaces,
this study selected five typical spaces on a university campus with five common sounds …

As human beings live in an environment where various factors interact and integrate, it
seems vital to examine the effects of these factors on environmental perceptions. Outdoor …

With an emphasis on the role of parks in urban environments, studies on soundscape, which
assess sound quality, have focused on human perception. In particular, various studies have …

Birds are dominant creatures that produce abundant sounds in urban forest ecosystems,
and birdsongs are a desired soundscape to reduce noise pollution in biophilic cities. The …

Human comfort, one of the most critical factors in public space utilization, is influenced by a
multisensory interaction between stimuli in the built environment, namely auditory, thermal …

This study aims at examining the effect of socio-cultural context, including language, on
soundscape assessments in urban parks. In total, 95 persons took part in three laboratory …

The main objective of this study was to reveal the relationships between sound/soundscape
perception and public visiting experience in city parks, based on a questionnaire survey of …