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Table 5.3
Categories of sounds used to classified soundscape walks in four urban open public
spaces in Sheffield
Very
Fairly
Little
Neutral
Little
Fairly
Very
Agitating
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Calming
Comfort
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Discomfort
Directional
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Everywhere
Echoed
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Deadly
Far
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Close
Fast
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Slow
Gentle
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Harsh
Hard
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Soft
Interesting
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Boring
Like
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Dislike
Meaningful
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Meaningless
Natural
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Artificial
Pleasant
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Unpleasant
Quiet
1
2
3
Noisy
3
2
1
0
Rough
1
2
3
Smooth
3
2
1
0
Sharp
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Flat
Social
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Unsocial
Varied
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Simple
Beautiful
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Ugly
Bright
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Dark
Friendly
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Unfriendly
Happy
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Sad
High
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Low
Impure
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Pure
Light
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Heavy
Safe
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Unsafe
Steady
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Unsteady
Strong
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
Weak
Source:
Reproduced with permission from Kang and Zhang (
2010
)
5.10 The Sonic Environment of Urban Parks
Urban parks are areas in which people find physical and psychological advantages.
In every city green spaces are distributed according a criterion to offer to the
residents a “green lung” in which to spend free time, to walk, to meet other people
for recreational purposes, and to benefit from a sonic ambience of high quality. The
ecosystem services offered by a urban park are several and range from peacefulness
to quietness and the contact with natural objects such as trees, flowers, and animals.
These (therapeutic) values of urban parks are inherent to the planning and realiza-
tion of parks in urban areas. But if the visual aspects of parks can be easily
ascertained, the opposite happens for its sonic environment. Recent investigations
addressed to 400 people, split 50:50 male/female, by Payne (
2008
) in two urban
parks of Sheffield, UK have demonstrated that participants perceived the
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