Smell and the Urban Environment

Proceedings of the ICA congress, 2019

2010

Noise Mapping

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2012

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2012

Urban Studies, 2006

Cities, 2005

2019

There is increasing demand for innovative approaches to decrease the negative impact of noise by sound-conscious design. But how far are we and what do we know about the health effects? While the health effects of environmental noise are well mapped, little is still known about the effectivity of interventions on health. This is one of our conclusions in the WHO-Review on health impacts of noise interventions. More and better interventions studies are needed, in particular for sources other than road traffic, and for health outcomes other than annoyance. Soundscape interventions were classified under the category "Other physical interventions" and three out of four studies in this domain demonstrated potential efficacy. . Against this background an inventory of planning soundscape projects in the Netherlands and elsewhere was made, commissioned by the NL Ministry of Infrastucture and Water Management. Interviews with researchers, policy makers, acoustic engineers, and soun...