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 …

Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable
urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability …

The literature lacks a model of the specific environmental element that induces restoration.
Thus, this study contributes to the development of sustainable and healthy environments by …

This study developed guidelines for the design of park environments for urban residents by
conducting an overall environmental assessment from the perspective of audio-visual …

Growing evidence suggests that access and exposure to water bodies or blue spaces can
provide a variety of health and well-being benefits. Attempts to quantify these 'blue …

The sense of sight or 'visual'plays a crucial role in the perception of soundscape. Since the
concept of soundscape is put forward, audio-visual interaction has been incorporated in …

Inappropriate sound environments are able to strongly deteriorate the user experience in
parks. A possible remediation is adding positively perceived sounds. The case of an urban …

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of audio-visual components on
environmental quality to improve soundscape. Natural sounds with road traffic noise and …

Introducing pleasant natural sounds to mask urban noises is an important soundscape
design strategy to improve acoustic comfort. This study investigates the effects of signal-to …

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 …