The urban neighbourhood is one of the most important places for public activities and
behaviour spaces in cities, and the quantification of their environments is receiving …

Noise pollution in urban acoustic environment has become considerably serious as cities
become overcrowded and ground traffic increases. In particular, high-rise buildings with a …

Research combining the measurement of objective variables with surveys of people's
perception of noise on city streets is useful in terms of understanding the impact of urban …

Environmental noise is a rising problem in contemporary cities, and the awareness of its
consequences on human health is growing. Although the leisure noise generated by people …

Residents of densely populated urban areas are often exposed to high road traffic noise.
While noise control measures help mitigating road traffic noise exposure in residential areas …

Façades cover a significant amount of surfaces in cities and are in constant interaction with
the acoustic environment. Noise pollution is one of the most concerning burdens for public …

The term soundscape has been defined in 2014 by the ISO 12913-1 standard as “[the]
acoustic environment as perceived or experienced and/or understood by a person or …

This article discusses the integration of acoustic design approaches into architectural design
education settings. Solving architectural acoustic problems has been for centuries one of the …

Featured Application The use of acoustically efficient porous concrete with weighted
absorption coefficients (αw) in the range of 0.30 to 0.75 for noise control in outdoor and …

This paper analyses the acoustic behaviour of the Palace of Charles V from a room
acoustics perspective but also ponders the uniqueness of the space and its ability to engage …