This paper reviews ways of reducing surface transport noise by natural means. The noise
abatement solutions of interest can be easily (visually) incorporated in the landscape or help …

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 …

Reduction of noise is one of the multiple benefits of building envelope greening measures.
The potential of wall vegetation systems, green roofs, vegetated low screens at roof edges …

The sound environment in urban areas is complex, as caused by many sources of sound
and influenced by a variety of acoustic propagation effects. In order to combat noise and …

Metamaterials represent a new technology in noise control fields. The first studies about
metamaterials date back to the 1900s. The ability to deflect acoustic waves is due to the …

Noise exposure has been calculated and analysed for 31 different urban morphologies in an
urban setting. For five of the urban morphologies also vegetation surfaces on facades and …

Environmental noise characteristics are determined by factors besides its source. One such
factor is reverberation time, which in city canyons tends to be high due to the reflective …

Urban soundscapes, the complex auditory environments of cities, significantly influence the
health and well-being of urban residents. 1 Traditional research methods often dissect these …

A 1: 10 scale of a street canyon and courtyard was constructed to evaluate sound
propagation when various vegetation treatments including trees, shrubs, vegetated facades …

Building and room acoustics are relatively modern architectural and engineering disciplines.
Nevertheless, acoustics was also a concern for buildings in the past, eg, in theatres in …