Proceedings of the 11th Convention of the
European Acoustics Association
Forum Acusticum / EuroNoise 2025


Málaga, Spain
June 23 - 26, 2025





Session: A17.03 Soundscape practice and interventions
Date: Tuesday 24 June 2025
Time: 16:20
Title: Soundscape Practice And Interventions: A Framework
Author(s): Jian Kang
Xiang Fang
Francesco Aletta
Andrew Mitchell
Tin Oberman
Gunnar Cerwén
Xiaochao Chen
Jieling XIAO
Prateek Mittal
Pages: 4699-4705
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.61782/fa.2025.0802
PDF: https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2025/data/articles/000802.pdf
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Abstract

Extensive research has been carried out in soundscape, corresponding to the EU Directive on Environment Noise, which requires actions on protecting and creating quiet areas. Consequently, it is vital to establish a systematic framework for soundscape practice and interventions. This paper therefore explores such a framework by considering: The overall process for soundscape participatory planning, based on data synthesis and analysis and mapping engagement with diverse stakeholders; Design targets setting, in terms of multi-dimensional targets at the design stage, and context-dependent single indices for ranking various designs; Designable factors, including sounds, space, people, and environment, and their potentials; Mechanism of participatory  design, including design generation, discussion and evaluation; Collection of real-world soundscape intervention examples, including design taxonomy and  database.