Dissemination & publications

As part of the project, dissemination plays an important role.

 

Here is the final booklet of the project:

UrbanSoundPlanning

Here is a list of journal & conference papers presented within the project framework:

Journal papers

2018

• Aletta, F., & Kang, J. (2018). Towards an Urban Vibrancy Model: A Soundscape Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), 1712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081712
• Boes, M., Filipan, K., De Coensel, B., & Botteldooren, D. (2018). Machine listening for park soundscape quality assessment. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 104(1), 121-130. doi: https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919152
• Estévez Mauriz, L., Forssén, J., Dohlmen, M. E. (2018). Is the sound environment relevant for how people use common spaces? Building Acoustics, 25(4), 307-337. DOI: 10.1177/1351010X18790832
• Estévez Mauriz, L., Forssén, J. (2018). Dynamic traffic noise assessment tool: A comparative study between a roundabout and a signalised intersection.  Applied Acoustics, Vol 130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.09.003
• Kang, J., Aletta, F., Margaritis, E., & Yang, M. (2018). A model for implementing soundscape maps in smart cities. Noise Mapping, 5(1), 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2018-0004
• Jiang, L., Masullo, M., Maffei, L., Meng, F. & Vorländer, M. (2018). How do shared-street design and traffic restriction improve urban soundscape and human experience? —An online survey with virtual reality. Building and Environment, 143, 318-328. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.07.005
• Jiang, L., Masullo, M., Maffei, L., Meng, F. & Vorländer, M. (2018). A demonstrator tool of web-based virtual reality for participatory evaluation of urban sound environment. Landscape and Urban Planning, 170, 276-282. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.09.007
• Margaritis, E., Kang, J., Filipan, K., & Botteldooren, D. (2018). The influence of vegetation and surrounding traffic noise parameters on the sound environment of urban parks. Applied Geography, 94, 199-212. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.02.017

2017

• Aletta, F., Axelsson, Ö., & Kang, J. (2017). Dimensions Underlying the Perceived Similarity of Acoustic Environments. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1162. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01162
• Aletta, F., Brambilla, G., Maffei, L., & Masullo, M. (2017). Urban Soundscapes: Characterization of a Pedestrian Tourist Route in Sorrento (Italy). Urban Science, 1(1), 4.
• Fonseca, J. A., Estévez Mauriz, L., Forgaci, C., Björling, N. (2017). Spatial heterogeneity for environmental performance and resilient behavior in energy and transportation systems. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (62), 136-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.11.001
• Filipan, K., Boes, M., De Coensel, B., Lavandier, C., Delaitre, P., Domitrović, H. & Botteldooren, D. (2017). The Personal Viewpoint on the Meaning of Tranquility Affects the Appraisal of the Urban Park Soundscape. Applied Sciences, 7(1), 91.
• Pagán Muñoz, R., Hornikx, M. (2017). Hybrid Fourier pseudospectral/discontinuous Galerkin time-domain method for wave propagation. Journal of Computational Physics, 348, 416–432. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.07.046

2016

• Aiello, L.M., Schifanella, R., Quercia, D., Aletta, F. (2016). Chatty maps: constructing sound maps of urban areas from social media data. R. Soc. open sci. 2016 3 150690. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150690.
• Aletta, F., Lepore, F., Kostara-Konstantinou, E., Kang, J., & Astolfi, A. (2016). An Experimental Study on the Influence of Soundscapes on People’s Behaviour in an Open Public Space. Applied Sciences, 6(10), 276.
• Aletta, F., Kang, J., Fuda, S., & Astolfi, A. (2016). The effect of walking sounds from different walked-on materials on the soundscape of urban parks. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 24, 165-175.
• Aletta, F., Kang, J., Astolfi, A. & Fuda, S. (2016). Differences in soundscape appreciation of walking sounds from different footpath materials in urban parks. Sustainable Cities and Society, 27, 367-376.
• Aletta, F., Kang, J., & Axelsson, Ö. (2016). Soundscape descriptors and a conceptual framework for developing predictive soundscape models. Landscape & Urban Planning, 149, 65-74.
• Aletta, F., Masullo, M., Maffei, L., & Kang, J. (2016). The effect of vision on the perception of the noise produced by a chiller in a common living environment. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 64, 363-378.
• Alves, S., Scheuren, J., Altreuther, B. (2016).Review of recent EU funded research projects from the perspective of urban sound planning: do the results cope with the needs of Europe’s noise policy? Noise Mapping, 3(1), 86-106.
• Estévez Mauriz, L., Fonseca, J. A., Forgaci, C., Björling, N.(2016). The livability of spaces: Performance and/or resilience? Reflections on the effects of spatial heterogeneity in transport and energy systems and the implications on urban environmental quality. Journal of Sustainable Built Environment. In press: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.10.001
• Georgiou F., & Hornikx M. (2016) “Incorporating directivity in the Fourier pseudospectral time-domain method using spherical harmonics”. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140, 855-865.
• Maffei, L., Masullo, M., Pascale, A., Ruggiero, G., Puyana-Romero, V. (2016). “Immersive Virtual Reality in community planning: Acoustic and visual congruence of simulated vs real world”. Sustainable Cities and Society, in press.
• Margaritis, E., & Kang, J. (2016). Relationship between urban green spaces and other features of urban morphology with traffic noise distribution. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 15, 174-185.
• Puyana-Romero V., Maffei L. ,Brambilla G., Ciaburro, G. (2016) “Modelling the soundscape of the urban waterfront through artificial neural networks”. Applied Acoustics. DOI: j.apacoust. 2016.04.019.
• Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Kang, J., Fuda, S., & Astolfi, A. (2016). A soundscape approach to exploring design strategies for acoustic comfort in modern public libraries: a case study of the Library of Birmingham. Noise Mapping, 3(1), 264-273.

2015

• Aletta, F., & Kang, J. (2015). The soundscape approach in an urban regeneration project. Urbanistica Informazioni, 263(2), 13-15.
• Aletta, F., Kang, J. (2015). Soundscape approach integrating noise mapping techniques: a case study in Brighton, UK. Noise Mapping, 2(1), 1-12.
• Alves. S., Estévez-Mauriz, L., Aletta, F., Echevarría Sánchez, G.M., Puyana-Romero, V. (2015) Towards the integration of urban sound planning in urban development processes: the study of four test sites within the SONORUS project. Noise Mapping, 2(1), 57-85.
• Echevarria Sanchez, G. M., Van Renterghem, T., & Botteldooren, D. (2015). The effect of street canyon design on traffic noise exposure along roads. Building and Environment, 97, 96–110.
• Fuda, S., Aletta, F., Kang, J., & Astolfi, A. (2015). Sound perception of different materials for the footpaths of urban parks. Energy Procedia, 78, 13-18.
• Jiang, L., Masullo, M., Maffei, L. (2016). Effect of odour on multisensory environmental evaluations of road traffic. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, in press: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2016.03.002
• Margaritis E., & Kang J. (2017) Relationship between green space-related morphology and noise pollution. Ecological Indicators, 72, 921-933.
• Sorrentino, F., Aletta, F., Maffei, L., Kang, J., & Masullo, M. (2015). Effects of different urban traffic mitigation actions on cities’ noise levels. Rivista Italiana di Acustica, 39(4), 23-41.

 

Conference papers

2017

• Pagán Muñoz, R., Hornikx, M. (2017). Hybrid Fourier pseudospectral/discontinuous Galerkin time-domain method for arbitrary boundary conditions. 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 8th Forum Acusticum, 141 (5), 3809. Boston, Massachusetts. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4988418

2016

• Aletta, F., Kang, J. (2016). Descriptors and indicators for soundscape design: vibrancy as an example. Proceedings of the 45th International Congress on Noise Control Engineering. In. Proc. Internoise 2016, August 21-24, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.
• Alves, S., Scheuren, J., Wolfgang, K., Forssén, J. (2016). The SONORUS project – Establishing a new approach to urban sound planning. EuroRegio 2016, 13-15 June 2016. Porto, Portugal.
• Estévez-Mauriz, L. Forssén, J. Kropp, W., Zachos, G. Isolating key features in urban traffic dynamics and noise emission: a study on a signalized intersection and a roundabout. In. Proc. Internoise 2016, August 21-24, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.
  
• Estévez-Mauriz, L. Forssén, J. Kropp, W., Zachos, G. SONORUS Urban sound planning project and test sites: an example within the planning stage. In. Proc. Internoise 2016, August 21-24, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.
  
• Estévez-Mauriz, L. Forssén, J. Kropp, W., Zachos, G. Urban space and the sound environment: transport system, urban morphology, quiet side and space users in the SONORUS project. In. Proc. Internoise 2016, August 21-24, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.
• Fusaro, G., Kang, J., Asdrubali, F., Aletta, F., Margaritis, E., D’Alessandro, F. (2016). A prototype of a street furniture element for soundscape management. 23rd International Congress on Sound & Vibration, 10-14 July 2016. Athens, Greece.
• Filipan, K., Bockstael, A., De Coensel, B., Schönwiesner, M., & Botteldooren, D. (2016). A novel auditory saliency prediction model based on spectrotemporal modulations. In 22nd International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2016).
• Filipan, K., Boes, M., Bockstael, A., De Coensel, B., Domitrović, H., & Botteldooren, D. (2016). Auditory attention modeling within SONORUS ESR 10. In 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2016) (pp. 2963-2968).
• Jiang, L., Masullo, M. & Maffei, L. (2016). Effetti degli odori sulla percezione del rumore da traffico veicolare. Associazione Italiana di Acustica 43° Convegno Nazionale, 25-27 May 2016. Alghero, Italy.
• Jiang, L., Maffei, L., Massimiliano, M. (2016). Developing an online Virtual Reality application for e-participation in urban sound planning. EuroRegio 2016, 13-15 June 2016. Porto, Portugal
• Jiang, L., Masullo, M. & Maffei, L. (2016). Effect of odour on multisensory environmental evaluations of road traffic. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 60, 126-133. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2016.03.002
• Lavia, L., Witchel H.J., Kang, J., & Aletta, F. (2016). A preliminary soundscape management model for added sound in public spaces to discourage anti-social and support pro-social effects on public behaviour. Proceedings of the DAGA 2016 Conference, Aachen, Germany. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1392.4242
• Lepore, F., Kostara-Konstantinou, E., Aletta, F., Astolfi, A.,Kang, J. (2016). A preliminary investigation about the influence of soundscapes on people’s behaviour in an open public space. Proceedings of the 45th International Congress on Noise Control Engineering. In. Proc. Internoise 2016, August 21-24, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.
• Margaritis, E., Filipan, K., Kang, J., & Botteldooren, D. (2016). The influence of vegetation and shape-related features in making parks more noise resistant. In 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2016) (pp. 5225-5231).
• Pagán Muñoz, R., Hornikx, M. (2016). A Hybrid PSTD/DG Method to Solve the Linearized Euler Equations: Optimization and Accuracy. In: 22nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; 2016. (Aeroacoustics Conferences). Lyon, France. Doi: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-2718
• Zachos, G. Forssén, J. Kropp, W. Estévez-Mauriz, L. Auralisation methods as tools for urban traffic noise assessment. In. Proc. Internoise 2016, August 21-24, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.
• Zachos, G. Forssén, J. Kropp, W. Estévez-Mauriz, L. Background traffic noise synthesis. In. Proc. Internoise 2016, August 21-24, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.

2015

• Aletta, F., Margaritis, E., Filipan, K., Puyana-Romero, V., Axelsson, Ö., Kang, J. (2015). Characterisation of the soundscape in Valley Gardens, Brighton, by a soundwalk prior to an urban design intervention. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Alves. S., Altreuther, B., Scheuren, J. (2015). Research Outcomes for Urban Sound Planning from European Commission. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Echevarría Sánchez, G.M., Van Renterghem, T., Botteldoren, D. (2015). The influence of urban canyon design on noise reduction for people living next to roads. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Estévez-Mauriz, L., Forssén, J. Kropp, W., Zachos, G. (2015). Traffic dynamics, road design and noise emission: a study case. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Filipan, K., Boes, M., De Coensel, B., Domitrovic, H., Botteldooren, D. (2015). Identifying and recognizing noticeable sounds from physical measurements and their effect on soundscape. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Margaritis, E., Aletta, F., Axelsson Ö., Kang J., Botteldooren D., Singh, N, R. (2015). Soundscape mapping in the urban context: a case study in Sheffield. AESOP 2015, July 13-16, 2015. Prague, Czech Republic.
• Pagán Muñoz, R., Hornikx, M. (2015). A hybrid PSTD/DG method to solve the linearized Euler equations. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Puyana-Romero, V., Brambilla, G., Di Gabriele, M., Gallo, V., Maffei, L. (2015). The influence of soundscape on the tourists’ environmental quality perception in urban areas. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Rietdijk, F., Heutschi, K. (2015) Determining an empirical emission model for the auralization of jet aircraft. Euronoise 2015, June 1-3, 2015. Maastricht, The Netherlands.

2014

• Aletta, F., Axelsson, Ö., Kang, J., (2014). Towards acoustic indicators for soundscape design. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Alves, S., Altreuther, B., Scheuren, J. (2014). Holistic concept for urban sound planning applied to real sites. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Botteldooren, D., Filipan, K., Boes, M., & De Coensel, B. (2014). How the meaning a person gives to tranquility could affect the appraisal of the urban park soundscape. Proceedings of the 43rd International Congress on Noise Control Engineering. In. Proc. Internoise 2014, November 16-19, 2014. Melbourne, Australia.
• Eastel, M., Bannister, S., Kang, J., Aletta, F., Lavia, L., Witchel, H., (2014). Urban Sound Planning in Brighton and Hove. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Estévez-Mauriz, L., Forssén, J. Kropp, W., Zachos, G. (2014). Incorporation of the quiet side in noise maps. In Proceedings of TecniAcustica, Murcia, Spain. 29-31 Oct, 2014. pp 123-130.
• Fernández, D., Pascale, A., Masullo, M., Maffei, L., Puyana-Romero, V. (2014). A multisensory tool to evaluate the perception due to the transformation of Naples’ waterfront. In Proceedings of TecniAcustica, Murcia, Spain. 29-31 Oct, 2014.
• Fernández, D., Pascale, A., Masullo, M., Maffei, L., Puyana, V. (2014). The value of the cloisters in Naples’ historical city centre as quiet and restorative places. In Proc. of TecniAcustica, Murcia, Spain. 29-31 Oct, 2014.
• Filipan, K., Boes, M., Oldoni, D., De Coensel, B., & Botteldooren, D. (2014). Soundscape quality indicators for city parks, the Antwerp case study. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Georgiou, F., Hornikx, M. (2014). Incorporating directivity in the Pseudospectral time-domain method by using spherical harmonics. Proceedings of the 43rd International Congress on Noise Control Engineering. In. Proc. Internoise 2014, November 16-19, 2014. Melbourne, Australia.
• Kountouras, M., Curcuruto, S., Mazzocchi, E., Sacchetti, F., Silvaggio, R., Vaccaro, L. Noise characterization and management of Italian city airports: experiences and proposals. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Maffei, L., Puyana-Romero, V., Brambilla, G., Di Gabriele., M., Gallo, V. (2014). Characterization of the soundscape of urban waterfronts. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Margaritis, E., and Kang, J. (2014) Effects of open green spaces and urban form on traffic noise distribution. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Puyana-Romero, V., Di Gabriele, M., Fernández, D., Maffei, L. Overview of the waterfronts features: a perceptual approach. XII International Forum Le Vie dei Mercanti, Capri 2014.
• Rietdijk, F., Forssén, J., Heutschi, K. (2014). Modelling sound propagation in the presence of atmospheric turbulence for the auralization of aircraft noise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. [slides of the presentation can be found here]
• Scheuren, J., Kropp, W., Forssén, J. (2014). SONORUS – Training Urban Sound Planners by Education and Research. In Proc. of Forum Acusticum Conference, September 7-12, 2014. Krakow, Poland.
• Scheuren, J., Kropp, W., Forssén, J. (2014). Extending the scope of urban sound planning by education and research. Proceedings of the 43rd International Congress on Noise Control Engineering. In. Proc. Internoise 2014, November 16-19, 2014. Melbourne, Australia.