Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp

TL;DR: Soundscape research represents a paradigm shift from noise control policies towards a new multidisciplinary approach as it involves not only physical measurements but also the cooperation of humanity and social sciences to account for the diversity of soundscapes across countries and cultures, with more focus on how people actually experience the acoustic environments; and it considers environmental sounds as a "resource" rather than a "waste" as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The soundscape approach with its multidisciplinary groundings and perspectives can help to overcome sectoral barriers and shows that perception-related decisions can be derived to handle environmental noise problems adequately.

TL;DR: In this paper, a taxonomy and nomenclature assessment of soundscapes, basic definitions, an attempt to standardize soundscape nomencature in various languages and disciplines, international standards relevant for soundscape studies from Sonic Environment to Soundscape Listening Auditory Scene Analysis The role of multisensory attention How sounds get meaning Appraisal and quality judgment in a socio-cultural context A holistic model for sound landscape How soundscape theory can affect practice Human Restoration and Quality Of Life: The Role of High Acoustic Quality Introduction The review: Method Results Con

TL;DR: The soundscape concept was first introduced as an approach to rethink the evaluation of ''noise'' and its effects on the quality of life by R. Murray Schafer in 1977.

TL;DR: Interdisciplinary procedures are needed that include acoustics, physics, psychology, and sociology when a survey on perception of acoustic environments is carried out under the aspect of comfort to improve social surveys that especially address the meaning of annoyance in an acoustic environment and the contribution of a soundscape.