The use of Tranquility Rating for urban spaces

• Autorzy: Idczak Julia , Juros Klara , Chojak Aleksandra , Mleczko Dominik

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.21008/j.0860-6897.2021.1.04

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Tranquility Rating coefficient (TR) is a tool proposed for assessing the quality of urban green areas, which considers both visual and acoustic aspects. This paper aims to verify how the proposed TR coefficient works for the assessment of the audiovisual quality of a typical urban space in a vicinity of an arterial road. Three different versions of the same urban space are considered: loud and visually unappealing (current state), quiet and visually unappealing (after considerable traffic reduction), and visually appealing and quiet (after redesigning). The values of noise levels required for the calculation of TR are taken from the noise maps based on the in-situ measurements, and the values of the percentage ratio of the features which are natural or man-made but contained within the visual scene (NCF) are taken from a survey conducted in the research. The results show that for the urban areas, even with very low noise levels, the TR is described as “unacceptable”. This may indicate the need for introducing an amendment for TR to be used in typical urban areas.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

noise; noise map; happy city; LAeq

PL

hałas; mapa hałasu; miasto szczęśliwe; LAeq

• Wydawca: Poznan University of Technology. Institute of Applied Mechanics
• Czasopismo: Vibrations in Physical Systems
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 32, nr 1
• Strony: art. no. 2021104
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., il. kolor., mapy, 1 wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Idczak Julia

• AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków

autor

Juros Klara

• AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków

autor

Chojak Aleksandra

• AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków

autor

Mleczko Dominik

• AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).