About the Soundscape: Are you a Proponent or an Opponent?

There are two meanings of the term“soundscape”.One is pragmatic,and means the noise in a public place,that one wants to reduce,in general.The other is wider and theoretical.The approach of the paper follows the career of this notion of soundscape,the theoretical one.The notion is useful,in particular in the field of culture.But it is an urban legend.In urban planning,the soundscape cannot have an important role.The residents want quiet public places.It remains that there is a stake of urban governance:it concerns these places where feasts occur,generating too much noise from the point of view of the residents.