Development Strategy of Soundscape in Rural Tourism Based on Tourist Perception:A Case Study of Some Villages in Jiangxi Province

In the context of the development of rural tourism,through the field investigation of several rural tourism destinations in Jiangxi,and from the perspective of tourist perception,this paper discusses the development strategy of soundscape in rural tourism,so as to promote the inheritance and development of rural soundscape design.

Soundscape evaluation and integrated humanist ecology of audiovisual sense in Hangzhou Gongshu section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

Located at the end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal,Hangzhou has a historical and cultural heritage with an abundance of acoustic and visual landscape.The paper introduces the concept of“soundscape”into the canal landscape design,and analyzes its characteristics through documentary analysis,questionnaire method,soundscape walk method,grid method and statistical analysis method.Besides,GIS is also used to present the analysis in a visualized way.The study adopt the increase,decrease and protect design methods which are commonly used in soundscape and the landscape combination methods derived from the classic landscape rules.Eventually,the design is performed in a targeted manner from the perspective of the integrated design of vision and soundscape,offering a optimum proposal and construction strategy.It is hoped that it can promote the design of the integrated acoustic-visual environment of the canal so as to improve the overall spatial environment quality of the urban canal.

Factors,processes,and models of soundmark identification in urban parks

The concept of a soundmark refers to a distinctive sound source that identifies a particular area based on its environmental acoustic characteristics.This study investigated the factors and processes of soundmark identification in urban parks.After interviewing participants in 14 different urban parks in China,six categories that affect soundmark identification were identified,“sound source”,“context”,“sound perception”,“individual features”,“response”and“comprehension”.First,the core category is context.As for context,in amusement parks,activity parks,and nature parks,respectively,the theme,function,and scene affect the soundmark identification.For sound perception,soundmark identification is affected by the occurrence of birdsongs and the duration of water sounds in nature parks.Soundmark identification is affected by contrast,duration,and audio-visuals in amusement parks and activity parks.Furthermore,a soundmark identification model specifically for urban parks has been established.The model contains two identified processes:responsive soundmarks and comprehensive soundmarks.For responsive soundmark identification processes,sound source,context,sound perception,and response are essential factors.For comprehensive soundmark identification processes,sound source,context,individual features,and comprehension are essential factors.The soundmarks cannot be identified if the response or comprehension is missed during the process.Ultimately,the park’s cultural features promote the identification of comprehensive soundmarks.In addition,soundmarks can be effectively transformed by changing the context of urban parks or the characteristics of sound perception.

Soundscape actions： A tool for noise treatment based on three workshops in landscape architecture

This paper reports experiences from three workshops dealing with soundscape as a noise treatment approach in landscape architecture. The workshops were conducted between 2012 and 2016 in different contexts, for different purposes and with different participants. The paper describes the workshop approach employed and analyzes the proposals made by workshop participants to employ ＂soundscape action＂ as an operational tool in landscape architecture projects. Through a process of ＇keywording＇ and clustering proposals from the workshops, 22 pragmatic soundscape actions emerged and are described on a generat level. The paper then discusses the outcomes and experiences from the workshops and retates this to landscape architecture practice.