{"id":138,"date":"2017-10-03T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeaftercarbon.net\/?p=138"},"modified":"2018-03-22T17:54:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T21:54:11","slug":"making-sound-maps-of-cities-how-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in4c.net\/2017\/10\/making-sound-maps-of-cities-how-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Making “Sound Maps” of Cities \u2013 How and Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"
New ways of monitoring and mapping a city\u2019s space are an important part of developing plans for climate action and also engaging community members. The use of \u201cbig data\u201d analysis and crowdsourcing of data are examples of how digitalization is helping cities to understand their spaces. Now a new type of spatial mapping is being pioneered<\/a>: urban soundscapes.<\/p>\n Four researchers in Italy and England developed a dictionary of urban sounds, then studied millions of geotagged Flickr photos from cities. This allowed them to map 12 different cities\u2019 \u201csoundscapes\u201d at the level of specific streets, and then study the relationship between the type of soundscape and the emotions and perceptions of people within the soundscape. They also conducted \u201csoundwalks\u201d in two cities, asking locals to identify their perceptions of the sounds. Perceptions fell into four categories: chaotic, vibrant, monotonous, and calm.<\/p>\n