Going beyond quietness: determining the emotionally restorative effect of acoustic environments in urban open public spaces

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dc.contributor.authorHerranz Pascual, Miren Karmele
dc.contributor.authorAspuru Soloaga, Itziar
dc.contributor.authorIraurgi Castillo, Ioseba
dc.contributor.authorSantander Pantioso, Álvaro
dc.contributor.authorEguiguren García, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorGarcía, Igone
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-10T19:14:17Z
dc.date.available2025-11-10T19:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-10
dc.date.updated2025-11-10T19:14:17Z
dc.description.abstractThe capacity of natural settings to promote psychological restoration has attracted increasing research attention, especially with regards to the visual dimension. However, there is a need to extend these studies to urban settings, such as squares, parks or gardens, due to the global trend towards urbanisation, and to integrate the dimension of sound into landscape. Such was the main aim of this study, in which 53 participants assessed four public spaces in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) as part of the CITI-SENSE Project (137 observations were used for analysis). A smartphone application was used to simultaneously collect objective and subjective data. The results show that at the end of the urban environmental experience, there was a statistically significant reduction in negative emotions and perceived stress, and a slight increase in positive emotions. Emotional restoration was mainly associated with prior emotional states, but also with global environmental comfort and acoustic comfort. The soundscape characteristics that contributed to greater emotional restoration and a reduction in perceived stress were pleasantness, calm, fun and naturalness. Therefore, in agreement with previous research, the findings of the present study indicate that besides contributing to the quietness of the urban environment, the urban soundscape can promote psychological restoration in users of these spaces.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research formed part of the CITI-SENSE project funded under the European Union Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration, grant agreement no 308524en
dc.identifier.citationHerranz-Pascual, K., Aspuru, I., Iraurgi, I., Santander, Á., Eguiguren, J. L., & García, I. (2019). Going beyond quietness: determining the emotionally restorative effect of acoustic environments in urban open public spaces. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH16071284
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/IJERPH16071284
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/4344
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.rights© 2019 by the authors
dc.subject.otherAcoustic environment
dc.subject.otherEmotions
dc.subject.otherPsychological restoration
dc.subject.otherQuietness
dc.subject.otherSoundscape
dc.subject.otherUrban design
dc.subject.otherUrban open public spaces
dc.titleGoing beyond quietness: determining the emotionally restorative effect of acoustic environments in urban open public spacesen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue7
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
oaire.citation.volume16
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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