Soundscape Indices

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Publications

Indoor Soundscape Perception and Soundscape Appropriateness Assessment While Working at Home: A Comparative Study with Relaxing Activities

Author(s): Jiaxin Li, Yong Huang, Rumei Han, Yuan Zhang, Jian Kang
Published in: Buildings, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 2642, ISSN 2075-5309
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/buildings15152642

Characteristics of noise complaints and the associations with urban morphology: A comparison across densities

Author(s): Huan Tong; Jian Kang
Published in: Environmental Research, 2021, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111045

Effects of audiovisual information and its perception on the sense of culture in everyday heritage

Author(s): Jiayu Xie, Jian Kang, Zhiqing Zhao, Yuanbo Hou
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 239, 2025, Page(s) 110795, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110795

Acoustic modeling of sequential spaces: A parametric study

Author(s): Tingting Yang, Jian Kang
Published in: Building and Environment, Issue 212, 2025, Page(s) 108733, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108733

Relationship between contextual perceptions and soundscape evaluations based on the structural equation modelling approach

Author(s): Wei Zhao; Jian Kang; Hongpeng Xu; Yifei Zhang
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021, ISSN 2210-6707
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103192

The relationship between the perceptual experience of a waterfront-built environment and audio-visual indicators

Author(s): Haotian Gao, Fangfang Liu, Jian Kang, Yue Wu, Yongzeng Xue
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 212, 2025, Page(s) 109550, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109550

Methodological approaches and main factors considered in school soundscape studies: A scoping review

Author(s): Hatice Kubra Kurukose Cal, Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta
Published in: Building Acoustics, Issue 31, 2026, Page(s) 75-90, ISSN 1351-010X
Publisher: Multi-Science Publishing Co Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/1351010x231216016

Mapping priority and potential tranquility areas in China using hybrid audio-visual GIS modeling for environment decision making

Author(s): Xiaoqing Xu, Feiran Hu, Ning Zou, Chumeng Yu, Yue Cao, Xueyao Sun, Zuyao Li, Jialai Meng, Jian Kang
Published in: Global Environmental Change, Issue 97, 2026, Page(s) 103117, ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2026.103117

Soundscape evaluation: Binaural or monaural?

Author(s): Chunyang Xu, Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 145/5, 2019, Page(s) 3208-3217, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/1.5102164

On the relationship between land use and sound sources in the urban environment

Author(s): Efstathios Margaritis, Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Östen Axelsson
Published in: Journal of Urban Design, Issue 25/5, 2020, Page(s) 629-645, ISSN 1357-4809
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2020.1730691

Building performance evaluation: Balancing energy and indoor environmental quality in a UK school building

Author(s): Nishesh Jain, Esfand Burman, Craig Robertson, Samuel Stamp, Clive Shrubsole, Francesco Aletta, Edward Barrett, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang, Peter Raynham, D Mumovic, Mike Davies
Published in: Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, Issue 41/3, 2020, Page(s) 343-360, ISSN 0143-6244
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0143624419897397

A Perceptual Structure of Soundscapes in Urban Public Spaces Using Semantic Coding Based on the Grounded Theory

Author(s): Jingwen Cao, Jian Kang
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) 2932, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20042932

Physiological and psychological influence of multi-media in urban business districts

Author(s): Keming Ye, Hanbin Luo, Hua Zhong, Jian Kang
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022, ISSN 2210-6707
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103546

Analysis of traffic noise spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors in high-density cities

Author(s): Zhiyu Zhou, Meng Zhang, Xuming Gao, Jinfeng Gao, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 217, 2025, Page(s) 109838, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109838

How to analyse and represent quantitative soundscape data

Author(s): Andrew Mitchell; Francesco Aletta; Jian Kang
Published in: JASA Express Letters, 2022, ISSN 2691-1191
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0009794

Psychological well-being and demographic factors can mediate soundscape pleasantness and eventfulness: A large sample study

Author(s): Mercede Erfanian, Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
Published in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2021, ISSN 0272-4944
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101660

Positive health-related effects of perceiving urban soundscapes: a systematic review

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: The Lancet, Issue 392, 2018, Page(s) S3, ISSN 0140-6736
Publisher: The Lancet Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32044-0

The untranslatability of Environmental Affective Scales: Insights from indigenous soundscape perceptions in China

Author(s): Duotuo Wu, Rumei Han, Ruining Zhang, Xinhao Yang, Yuan Zhang, Jian Kang
Published in: The untranslatability of Environmental Affective Scales: Insights from indigenous soundscape perceptions in China, 2026, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2039301/v1

Human sounds and associated tonality disrupting perceived soundscapes in protected natural areas

Author(s): Tin Oberman, Simone Torresin, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang, Arianna Latini, Giacomo Gozzi
Published in: Human sounds and associated tonality disrupting perceived soundscapes in protected natural areas, 2025, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4940256/v1

Acoustic Design Criteria in Naturally Ventilated Residential Buildings: New Research Perspectives by Applying the Indoor Soundscape Approach

Author(s): Simone Torresin, Rossano Albatici, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 9/24, 2019, Page(s) 5401, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app9245401

Contribution of soundscape appropriateness to soundscape quality assessment in space: A mediating variable affecting acoustic comfort

Author(s): Xinhao Yang, Guangyu Zhang, Xiaodong Lu, Yuan Zhang, Jian Kang
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 372, 2025, Page(s) 123321, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123321

Effect of music tempo on duration of stay in exhibition spaces

Author(s): Xiaoduo Xu, Ava Fatah gen. Schieck, Jian Kang, Ifat Yasin
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 207, 2025, Page(s) 109353, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109353

Developing a taxonomy of soundscape interventions from a catalogue of real-world examples

Author(s): Xiaochao Chen, Francesco Aletta, Cleopatra Christina Moshona, André Fiebig, Helen Henze, Jian Kang, Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, Huan Tong
Published in: Acta Acustica, Issue 8, 2024, Page(s) 29, ISSN 2681-4617
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2024027

Soundscape and its context: A framework based on a systematic review

Author(s): Ruining Zhang, Hui Ma, Chao Wang, Yuan Zhang, Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 157, 2025, Page(s) 4417-4436, ISSN 1520-8524
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
DOI: 10.1121/10.0036882

Indoor soundscapes at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in London – Part I: Associations between the perception of the acoustic environment, occupantś activity and well-being

Author(s): Simone Torresin; Rossano Albatici; Francesco Aletta; Francesco Babich; Tin Oberman; Agnieszka Elzbieta Stawinoga; Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, 2021, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108305

A framework to characterize and classify soundscape design practices based on grounded theory

Author(s): Cleopatra Christina Moshona, André Fiebig, Francesco Aletta, Xiaochao Chen, Jian Kang, Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp
Published in: Noise Mapping, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2084-879X
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
DOI: 10.1515/noise-2024-0002

A time series analysis model of the relationship between psychoacoustic parameters of urban soundscape spatial sequences and emotional changes

Author(s): Zhihui Han, Jian Kang, Qi Meng
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 152, 2023, Page(s) 2022-2037, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0014287

Effect of a fragrant tree on the perception of traffic noise

Author(s): Meihui Ba, Jian Kang
Published in: Building and Environment, Issue 156, 2019, Page(s) 147-155, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.04.022

Multilevel Annoyance Modelling of Short Environmental Sound Recordings

Author(s): Ferran Orga, Andrew Mitchell, Marc Freixes, Francesco Aletta, Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès, Maria Foraster
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 13, 2025, Page(s) 5779, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su13115779

City, town, village: Potential differences in residents soundscape perception using ISO/TS 12913-2:2018

Author(s): Nikolaos M. Papadakis, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Ioanna Aroni, Georgios E. Stavroulakis
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 213, 2025, Page(s) 109659, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109659

Associations between indoor soundscapes, building services and window opening behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown

Author(s): Simone Torresin, Rossano Albatici, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, Issue 43, 2026, Page(s) 225-240, ISSN 0143-6244
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01436244211054443

Building Performance Evaluation of a New Hospital Building in the UK: Balancing Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Performance

Author(s): Nishesh Jain, Esfand Burman, Samuel Stamp, Clive Shrubsole, Roderic Bunn, Tin Oberman, Edward Barrett, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang, Peter Raynham, Dejan Mumovic, Mike Davies
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 12, 2025, Page(s) 115, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
DOI: 10.3390/atmos12010115

The Impact and Outreach of Soundscape Research

Author(s): Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta
Published in: Environments, Issue 5/5, 2018, Page(s) 58, ISSN 2076-3298
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/environments5050058

Sound Environments in Large Public Buildings for Crowd Transit: A Systematic Review

Author(s): Tingting Yang; Francesco Aletta; Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Sciences, 2021, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11093728

Effect of environmental contexts pertaining to different sound sources on the mood states

Author(s): Boyan Zhang; Jian Kang
Published in: Building and Environment, 2022, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108456

Ten questions concerning soundscape valuation

Author(s): Like Jiang, Abigail Bristow, Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Rhian Thomas, Hilary Notley, Adam Thomas, John Nellthorp
Published in: Building and Environment, Issue 219, 2025, Page(s) 109231, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109231

Subjective evaluation of sequential spaces

Author(s): Tingting Yang, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 161, 2025, Page(s) 107139, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2019.107139

Determining factors for the appropriateness of soundscapes: A cross-sectional large-sample study in London (UK)

Author(s): Xiang Fang, Francesco Aletta, Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 156, 2025, Page(s) 3588-3607, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0034418

Beyond translation: Rethinking soundscape emotion assessments from a cultural perspective

Author(s): Yuan Zhang, Duotuo Wu, Jian Kang
Published in: Nexus, Issue 2, 2026, Page(s) 100071, ISSN 2950-1601
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ynexs.2025.100071

Exploring the compatibility of “Method A” and “Method B” data collection protocols reported in the ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 for urban soundscape via a soundwalk

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Claudia Guattari, Luca Evangelisti, Francesco Asdrubali, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 155, 2019, Page(s) 190-203, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2019.05.024

Sound Environments

Author(s): Jian Kang
Published in: Environments, Issue 7, 2025, Page(s) 101, ISSN 2076-3298
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/environments7110101

Sound attenuation and reverberation in sequential spaces: An experimental study

Author(s): Tingting Yang, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, 2021, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108248

The “sound of silence” in Granada during the COVID-19 lockdown

Author(s): Jerónimo Vida Manzano, José Antonio Almagro Pastor, Rafael García Quesada, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Jian Kang
Published in: Noise Mapping, 2021, ISSN 2084-879X
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/noise-2021-0002

Assessing the changing urban sound environment during the COVID-19 lockdown period using short-term acoustic measurements

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Huan Tong, Jian Kang
Published in: Noise Mapping, Issue 7/1, 2020, Page(s) 123-134, ISSN 2084-879X
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/noise-2020-0011

Urban Soundscape Assessment by Visually Impaired People: First Methodological Approach in Granada (Spain)

Author(s): Jose Antonio Almagro; Andrew Mitchell; Jian Kang; Tin Oberman; Rafael García Quesada; Francesco Aletta; Jerónimo Vida Manzano
Published in: Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 24; Pages: 13867, 2021, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su132413867

Soundscape descriptors in eighteen languages: Translation and validation through listening experiments

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang, Sara Khelil, Tallal Abdel Karim Bouzir, Djihed Berkouk, Hui Xie, Yuan Zhang, Ruining Zhang, Xinhao Yang, Min Li, Kristian Jambrošić, Tamara Zaninović, Kirsten van den Bosch, Tamara Lühr, Nicolas Orlik, Darragh Fitzpatrick, Anastasios Sarampalis, Pierre Aumond, Catherine Lavandier, Cleopatra Christina Moshona, Steffen Lepa, André Fiebi
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 224, 2024, Page(s) 110109, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2024.110109

The impact of the community's sound environment on social interactions among residents

Author(s): Xiaochao Chen, Jian Kang, Mincong Wang
Published in: Building and Environment, Issue 266, 2025, Page(s) 112094, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112094

Loudness and sound category: Their distinct roles in shaping perceptual and physiological responses to soundscapes

Author(s): Mercede Erfanian, Tin Oberman, Maria Chait, Jian Kang
Published in: Loudness and sound category: Their distinct roles in shaping perceptual and physiological responses to soundscapes, 2026, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: eneuro
DOI: 10.22541/au.174399493.37280817/v1

Translation of soundscape perceptual attributes from English to Turkish

Author(s): P.N Dökmeci Yörükoğlu, Ö. Türker Bayrak, N. Akbulut Çoban, U.B Erçakmak Osma, F. Aletta, T. Oberman, A. Mitchell, J. Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 209, 2025, Page(s) 109391, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109391

Using multi-sourced big data to correlate sleep deprivation and road traffic noise: A US county-level ecological study

Author(s): Huan Tong, Joshua L. Warren, Jian Kang, Mingxiao Li
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 220, 2025, Page(s) 115029, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.115029

Machine learning for predicting soundscape: From individual-level deterministic models to group-level probabilistic models

Author(s): Huan Tong, Fan Xia, Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: Building and Environment, Issue 292, 2026, Page(s) 114196, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2026.114196

Soundscape in city and built environment: current developments and design potentials

Author(s): Jian Kang
Published in: City and Built Environment, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2435-7936
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s44213-022-00005-6

Indoor soundscapes at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in London – Part II: A structural equation model for comfort, content, and well-being

Author(s): Simone Torresin; Rossano Albatici; Francesco Aletta; Francesco Babich; Tin Oberman; Agnieszka Elzbieta Stawinoga; Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, 2022, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108379

A systematic review of prediction models for the experience of urban soundscapes

Author(s): Matteo Lionello, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 170, 2020, Page(s) 107479, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107479

Noise acceptance of acoustic sequences for indoor soundscape in transport hubs

Author(s): Bin Wang, Jian Kang, Wei Zhao
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 147, 2023, Page(s) 206-217, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0000567

Supportive soundscapes are crucial for sustainable environments

Author(s): Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Mercede Erfanian, Huan Tong, Simone Torresin, Chunyang Xu, Tingting Yang, Xiaochao Chen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 855, 2025, Page(s) 158868, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158868

Comparison between perceived and felt emotions in the soundscape evaluation of urban open spaces

Author(s): Yan Zhang, Jian Kang, Biao Yang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 155, 2025, Page(s) 2756-2768, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0025761

Towards an Urban Vibrancy Model: A Soundscape Approach

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 15/8, 2018, Page(s) 1712, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15081712

Soundscape perception indices (SPIs): Developing context-dependent single value scores of multidimensional soundscape perceptual quality

Author(s): Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 156, 2025, Page(s) 3694-3706, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0034417

Relationships between landscape characteristics and the restorative quality of soundscapes in urban blue spaces

Author(s): Fangfang Liu, Peiye Liu, Jian Kang, Qi Meng, Yue Wu, Da Yang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, 2022, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108600

The effect of foreground and background of soundscape sequence on emotion in urban open spaces

Author(s): Zhihui Han, Jian Kang, Qi Meng
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 199, 2025, Page(s) 109039, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.109039

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation methodology for soundscape attributes – A study with independent translation groups from English to Greek

Author(s): Nikolaos M. Papadakis, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Georgios E. Stavroulakis
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 200, 2025, Page(s) 109031, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.109031

A model for implementing soundscape maps in smart cities

Author(s): Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Efstathios Margaritis, Ming Yang
Published in: Noise Mapping, Issue 5/1, 2018, Page(s) 46-59, ISSN 2084-879X
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/noise-2018-0004

Impact of visual factors on soundscapes in pedestrian spaces along trunk roads

Author(s): Zhiyu Zhou, Jiao Tian, Ying Zhu, Jian Kang
Published in: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Issue 139, 2025, Page(s) 104583, ISSN 1361-9209
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2024.104583

Indoor soundscape assessment: A principal components model of acoustic perception in residential buildings

Author(s): Simone Torresin, Rossano Albatici, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Tin Oberman, Stefano Siboni, Jian Kang
Published in: Building and Environment, Issue 182, 2020, Page(s) 107152, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107152

Associations between Positive Health-Related Effects and Soundscapes Perceptual Constructs: A Systematic Review

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 15/11, 2018, Page(s) 2392, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15112392

Effect of visual landscape factors on soundscape evaluation in old residential areas

Author(s): Zhiyu Zhou, Xiaoqing Ye, Junjie Chen, Xiaoyong Fan, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 215, 2025, Page(s) 109708, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109708

The Soundscape Indices (SSID) Protocol: A Method for Urban Soundscape Surveys—Questionnaires with Acoustical and Contextual Information

Author(s): Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Francesco Aletta, Mercede Erfanian, Magdalena Kachlicka, Matteo Lionello, Jian Kang
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 10/7, 2020, Page(s) 2397, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app10072397

The future of urban sound environments: Impacting mobility trends and insights for noise assessment and mitigation

Author(s): A. Can, A. L'Hostis, P. Aumond, D. Botteldooren, M.C. Coelho, C. Guarnaccia, J. Kang
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 170, 2020, Page(s) 107518, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107518

Natural sounds can encourage social interactions in urban parks

Author(s): Xiaochao Chen, Jian Kang
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 239, 2025, Page(s) 104870, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104870

Effects of natural sound tempo and social conditions on social Interaction: An interactive virtual experiment

Author(s): Xiaochao Chen, Jian Kang
Published in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Issue 104, 2025, Page(s) 102630, ISSN 0272-4944
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102630

Associations between soundscape experience and self-reported wellbeing in open public urban spaces: a field study

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Mercede Erfanian, Matteo Lionello, Magdalena Kachlicka, Jian Kang
Published in: The Lancet, Issue 394, 2019, Page(s) S17, ISSN 0140-6736
Publisher: The Lancet Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32814-4

The influence of companion factors on soundscape evaluations in urban public spaces

Author(s): Jingwen Cao; Jian Kang
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021, ISSN 2210-6707
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102860

Ecological Validity of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) Techniques for the Perception of Urban Sound Environments

Author(s): Chunyang Xu; Tin Oberman; Francesco Aletta; Huan Tong; Jian Kang
Published in: Acoustics, 2020, ISSN 2624-599X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/acoustics3010003

The multisensory environmental evaluations of sound and odour in urban public open spaces

Author(s): Meihui Ba, Zhongzhe Li, Jian Kang
Published in: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, Issue 50, 2026, Page(s) 1759-1774, ISSN 2399-8083
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/23998083221141438

Influence of distance from traffic sounds on physiological indicators and subjective evaluation

Author(s): Zhongzhe Li, Jian Kang, Meihui Ba
Published in: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Issue 87, 2020, Page(s) 102538, ISSN 1361-9209
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2020.102538

Relationships between noise complaints and socio-economic factors in England

Author(s): Huan Tong; Jian Kang
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021, ISSN 2210-6707
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102573

The Psychophysiological Implications of Soundscape: A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature and a Research Agenda

Author(s): Mercede Erfanian, Andrew J. Mitchell, Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 16/19, 2019, Page(s) 3533, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16193533

Virtual reality application to explore indoor soundscape and physiological responses to audio-visual biophilic design interventions: An experimental study in an office environment

Author(s): Arianna Latini, Simone Torresin, Tin Oberman, Elisa Di Giuseppe, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang, Marco D'Orazio
Published in: Journal of Building Engineering, Issue 87, 2025, Page(s) 108947, ISSN 2352-7102
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.108947

Assessment Methods and Factors Determining Positive Indoor Soundscapes in Residential Buildings: A Systematic Review

Author(s): Torresin, Albatici, Aletta, Babich, Kang
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 11/19, 2019, Page(s) 5290, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su11195290

Evaluation of the Turkish soundscape circumplex model, and the effects of sound source dominance, sequence, and gender on the perceived affective quality

Author(s): Papatya Nur Dökmeci Yörükoğlu, Özlem Türker Bayrak, Nilgün Akbulut Çoban, Uğur Beyza Erçakmak Osma
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 223, 2024, Page(s) 110072, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2024.110072

The influence of vegetation and surrounding traffic noise parameters on the sound environment of urban parks

Author(s): Efstathios Margaritis, Jian Kang, Karlo Filipan, Dick Botteldooren
Published in: Applied Geography, Issue 94, 2018, Page(s) 199-212, ISSN 0143-6228
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.02.017

Effect of sound sequence on soundscape emotions

Author(s): Zhihui Han, Jian Kang, Qi Meng
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 207, 2025, Page(s) 109371, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109371

Increases in noise complaints during the COVID-19 lockdown in Spring 2020: A case study in Greater London, UK

Author(s): Huan Tong, Francesco Aletta, Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, 2021, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147213

Soundscape experience of public spaces in different world regions: A comparison between the European and Chinese contexts via a large-scale on-site survey

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Mercede Erfanian, Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 154, 2025, Page(s) 1710-1734, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0020842

Investigating urban soundscapes of the COVID-19 lockdown: A predictive soundscape modeling approacha)

Author(s): Andrew Mitchell; Tin Oberman; Francesco Aletta; Magdalena Kachlicka; Matteo Lionello; Mercede Erfanian; Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2021, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0008928

Acoustics for Supportive and Healthy Buildings: Emerging Themes on Indoor Soundscape Research

Author(s): Simone Torresin, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Ethan Bourdeau, Jack Harvie-Clark, Jian Kang, Lisa Lavia, Antonella Radicchi, Rossano Albatici
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/15, 2020, Page(s) 6054, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12156054

Historical Acoustics

Author(s): F Aletta, J KANG
Published in: 2020
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03928-527-3

Historical Acoustics: Relationships between People and Sound over Time

Author(s): Aletta, Francesco; Kang, Jian
Published in: Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: MDPI

Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness

Author(s): F Aletta, J KANG
Published in: 2021
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03928-273-9

Correlations between sound level and loudness, intimacy, reverberation, clarity, spaciousness in sequential spaces

Author(s): Tingting Yang, Jian Kang
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239088

Exploring associations between soundscape assessment, perceived safety and well-being: a pilot field study in Granary Square, London

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Luca Molinero, Arianna Astolfi, Sonja Di Blasio, Louena Shtrepi, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-238876

FROM THE COSTS OF NOISE TO THE VALUE OF SOUNDSCAPE

Author(s): L JIANG, A BRISTOW, J KANG, F ALETTA, R THOMAS, H NOTLEY, A THOMAS, J NELLTHORP
Published in: Inter-Noise 2022, 2025
Publisher: Institute of Acoustics
DOI: 10.25144/14276

Integrating Indoor Soundscape Approach into IEQ Research: Acoustic Comfort in Naturally Ventilated Residential Buildings

Author(s): Torresin, Simone; Albatici, Rossano; Aletta, Francesco; Babich, Francesco; Oberman, Tin; Kang, Jian
Published in: Issue 2, 2022
Publisher: IBPC

Making cities smarter with new soundscape indices

Author(s): Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Mercede Erfanian, Magdalena Kachlicka, Matteo Lionello, Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 146/4, 2019, Page(s) 2873-2873, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/1.5136970

On the Dimension and Scaling Analysis of Soundscape Assessment Tools: a case study about the “Method A” of ISO/TS 12913-2:2018

Author(s): Matteo Lionello, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239311

Deriving a typology of soundscape design interventions

Author(s): C. Moshona, F. Aletta, X. Chen, A. Fiebig, H. Henze, J. Kang, A. Mitchell, T. Oberman, B. Schulte-Fortkamp, H. Tong
Published in: Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, 2024, Page(s) 2071-2076
Publisher: European Acoustics Association
DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.0087

Preliminary results of the Soundscape Attributes Translation Project (SATP): lessons learned and next steps

Author(s): F. Aletta, T. Oberman, A. Mitchell, J. Kang, . Satp Consortium
Published in: Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, 2024, Page(s) 701-705
Publisher: European Acoustics Association
DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.0095

The effect of natural sounds on social interactions in urban parks

Author(s): X. Chen, J. Kang
Published in: Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, 2024, Page(s) 2041-2047
Publisher: European Acoustics Association
DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.0089

How do we define soundscape?

Author(s): A. Mitchell, F. Aletta, T. Oberman, J. Kang
Published in: Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, 2024, Page(s) 695-699
Publisher: European Acoustics Association
DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.0359

Subjective evaluation of environmental sounds in context - towards Soundscape Indices (SSID)

Author(s): J. Kang, F. Aletta, T. Oberman, A. Mitchell, M. Erfanian
Published in: Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, 2024, Page(s) 3987-3988
Publisher: European Acoustics Association
DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.0096

The spectral structure of acoustic time series can predict the perceptual assessment of urban soundscapes

Author(s): Andrew Mitchell, Jian Kang
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 146/4, 2019, Page(s) 2795-2795, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/1.5136681

Towards soundscape indices

Author(s): Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Mercede Erfanian, Magdalena Kachlicka, Matteo Lionello, Andrew Mitchell
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239249

Simplification of Reflection Orders in Virtual Soundscapes through a Subjective Evaluation

Author(s): Chunyang Xu, Jian Kang
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-238990

Ecological Validity of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) Techniques for the Perception of Urban Sound Environments

Author(s): Xu, Chunyang; Oberman, Tin; Aletta, Francesco; Tong, Huan; Kang, Jian
Published in: Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: EAA

Towards a Soundscape Surround Index

Author(s): Tin Oberman, Kristian Jambrošic, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239279

Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 16/24, 2019, Page(s) 4988, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16244988

Historical Acoustics: Relationships between People and Sound over Time

Author(s): Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang
Published in: Acoustics, Issue 2/1, 2020, Page(s) 128-130, ISSN 2624-599X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/acoustics2010009

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