title: A comprehensive methodology for the multidimensional and synchronic data collecting in soundscape.
abstract: The soundscape paradigm is comprised of complex living systems where individuals interact moment-by-moment among one another and with the physical environment. The real environments provide promising conditions to reveal deep soundscape behavior, including the multiple components involved and their interrelations as a whole. However, measuring and analyzing the numerous simultaneous variables of soundscape represents a challenge that is not completely understood. This work proposes and applies a comprehensive methodology for multidimensional and synchronic data collection in soundscape. The soundscape variables were organized into three main entities: experienced environment, acoustic environment, and extra-acoustic environment, containing, in turn, subgroups of variables called components. The variables contained in these components were acquired through synchronic field techniques that include surveys, acoustic measurements, audio recordings, photography, and video. The proposed methodology was tested, optimized, and applied in diverse open environments, including squares, parks, fountains, university campuses, streets, and pedestrian areas. The systematization of this comprehensive methodology provides a framework for soundscape research, a support for urban and environment management, and a preliminary procedure for standardization in soundscape data collecting.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica (CINTRA), Unidad Asociada del CONICET, Univ. Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Argentina; Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Univ. Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica (CINTRA), Unidad Asociada del CONICET, Univ. Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turra
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acoustics, Univ. Austral of Chile, P.O. Box 567, Valdivia, Chile. Electronic address: jparenas@uach.cl.
authors.forename: Jorge P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Arenas
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica (CINTRA), Unidad Asociada del CONICET, Univ. Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Argentina; Escuela de Fonoaudiología, Facultad de Cs. Médicas, Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hinalaf
keywords: Acoustic environment; Noise; Soundscape; Urban