Smit, Bram (2020) Perceived Tranquility in Groningen - predicting tranquility scores with an online questionnaire. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
In this study, the formula proposed by Cassina et al. (2018) to predict tranquility scores in public spaces was subjected to validation by using an online questionnaire, that included three parks and one inner city alley in the city of Groningen. Other soundscape research indicated that more variables than originally included could be of influence on the tranquility scores given by participants, such as certain visual elements, age, and the meaning participants give to the word ‘tranquility’. By including a location in the study that was not commonly seen as a place where people go to experience tranquility, the influence of visual elements marked as ‘positive’ could be established; for the other two mentioned variables, no significant evidence could be identified. The performance of administering the questionnaires online, instead of on site, was evaluated with the Cassina formula - the results showed that participants experienced the environmental sounds played in the questionnaire as loud as they should have heard them, validating the research method.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Margaritis, E. |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2021 11:07 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2021 11:07 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3398 |
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