eprintid: 3410
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2021-01-29 12:31:28
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Kortman, Floor
creators_id: S3462382
creators_email: floorkortman@live.nl
title: Towards the assessment of soundscape and urban morphological parameters at four market squares. Case study: city of Groningen.
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: The main objective of this research is to study the relation between the sound perception at market squares in the city of Groningen and how these are influenced by the urban morphology. Scientific research shows sound perception is of big influence on people’s experience of the environment and is also seen as a determining factor concerning their quality of life. It is therefore of relevance to study the influence of the urban morphology on the sound perception. In order to investigate this relation several methods have been applied. First of all questionnaires have been conducted at four market squares in the city of Groningen. In addition, sound level measurements have been executed simultaneously with the questionnaires. At last, a GIS analysis has been used to indicate the urban morphological indices. The sound level measurements show a variation of the equivalent continuous sound level. Further, the questionnaires provide knowledge about the average value of the sound and visual perception and show they differ from square to square, likewise the urban morphological parameters. The datasets are analysed and linked, leading to better insight regarding a possible relation between the sound and visual perception. In answer to the research question, the statistical tests do not show a significant result. This indicates there is no linear relation found between urban morphology and sound perception at market squares in Groningen.
date: 2020
pages: 34
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Margaritis, E.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Bureau Onderwijs
tutors_email: E.Margaritis@rug.nl
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keywords_local: soundscape
keywords_local: Leq
keywords_local: sound level measurements
keywords_local: sound perception
keywords_local: market squares
keywords_local: urban morphology
keywords_local: GIS
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-01-28
citation:   Kortman, Floor  (2020) Towards the assessment of soundscape and urban morphological parameters at four market squares. Case study: city of Groningen.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3410/1/Thesis_Floor%20Kortman%20S3462382.pdf