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The sound perceptions of urban pavements by sighted and visually impaired people – a case study in Surabaya, Indonesia
The valuation of pavements using sound aspects is crucial for a country with poor pavement conditions and a large population of visually impaired people. This study recruited sighted and visually impaired participants to conduct a “soundwalk” to appraise the urban pavements. It was held in-situ on nine renovated pavement segments in Surabaya, Indonesia. Data were collected using a questionnaire comprising open and closed-ended questions in the format of a semantic scale. The SPL was also measured to describe the sound level concerning participants’ sonic perception. The semantic data were then extracted using varimax-rotated principal component analysis with a polychoric correlation. The sighted group elicits two solid soundscape dimensions; pleasantness and eventfulness. The visually impaired group evokes four soundscape dimensions; pleasantness-direction-safety, space, eventfulness, and contour. The soundscape dimensions reflect the pavements’ critical factors and show that visually impaired participants appraise the pavements in more detail than the sighted.
The sound perceptions of urban pavements by sighted and visually impaired people – a case study in Surabaya, Indonesia
The valuation of pavements using sound aspects is crucial for a country with poor pavement conditions and a large population of visually impaired people. This study recruited sighted and visually impaired participants to conduct a “soundwalk” to appraise the urban pavements. It was held in-situ on nine renovated pavement segments in Surabaya, Indonesia. Data were collected using a questionnaire comprising open and closed-ended questions in the format of a semantic scale. The SPL was also measured to describe the sound level concerning participants’ sonic perception. The semantic data were then extracted using varimax-rotated principal component analysis with a polychoric correlation. The sighted group elicits two solid soundscape dimensions; pleasantness and eventfulness. The visually impaired group evokes four soundscape dimensions; pleasantness-direction-safety, space, eventfulness, and contour. The soundscape dimensions reflect the pavements’ critical factors and show that visually impaired participants appraise the pavements in more detail than the sighted.
The sound perceptions of urban pavements by sighted and visually impaired people – a case study in Surabaya, Indonesia
Mediastika, Christina E. (author) / Sudarsono, Anugrah S. (author) / Kristanto, Luciana (author)
2022-01-02
24 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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