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ImagineeringSoundscape
HazreenaHusseinEngkuMasturaEngkuMohdAnuar
NazliCheDinFacultyofBuiltEnvironment,DepartmentofArchitecture
UniversityofMalaya,[email protected]
Royal FLORIAInternaKonalDialogue
SowingtheSeedsforIndustryExcellencePutrajayaInternaKonalConvenKonCentre;27-28May2016
Development
EffectsofSoundPollu0ononHealthandWell-BeingInKme,urbanenvironmentbecomesincreasinglydevelopedandcrowded,
soundpollu0onisconsideredamajorenvironmentalhealthproblem(Skanberg&Ohrstrom,2002).
Thehealthconsequencesofregularexposure,toconsistentelevatedsoundlevelscancausehearingimpairment,hypertension,annoyance,andsleep
disturbance.
NaturalSound NaturalSound+HumanSound+MechanicalSound
INTRODUCTION
SOUNDSCAPE:Thesoundofenvironment
atanareaasperceivedbypeopleandpeople's
responsetoit.
Environment
People
+VE&-VESound
NOISE&ANNOYANCE:Thesoundthatisunpleasantordisturbance.Focusoncontrolandreduc0on.
SOUND
INTRODUCTION
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THEHIGHLANDS:then…
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THEHIGHLANDS:now…
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Land Use 1947 1966 1974 1982 1990 1997 Forest 95% 78% 76% 73% 72% 62% Agriculture 1.7% 2.4% 3.8% 9.3% 10.2% 17.8%
Tea & Orchards 2.7% 8.9% 10.8% 9.7% 9.5% 7.5% Urban/Housing 0.6% 10.7% 9.4% 8.0% 8.3% 12.7%
Increase
Decrease
Inc/Dec
(Source: TNB Research Sdn Bhd (1997) The Development of Catchment Monitoring and Management for Pergau and Cameron Highlands Batang Padang Using GIS. TNB Research Sdn Bhd, Kajang - see Chan, 2006)
Soundpollu0onever-growingproblemoccursinanydeveloparea(Raimbault&Dubois,2005)
()
LANDUSECHANGE
ToidenKfytherelaKonbetweenthesoundscapeelementsandlandscapefeaturesintheselectedareasinCameronHighlands
ToassessthesimulaKonofexisKngandarKficialelementsofthe
Soundscapeusingaudio-visualapproaches
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OBJECTIVES
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2ndlargesttownshipMaina`racKon:Weekendnightmarket
LARGESTTOWNSHIPADMINISTRATIVECENTREMAINHUBGREENAREAASRECREATIONSPOT
TradingareaforcommercialacKviKesOldstyleshopsandconvenientstores
SELECTEDTOWN
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SiteA:TamanPertabalanSunkenAcKveandpassiveacKviKes
SiteB:BusSta0onPocketParkFlatPassiveacKviKes
SiteC:Undula0ngLandscapePassiveacKviKes
SAMPLINGGREENAREAS
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Sound level measurement is not restricted to just traffic sounds but comprises of whole sounds. Urban landscape areas deal with complex soundscape as it involves with various sound sources. Temperature and humidity Time and duration: 0900-1700 daytime (eight hours) & 2050/2200-2150/2300 night-time (one hour). Six days: 3 days of public holiday & 3 days of non-holiday/weekday Observation: soundscape elements, landsape features, activities and numbers of vehicles.
PHYSICALASSESSMENT
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Source of sound
Source of sound
Source of sound
SiteA:TamanPertabalan
Source of sound
Source of sound
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SiteB:BusSta0onPocketPark
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Source of sound
Source of sound
SiteC:Undula0ngLandscape
AppleMacmini EPSONProjector
BehringerPro-8HA8000
ShureHeadphone
SoundLevelMeter
Hygro-Termometer
FreeVideoEditor
VLCMedia
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PSYCHOLOGICALASSESSMENT:LabTest
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NaturalSound Waterflowing
Leavesrustling
Birdchirping
Windblowing
Insectsound
Dogbarking
HumanSound Peoplelaughing
Peopletalking
PeopleshouKng
Footsteps
Childrenwhining
Childrencrying
Peoplecycling
Peopleskateboarding
MechanicalSound Musicfrompassingcar
Trafficsound
Machinerysound
ConstrucKonsound
A)Ratefavourablenessfor18soundelementsB)LabtestAudio-Visual(Ques0onnaireSurvey)
Visual Audio Audio-Visual
ExisKngVisual(Video) ExisKngSoundscape
AddiKonalsounds Scenes
SiteA
(Sunken) A
- A1 birds A2 water A3
naturalambience A4
SiteB(Flat) B
- B1 birds B2
water B3
naturalambience B4
SiteC
(Undulate) C
- C1 birds C2 water C3
naturalambience C4
EXAMPLE
PSYCHOLOGICALASSESSMENT:Ques0onnaire
SceneA1:Exis0ng SceneA2:Birds
SceneA3:Water SceneA4:Natural
EXAMPLE:SiteA(TamanPertabalan)
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ItisascertainedthatthesoundscapeatTanahRataisdecliningasthedominatedsoundofvehiclesbeingidenKfied.BusStaKonPocketParkhasthelowestlevelofacousKcquality.Landform,ac0vi0esandlandscapeelementshavesignificantinfluenceonthesoundscape.• Sunkenandelevatedlandformactassoundbarrier.Flatlandformenablehighersoundexposure.• ProvisionofbothacKveandpassiveacKviKesgeneratehumansound.• PlanKngcomposiKonoffersshades,a`ractbirdsandactassoundbarrier.SiteBexisKngsoundscape-trafficnoisepredominatewasoneoftheexpectedcontribuKngfactorforlowerra0ngpercentagesforallscenes.
SiteCexisKngsoundscape–naturalsound&lesstrafficsoundexposureshowhighra0ngsforallsubjectpreferences.
Allsitesareexposedtovarioussoundsgeneratedbyhumanandtraffic,whichcouldaffecttheCalmness.
Originalsoundswithwatersoundelementsareratedlowerpreferencescomparedtonaturalambienceandbirdssoundelementsforallsites.
Allsitesratedposi0velyfornaturalambienceandbirdssound.Increaseposi0veexpressionandimprove/enhanceenvironmentsselngs.
CONCLUSION
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Mastura,E.,Hussein,H.,&CheDin,N.(2014).SoundscapeassessmentofCameronHighlandsEnvironmentforSustainableDevelopment.InConferenceProceedingSUDLiC2014,Malaysia.CheDin,N.,Mastura,E.,&Hussein,H.(2015).Inves0ga0onontheSoundscapePreferenceandPercep0onofHighlandsEnvironment:Apreliminarystudy.InConferenceProceeding(ICSV22),Florence,Italy.Mastura,E.,Hussein,H.,&CheDin,N.(2016).LandscapeIden0tyofCameronHighlandsHillSta0on:Soundscape.SuSciSymposium#UM111.
This research is funded by the University of Malaya Research Grant, project numberRP009B-13SUS. The authors are grateful for the cooperaKon given by the Cameron HighlandsDistrictCouncilthroughouttheresearchprocess.
PUBLICATIONS(resultsindetail)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT