What is it about?
A study regarding sound environment and urban space in the city of Thessaloniki. We combine ecology and architectural terminology and tools in order to describe the micro territories of the city beyond the dichotomy of noisy and quiet areas.
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Why is it important?
The first step in order to design something is to be able to describe it. Our research managed to describe in both ecological and architectural terms the micro sound territories of the city of Thessaloniki so we could try to design, if possibe, urban soundscapes.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-author with whom I have had long standing collaborations. This article could lead to numerous sound studies in different cities of the world so as to know much more about the sound phenomenon.
aimilia karapostoli
Democritus University of Thrace
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This page is a summary of: Urban soundscapes in the historic centre of Thessaloniki: sonic architecture and sonic identity, Sound Studies, April 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/20551940.2019.1582744.
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