Conscious Walk Assessment for the Joint Evaluation of the Soundscape, Air Quality, Biodiversity and Comfort in Barcelona and Sabadell

Marc Arnela, Mariona Ferrándiz-Rovira, Marc Freixes, Danielly Garcia, Carmen Martinez Suquia, Ma Eulàlia Parés, Oriol Serra, Ester Vidaña-Vila, Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès

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Abstract

Environmental noise, poor biodiversity and air pollution are a major concern for the European population due to their impact on citizens' health, especially for those citizens living in urban environments. Conscious Walk proposal suggests a hybrid methodology to face the perceptive impact of citizens on their environment. Conscious walks have been defined as a citizen science participative project where scientists also collect high quality acoustic, chemical and biodiversity data while moving in a preselected urban environment. The final goal of the method is to get both subjective and objective data coming from soundscape, but also metrics of air quality, biodiversity and urban comfort, all of them strongly related to acoustic environmental quality. This methodology has been tested in Catalonia in different locations (Sabadell, Barcelona, etc.). In this contribution, the soundscapes of the urban center of Sabadell and the Ciutadella Park in Barcelona are evaluated. Their data is crossed with the air quality and the biodiversity information gathered in the Conscious Walk.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationForum Acusticum 2023 - 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023
PublisherEuropean Acoustics Association, EAA
ISBN (Electronic)9788888942674
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023 - Torino, Italy
Duration: 11 Sept 202315 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of Forum Acusticum
ISSN (Print)2221-3767

Conference

Conference10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTorino
Period11/09/2315/09/23

Keywords

  • acoustic pollution
  • air pollution
  • biodiversity
  • citizen science
  • sensors

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