Great! Tranquility maps are very interesting and I'm now wondering
about how they were made. I'll dig into the website to hopefully find
some explanation.
Though, I would say that "tranquility", for human beings, is not only
related to "silence"; in my opinion, tranquility is a much more
complex feeling that is related to both hearing and vision. If you
join a beautiful landscape with silence or pleasant nature sounds you
probably get the most!
In the area around the international airport "Malpensa", north-west
of Milan, there are beautiful agricultural landscapes and woodlands.
But they are noisier than urban areas because landing and take-off
corridors are concentrated over those non populated areas, to avoid
disturbance to urban aggregations. There you can experiment the
paradox of great landscapes noisier than urban areas!!!
Gianni
At 11.32 30/12/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Gianni
>I don't know if this is of any use to you?
><http://www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/landscape/tranquillity>http://www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/landscape/tranquillity
>It is only about the UK but the maps are quite frightening!
>There is a lot of info which I am still going through, perhaps every
>one should produce maps like this?
>I hope you find it interesting.
>Phil
>
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>Gianni Pavan <>
>wrote:
> >
> > interesting topics. Are there papers about the sound level in
>natural
> > habitats ?
> > We are plenty of literature about sound levels in urban areas, but
> > what about the "quietness" (I mean quietness in relation to human
> > noises) of completely natural habitats ?
> >
> > Gianni
> >
> > At 17.40 28/12/2008, you wrote:
> > >Collin wrote:
> > >
> > > > I love how recording has opened my ears to what
> > > > really is noise. At the same time it makes me
> > > > very sad to realize how little quiet is out there.
> > >
> > >Indeed. The first thing phonography illustrates is the
>impossibility
> > >of "nature" and of "silence". It is an incredible lesson to learn,
> > >even if it is a negative lesson, so to speak.
> > >
> > >-- robin
> > >
> > >
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Universita' degli Studi di Pavia, Via Taramelli 24, 27100 PAVIA, ITALIA
Phone +39-0382-987874 Fax +39-02-700-32921
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