@article {Kang:2021:0736-2935:132,
title = "Soundscape: Progress in the past 50 years and challenges in the next 50 years",
journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2021",
volume = "263",
number = "6",
publication date ="2021-08-01T00:00:00",
pages = "132-139",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0736-2935",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2021/00000263/00000006/art00013",
doi = "doi:10.3397/IN-2021-1302",
author = "Kang, Jian",
abstract = "Soundscape is defined by the ISO as the 'acoustic environment as perceived or experienced and/or understood by a person or people, in context'. Different from conventional noise control engineering, soundscape promotes a holistic approach, regarding sounds as 'resources' rather than
just 'wastes'. This paper first briefly reviews the soundscape progress in the past 50 years, showing that there has been a recognised focus shift from noise control to soundscape creation, and also a step change from soundscape concept to practice. Then the current developments and needs
in soundscape are dis-cussed in terms of soundscape understating and exchanging, collecting and documenting, harmonis-ing and standardising, creating and designing, and outreaching, showing that while considerable works have been carried out, much work is still needed, in terms of basic research,
and more im-portantly, research towards practice. Finally, some major challenges in the next 50 years are ex-plored, considering the new industrial revolution, climate change and changing living styles.",
}