Yes / The Tranquillity Rating Prediction Tool (TRAPT)
has been used to make predictions of the quality of tranquility
in outdoor urban areas using two significant factors
i.e. the average level of anthropogenic noise and the
percentage of natural features in view. The method has
a number of applications including producing tranquillity
contours that can inform decisions regarding the impact
of new anthropogenic noise sources or developments
causing visual intrusion. The methodwas intended for use
in mainly outdoor areas and yet was developed using responses
from UK volunteers to video clips indoors. Because
the volunteers for this study were all UK residents
it was important to calibrate responses for other ethnic
groups who may respond differently depending on cultural
background. To address these issues further studies
were performed in Hong Kong using the same video
recording played back under the same conditions as the
study in the UK. The HK study involved recruiting three
groups i.e. residents fromHong Kong, Mainland China and
a diverse group from 16 different nations. There was good
agreement between all these groups with average tranquillity
ratings for the different locations differing by less than
one scale point in most cases. / The studywas supported by the Bradford Centre for Sustainable Environments at the University of Bradford and by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (RGC/GRF. CUHK 449612)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/13043 |
| Date | 23 August 2017 |
| Creators | Watts, Gregory R., Marafa, L. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Published version |
| Rights | © 2017 Author, published by De Gruyter Open. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. BYNC- ND 4.0, CC-BY-NC-ND |
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