Abstract
This research aims to explore the reality of the soundscape preferences of Chinese urban residents in general public landscape in the post-pandemic era, and then to propose design recommendations to meet the practical needs of people’s preferences for landscape—especially soundscapes—in the post-pandemic era. In this study, we utilized the subjective evaluation method to conduct an online questionnaire in 29 Chinese provinces which experienced severe pandemic caseloads and collected 860 valid responses. This study revealed people’s preference for landscape and soundscape in the post-pandemic era. We further studied the correlation between landscape preference and soundscape preference, analyzed the influence of living conditions on soundscape preference, founded the effects of personal characteristics and living conditions on soundscape preference, and explored the strongest influence factors on soundscape preference through the establishment of automatic linear model. The results revealed a positive correlation between life happiness and soundscape preference, whereas wearing masks significantly reduced soundscape perception ratings and people who have been vaccinated are more tolerant of various noises. Moreover, based on these analysis results, the design recommendations on landscape (overall landscape, plant, and tour space), soundscape construction of caring for vulnerable groups (teenagers and children, elderly people, and disabled and unhealthy) has been discussed.
Highlights
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is the most impactful and deadly global public health event in the world in the past 100 years (Xu, 2020)
This article aims to explore the reality of the soundscape preferences of Chinese urban residents in general landscape spaces under the influence of COVID-19 and to propose design recommendations to meet the practical needs of people’s preferences for landscape—especially soundscapes—in the postpandemic era
Personal Characteristics Gender This study found that gender has a negligible effect on soundscape preference in the post-pandemic era, which is consistent with the results of previous studies (Yu and Kang, 2010)
Summary
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is the most impactful and deadly global public health event in the world in the past 100 years (Xu, 2020). Many countries around the world have chosen lockdown and restrictions on people’s mobility (home and community isolation) as the main strategies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. These policies have increased residents’ psychological anxiety and have caused harm to their physical and mental health (Liu et al, 2020). These actions have significantly modified urban soundscape, opening up an unprecedented opportunity for research in soundscape field (Asensio et al, 2020). This article aims to explore the reality of the soundscape preferences of Chinese urban residents in general landscape spaces under the influence of COVID-19 and to propose design recommendations to meet the practical needs of people’s preferences for landscape—especially soundscapes—in the postpandemic era
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