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The SSID project aims at providing new perception-oriented indices to complement the existing set of decibel-based metrics, for a better characterization, design and management of urban soundscapes.

SSID Overview

Eighty million EU citizens are suffering from excessive environmental noise and billions of euros are being spent on noise control, under the EU Directive on Environmental Noise. Unfortunately, the conventional approach, i.e. reduction of ‘sound level’, simply does not deliver the required improvements in quality of life. The growing field of ‘soundscape studies’ is addressing this gap by considering sound environment as perceived, in context, with an interdisciplinary approach. However, soundscapes are hugely complex and measuring them as a basis for environmental design requires a step change to the discipline. This research aims to achieve a ground-breaking development through the establishment of ‘soundscape indices’ (SSID), adequately reflecting levels of human comfort, the impact of which will be reminiscent of that of the Decibel scale created by Bell Systems a century ago. This will provide the underpinning science for soundscape in the field of built environment, with wider intellectual goals of moving from noise control to soundscape creation. Key objectives, as coherent steps for achieving the main aim, are: (1) To characterise soundscapes, by capturing soundscapes and establishing a comprehensive database, which will be a cornerstone for the proposed analysis and an invaluable resource for scientists for years to come. (2) To determine key factors and their influence on soundscape quality based on the database, by conducting laboratory psychological evaluation, physical/psychoacoustic factors analysis, and more importantly, to research at a physiological/biological level, including the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging. (3) To develop, test and validate the soundscape indices, through analysing the influences by various factors, using a number of inter- & trans-disciplinary approaches. (4) To demonstrate the applicability of the soundscape indices in practice, by establishing frameworks for soundscape prediction, design, and standardisation.

Impact

The outcomes of the SSID project are informing the activities of the working group ISO/TC 43/SC 1/WG 54 about the ISO 12913 standards series on soundscape. The SSID project team was involved in the organization of the UKAN Soundscape Workshop – a one-day workshop on practical applications of the soundscape approach that took place in June 2018 in London and was attended by 120+ participants from academia, industry and public sector.

Publications

Type	Title	Authors	Publications
Article in Journal		Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang Ìý	International Journal of ÌýEnvironmental Research and Public Health Ìý
Article in Journal		Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang Ìý	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Ìý
Article in Journal		Simone Torresin, Rossano Albatici, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang Ìý	Applied Sciences Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Francesco Aletta, Claudia Guattari, Luca Evangelisti, Francesco Asdrubali, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang Ìý	Applied Acoustics Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang Ìý	Acoustics Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang Ìý	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta Ìý	Environments Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Mercede Erfanian, Andrew J. Mitchell, Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta Ìý	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Francesco Aletta, Mercede Erfanian, Magdalena Kachlicka, Matteo Lionello, Jian Kang Ìý	Applied Sciences Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Chunyang Xu, Jian Kang Ìý	The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Meihui Ba, Jian Kang Ìý	Building and Environment
Article in Journal	Ìý	Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Efstathios Margaritis, Ming Yang Ìý	Noise Mapping Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Mercede Erfanian, Matteo Lionello, Magdalena Kachlicka, Jian Kang Ìý	The Lancet
Article in Journal	Ìý	Francesco Aletta, Luca Molinero, Arianna Astolfi, Sonja Di Blasio, Louena Shtrepi, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang Ìý	Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Zhongzhe Li, Jian Kang, Meihui Ba Ìý	Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Simone Torresin, Rossano Albatici, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Tin Oberman, Stefano Siboni, Jian Kang Ìý	Building and Environment
Article in Journal	Ìý	Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Andrew Mitchell, Huan Tong, Jian Kang Ìý	Noise mapping
Article in Journal	Ìý	Simone Torresin, Francesco Aletta, Francesco Babich, Ethan Bourdeau, Jack Harvie-Clark, Jian Kang, Lisa Lavia, Antonella Radicchi, Rossano Albatici Ìý	SustainabilityÌý
Article in Journal	Ìý	A. Can, A. L'Hostis, P. Aumond, D. Botteldooren, M.C. Coelho, C. Guarnaccia, J. Kang Ìý	Applied Acoustics Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Matteo Lionello, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang Ìý	Applied Acoustics Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Efstathios Margaritis, Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Östen Axelsson Ìý	Journal of Urban Design Ìý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Nishesh Jain, Esfand Burman, Craig Robertson, Samuel Stamp, Clive Shrubsole, Francesco Aletta, Edward Barrett, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang, Peter Raynham, D Mumovic, Mike Davies Ìý	Building Services Engineering Research and Technology ÌýÌý
Article in Journal	Ìý	ÌýTorresin, ÌýAlbatici, ÌýAletta, ÌýBabich, ÌýKang Ìý	SustainabilityÌý
Article in Journal	Ìý	Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang Ìý	The Lancet
Article in Journal	Ìý	Efstathios Margaritis, Jian Kang, Karlo Filipan, Dick Botteldooren Ìý	Applied Geography Ìý
Publication in Conference proceeding/workshop	Ìý	Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Mercede Erfanian, Magdalena Kachlicka, Matteo Lionello, Jian Kang Ìý	The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Ìý
Publication in Conference proceeding/workshop	Ìý	Andrew Mitchell, Jian Kang Ìý	The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Ìý
Publication in Conference proceeding/workshop	Ìý	Matteo Lionello, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang Ìý	Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics Ìý
Publication in Conference proceeding/workshop	Ìý	Tin Oberman, Kristian JambroÅ¡ic, Francesco Aletta, Jian Kang Ìý	Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics Ìý
Publication in Conference proceeding/workshop	Ìý	Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman, Mercede Erfanian, Magdalena Kachlicka, Matteo Lionello, Andrew Mitchell Ìý	Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics Ìý
Publication in Conference proceeding/workshop	Ìý	Tingting Yang, Jian Kang Ìý	Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics Ìý
Publication in Conference proceeding/workshop	Ìý	Chunyang Xu, Jian Kang Ìý	Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics Ìý

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Collaborators

• French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR), France
• University of Granada, Spain
• Polytechnic Institute of Turin, Italy
• University of Roma Tre, Italy
• University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Noise Abatement Society, UK
• Shenyang Jianzhu University, China
• Harbin Institute of Technology, China
• Chongqing University, China

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People

• Jian Kang
• Francesco Aletta
• Tin Oberman
• Mercede Erfanian
• Magdalena Kachlicka
• Matteo Lionello
• Andrew Mitchell

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