Management of local sonic environments by focusing on social contexts

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24510054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Yamanashi Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Minoura Kazuya 山梨県立大学, 国際政策学部, 准教授 (10331563)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 音環境政策 / サウンドスケープ / マネジメント / 社会的文脈 / 地場産業 / オランダ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to discuss the methodology for management of local sonic environments by placing emphasis on social contexts that residents live within. Current environmental noise policies and the social aspect of soundscape concept were reviewed as basic information. People's discourses on local soundscapes in two case fields were studied in order to discuss relationships between community responses to the soundscape and the local socio-cultural contexts. In addition, policy processes were discussed through a case of a clock chime melody sounded through public announcement system, and through another case of an active collaboration between citizens and local government workers in landscape conservation.

Free Research Field

環境社会学