Routledge Urban Soundscapes - Routledge Guide to Urban Design & Listening

Explore the deep connection between sound and the way we experience communities. Urban Soundscapes: A Guide to Listening for Landscape Architecture and Urban Design by Routledge introduces a new conceptual framework of embodied affectivity. This guide changes how professionals approach urban research and design by focusing on listening as a way of knowing and making. Designed for landscape architects and urban designers, this book provides a path to becoming soundscape architects. It offers practical advice that applies to every stage of a design project. You can learn how to read an environment effectively and how to intervene on it through sound. By positioning listening as an affective mediator between subject and place, this guide helps designers create more engaging and meaningful urban spaces.