Soundscape

"An environment of sound with emphasis onthe way it is perceived and understood bythe individual, or by a society. It thus de-pends on the relationship between the indi-vidual and any such environment. The termmay refer to actual environments or to ab-stract constructions such as musical compo-sitions and tape montages, particularly whenconsidered as an artificial environment." (B.Truax,Handbook for Acoustic Ecology. Cam-bridge, MA: Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999.)

"Soundscape is the acoustic environment of aplace, as perceived by people, whose char-acter is the result of the action and interac-tion of natural and/or human factors." (A. L. Brown, “A review of progress in soundscapesand an approach to soundscape planning,”The Inter-national Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, vol. 17,no. 2, 2012.)