The aim of this study is to find out the planning methods of residential environment for sound amenity based on the concept of soundscape. Using the questionnaire survey in Namwon city, it was investigated the residents' consciousness of amenity and s...
The aim of this study is to find out the planning methods of residential environment for sound amenity based on the concept of soundscape. Using the questionnaire survey in Namwon city, it was investigated the residents' consciousness of amenity and sound environment in residential areas, and analysed the importance and relationship between them. In this research, the factors of amenity are consisted of comfort, intimacy, modernity, health, vitality, and naturalness. Also, the group of sounds matching the surrounding are classified into natural sounds, artificial sounds(noise), traditional sounds, and working sounds(noise). The importance of sound group for amenity of residential area correspond to the order of natural sounds, traditional sounds, and working sounds. In order to improve the amenity of urban space in Namwon city, there is a necessity for considering the urban planning to manage natural sounds and traditional sounds. And artificial sounds and working sounds are playing a major part in improving vitality as one of the amenity factors.