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This study aims to understand how experts perceive street soundscapes through various dimensions, emphasizing emotional and behavioral aspects.

May 3, 2026SustainabilityOpen Access

Exploring the Soundscape Perception of Streets: A Thematic Analysis of Focus Groups with Experts

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This study aims to understand how experts perceive street soundscapes through various dimensions, emphasizing emotional and behavioral aspects.
Conducted international online focus groups with a total of 12 soundscape experts, urban planners, and policymakers.
Utilized a deductive thematic approach to analyze perceptions and applied inductive coding to refine themes.
Established four main themes regarding the contextual and emotional factors of soundscapes.
Perceptions of soundscapes are influenced by contextual, cultural, and temporal factors, along with emotional responses such as comfort and safety.
Silence is viewed as either safe or unsafe, depending on pedestrian density, reflecting a complex relationship between sound and safety perceptions.
Direct references to seven Healthy Streets metrics highlight the link between acoustic environments and urban health design.

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Thematic analysis explores expert perceptions of street soundscapes, indicating emotional and behavioral influences on urban design.

Ozturk et al. (2026) studied this question.

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