Research on Soundscape of Urban Tourism Based on Acoustic Ecology

Abstract

Acoustic ecology treats sound as a landscape in the environment, emphasizing the relationship between people, sound and the environment. For a long time, urban tourism research has basically stayed in the field of visual elements. Tourism experience is an all-round perception process, and the optimization of soundscape can provide new ideas for improving the urban ecological environment and enhancing the quality of tourism landscapes. Through empirical research taking Nanjing as an example, it is possible to explore the relationship between sound level and tourists’ perception, as well as the characteristics of the basic tone, symbol tone, and signal tone. On this basis, the paper puts forward practical suggestions on the design and management of soundscape from the perspective of acoustic ecology.