The dying of Czerniakowskie lake, the dying of quiet: from a hi-fi to a lo-fi soundscape

Abstract

[...] need to improve public order and security, to care for the cleanliness of the beach and entire area, to manage the existing building 64 , to care for the quality of the vegetation in the area’s surro-undings, to create a playground for children, to resolve the problem of people setting up barbecue grills within the area (ibidem). a pioneer in research on the soundscape, distinguished between hi-fi and lo-fi soundscapes. The hi-fi soundscape is characterized by natural sounds, recognizable as acoustic sig-nals. Such a soundscape has room for quiet. The lo-fi soundscape is dominated by artificial, mechanical, aggressive, irritating sounds, or noise. The emergence of