Yu, T., Behm, H., Bill, R. et al. (1 more author) (2017) Audio-visual perception of new wind parks. Landscape and Urban Planning, 165. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0169-2046
Abstract
Previous studies have reported negative impacts of wind parks on the public. These studies considered the noise levels or visual levels separately but not audio-visual interactive factors. This study investigated the audio-visual impact of a new wind park using virtual technology that combined audio and visual features of the environment. Participants were immersed through Google Cardboard in an actual landscape without wind parks (ante operam) and in the same landscape with wind parks (post operam). During the virtual exposure, the reactions of the participants to visual and noise impacts of the wind park were assessed using affective, cognitive, and subjective measures. Participants exhibited significant increases in aural annoyance post operam relative to ante operam. The same result was found in levels of visual annoyance. Aural annoyance and visual annoyance were significantly correlated. However, no direct effects of wind turbines on affective and cognitive measures were found, suggesting wind parks may not have obviously effects on people's objective disturbance. The perceived annoyance was associated with people's attitudes toward the wind parks, but not the sounds of the wind parks. These findings further our understanding of the objective and subjective effects of wind parks on human performance, and allow designers to make scientific decisions during the initial stage of a wind park planning.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Landscape and Urban Planning. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Perception; Virtual reality; Public attitudes; Audio-visual impact assessment; Wind parks |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number COST OFFICE COST ACTION - TD0804 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 May 2017 09:31 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.012 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.012 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117004 |