Urban living soundscape in Nan Hai Rose Park (Residential Area):It is located on Wanghai Road in the Nanshan District. At weekends, the dominate sound here is traffic noise in the morning, while it in the afternoon is the sound of people’s conversation. The place presents a living soundscape with the sounds of conversation, interspersed with a little traffic at times on the afternoons of weekends.
Surrounding main wildlife: cicades.
Acoustic Characteristics of weekend: LAeq is about 60dBA and up to 70dBA. Both low and middle frequency bands here are more prominent, and the sound has strong fluctuation, indicating the distinctive acoustic features of urban living soundscape. There is no significant difference in the energy of the sound heard in the left and right ears, and the directionality of the sound is not apparent.