New East Rd. of Nanao

Hybrid soundscape of New East Rd. of Nanao: The place is located at the east side of east fishing village road intersection. The sound of traffic, cicada chirping, frog calling is dominant on weekend early morning and night. Tree-lined roads present a hybrid soundscape of insects, frogs, and traffic in the early mornings on weekends ( Its mechanical soundscape is described on page 108). 


Surrounding main wildlife: cicadas, birds, frogs.


Acoustic characteristics of weekday: LAeq at right ear is 70dBA and it at left ear is 77dBA. There is a spike in sound level measured in the right ear at 35s. The dominant sound here is the one with a complete frequency band and high- and mid-frequency sounds have vibration.  Auditable perception is different between left and right ear, showing the sound has direction attribute.

    Location A

Hybrid soundscape of New East Rd. of Nanao: The place is located at the east side of east fishing village road intersection. The sound of traffic, cicada chirping, frog calling is dominant on weekend early morning and night. Tree-lined roads present a hybrid soundscape of insects, frogs, and traffic in the early mornings on weekends ( Its mechanical soundscape is described on page 108). 


Surrounding main wildlife: cicadas, birds, frogs.


Acoustic characteristics of weekday: LAeq at right ear is 70dBA and it at left ear is 77dBA. There is a spike in sound level measured in the right ear at 35s. The dominant sound here is the one with a complete frequency band and high- and mid-frequency sounds have vibration.  Auditable perception is different between left and right ear, showing the sound has direction attribute.

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    Sounds of a Workday Morning
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    Sounds of a Workday Afternoon 1
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    Sounds of a Workday Afternoon 2
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    Sounds of a Weekday Morning
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    Sounds of a Weekend Noon
    Location C

Hybrid soundscape of New East Rd. of Nanao: The place is located on the footpath of New East Road. Most of the time, the main sounds are the sounds of cicada chirping, frog calling, and cars. The forest path presents a hybrid soundscape of insects, frogs, and traffic. 


Surrounding main wildlife: cicadas, birds, frogs, butterflies.


Acoustic characteristics of weekend: LAeq varies rhythmically with time between 52 and 75dBA. The dominant sound here is the one with a complete frequency band, displaying distinctive vibrations in frequency domain. Audibility perception is different between left and right ear, showing the sound has direction attribute.

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    Sounds of a Workday Early Morning
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    Sounds of a Workday Morning
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    Sounds of a Workday Noon
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    Sounds of a Weekend Afternoon
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    Sounds of a Weekend night 1
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    Sounds of a Weekend night 2