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The Soundprints Of Science
Research proves that loud, unwanted, unpredictable noise can set you on edge, gritting your teeth in resistance. Human medical research has found that the quality of a person's daily dosage of sound significantly affects the human physiology. Your blood pressure becomes erratic and your endocrine system is shoved off-balance. Your intelligence, dexterity, and ability to concentrate may also be significantly impaired. Loud noises even diminishes a person's learning ability, as well as minimizes the length and quality of human sleeping patterns. The problem is that these effects aren't restricted to us in our urban landscapes; it's also happening in remote areas, affecting our animals and the habitats where they are, like us, attempting to thrive.
Order #47... requires parks to first assess baseline acoustic conditions, and then to pick out the good and the bad sounds, one by one. Management will then deal appropriately with the bad sounds, perhaps by collaborating with noisy neighbors (like military bases and auto race tracks) or by limiting park use.
biophony, soundscape, soundprint, noise pollution, acoustic conditions, soundscape preservation, noise management
Van Mantgem, Elizabeth. "The Soundprints Of Science." Sierra Nature Notes, Volume 3, January 2003
December 31, 2002 10:00 PM
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