Influence of Green Areas on the Urban Sound Environment

Guillermo Rey-Gozalo, Juan Miguel Barrigón Morillas, David Montes González & Rosendo Vílchez-Gómez 

The inclusion of soundscape quality in epidemiological studies will improve the quantification of the effects of green spaces on the health and well-being of citizens. Only the consideration of global indicators, such as L_den (dB), show the importance of the sound environment in the interaction with other environmental variables and user activities for the determination of the effects of green spaces on health