| dc.description.abstract | A series of surveys to obtain data about the sonic perception of sidewalks in
Surabaya Indonesia was conducted. The surveys involved visually impaired people
considering that the soundscape of these people is specific since they use sound to
identify the surrounding. The surveys were conducted in-situ using a soundwalk
method consisted of nine segments, i.e., Siola (3 segments), Bambu Runcing (2
segments), and Raya Darmo (4 segments). The data were collected using an online
questionnaire consists of semantic scale close-ended questions, where a visually
impaired participant was accompanied by a sighted person to fill in the form. With
ten visually impaired participants for each segment, 90 data were collected and
analysed using varimax rotated principal component analysis. It shows there are
four soundscape dimensions, i.e., dimension associated to relaxation (25%), dynamic
(11%), communication (10%), and contour (9%). These are consistent with the
soundscape dimensions from earlier studies, except the dimension of contour which
is considered as the unique dimension perceived by the visually impaired people. | en_US |
