Soundscape Ecology Principles, Patterns, Methods and Applications [Paperback]

Soundscape Ecology represents a new branch of ecology?and it is?the result of the integration of different disciplines like Landscape ecology,?Bioacoustics, Acoustic ecology, Biosemiotics, etc. The soundscape that is the object of this discipline, is defined as?the acoustic context resulting from natural and?human?originated sounds and it is considered a relevant?environmental proxy for animal and human life.

With?Soundscape Ecology?Almo Farina?means to offer a new?cultural tool?to investigate?a partially explored component of the environmental complexity.?For this?he intends to set the principles?of this new discipline, to delineate the epistemic domain? in which to develop new?ideas?and theories and to describe the necessary integration?with all the other ecological/environmental?disciplines.

The book is organized in ten chapters. The first two chapters delineate?principles and theory of soundscape ecology. Chapters three and four?describe the bioacoustic and communication theories. Chapter five is devoted?to the human dimension of soundscape.? Chapters six to eight?regard the major sonic patterns like?noise, choruses and vibrations. Chapter?nine?is devoted to the methods in soundscape ecology and finally chapter ten describes the application of the soundscape analysis.

Preface

1? ??????? Soundscape? & Landscape Ecologies

1.1 Introduction

1.2 A? Semantic Caveat: Sound, Sonic, Acoustic

1.3 The Definition of Soundscape

1.4 A Brief History of Soundscape Ecology: Origins and Perspectives

1.5 The Disciplinarlsh