Creation of a Sound Map Based on a Field Assessment: A Case of Hon-Atsugi Station "s(urr)oundings"

Abstract

In order to reduce movement barriers for physically disabled people such as the handicapped and the elderly, switching urban areas and buildings to be barrier-free has been progressing. Much of the information is limited to only some areas, which makes access to it complicated when acquiring information on various places. For this reason, there arises a problem of it being difficult to find such information depending on the user disability conditions and the conditions of their use of information-receiving devices. If such problems can be alleviated, it should lead to a relief for going out and for restrictions on entertainment for the disabled, to promotion of communication and social participation and improvement of QOL. In this research, in order to firstly grasp the actual conditions of hearing support equipment around Hon-Atsugi Station of Odakyu Line, which is the nearest station to Kanagawa Institute of Technology, we tried to create a sound environment map based on practical assessment.