It might be a quiet alleyway or courtyard tucked away from the busy streets or even within popular well-known sites: all across busy urban spaces, treasured places of quiet can be found.
Recognition for the value of a quieter city is increasing. Small or large, some of these oases of peace are being noted and protected by local councils as part of their required noise action plans by the European Environmental Noise Directive. Following from this, I and a team of researchers set up Project DeStress, which aims to identify physical and social criteria that help create urban quiet areas, so ...
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