Geographies of Urban Sound

Taking into account both the urban soundscape and the impacts of sound on the urban dweller, this book examines sound not as a by-product of urban life, but as a fundamental part of the urban experience that is crucial to understanding the city's sense of place. Illustrated by case studies from Europe and North America, these range from on-site measurements to the construction of audio tours for local tourism, from media analysis of popular culture audio drama to sound-identity and city branding, and from the classification of noise in city planning to a consideration of the complex relationship between sacred sound and the creation of a sense of place.

Torsten Wissmann is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.

About the Author; Acknowledgments; Listen Up!; Chapter 1 Thoughts on Sound and the City; Chapter 2 Sound Effects; Chapter 3 Sound in the City; Chapter 4 Uses of Sound in the City; Chapter 5 Excursus: The Medial Creation of the City in Audio Drama; Chapter 6 Sound Is the City;