**Contents**

#### **About the Special Issue Editors** ..................................... **vii**

#### **Francesco Aletta and Jian Kang**

Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 4988, doi:10.3390/ijerph16244988 . . . **1**

#### **Angel M. Dzhambov, Iana Markevych, Boris Tilov, Zlatoslav Arabadzhiev, Drozdstoj Stoyanov, Penka Gatseva and Donka D. Dimitrova**

Lower Noise Annoyance Associated with GIS-Derived Greenspace: Pathways through Perceived Greenspace and Residential Noise

Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2018**, *15*, 1533, doi:10.3390/ijerph15071533 . . . **5**

#### **Marcus Hedblom, Bengt Gunnarsson, Martin Schaefer, Igor Knez, Pontus Thorsson and Johan N Lundstr ¨om**

Sounds of Nature in the City: No Evidence of Bird Song Improving Stress Recovery Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 1390, doi:10.3390/ijerph16081390 . . . **21**

#### **Sarah R. Payne and Neil Bruce**

Exploring the Relationship between Urban Quiet Areas and Perceived Restorative Benefits Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 1611, doi:10.3390/ijerph16091611 . . . **33**

#### **Shilun Zhang, Xiaolong Zhao, Zixi Zeng and Xuan Qiu**

The Influence of Audio-Visual Interactions on Psychological Responses of Young People in Urban Green Areas: A Case Study in Two Parks in China Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 1845, doi:10.3390/ijerph16101845 . . . **59**

#### **Gunnar Cerw´en**

Listening to Japanese Gardens: An Autoethnographic Study on the Soundscape Action Design Tool Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 4648, doi:10.3390/ijerph16234648 . . . **73**

#### **Gunnar Cerw´en and Frans Mossberg**

Implementation of Quiet Areas in Sweden Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 134, doi:10.3390/ijerph16010134 . . . **103**

#### **Karmele Herranz-Pascual, Itziar Aspuru, Ioseba Iraurgi, Alvaro Santander, Jose Luis ´ Eguiguren and Igone Garc´ıa**

Going beyond Quietness: Determining the Emotionally Restorative Effect of Acoustic Environments in Urban Open Public Spaces

Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 1284, doi:10.3390/ijerph16071284 . . . **121**

#### **Francesco Aletta and Jian Kang**

Towards an Urban Vibrancy Model: A Soundscape Approach Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2018**, *15*, 1712, doi:10.3390/ijerph15081712 . . . **141**

#### **Daniel Steele, Edda Bild, Cynthia Tarlao and Catherine Guastavino**

Soundtracking the Public Space: Outcomes of the Musikiosk Soundscape Intervention Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 1865, doi:10.3390/ijerph16101865 . . . **159**

#### **Jieling Xiao and Andrew Hilton**

An Investigation of Soundscape Factors Influencing Perceptions of Square Dancing in Urban Streets: A Case Study in a County Level City in China Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 840, doi:10.3390/ijerph16050840 . . . **197**

#### **Luis Hermida, Ignacio Pav ´on, Antonio Carlos Lobo Soares and J. Luis Bento-Coelho**

On the Person-Place Interaction and Its Relationship with the Responses/Outcomes of Listeners of Urban Soundscape (Compared Cases of Lisbon and Bogota): Contextual and ´ Semiotic Aspects

Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 551, doi:10.3390/ijerph16040551 . . . **213**

#### **Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman and Jian Kang**

Associations between Positive Health-Related Effects and Soundscapes Perceptual Constructs: A Systematic Review Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2018**, *15*, 2392, doi:10.3390/ijerph15112392 . . . **235**

#### **Mercede Erfanian, Andrew J. Mitchell, Jian Kang and Francesco Aletta**

The Psychophysiological Implications of Soundscape: A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature and a Research Agenda Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 3533, doi:10.3390/ijerph16193533 . . . **251**

#### **Armin Taghipour, Tessa Sievers and Kurt Eggenschwiler**

Acoustic Comfort in Virtual Inner Yards with Various Building Facades Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 249, doi:10.3390/ijerph16020249 . . . **271**

#### **Sonja Di Blasio, Louena Shtrepi, Giuseppina Emma Puglisi and Arianna Astolfi**

A Cross-Sectional Survey on the Impact of Irrelevant Speech Noise on Annoyance, Mental Health and Well-being, Performance and Occupants' Behavior in Shared and Open-Plan Offices Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 280, doi:10.3390/ijerph16020280 . . . **291**

#### **Shan Shu and Hui Ma**

Restorative Effects of Classroom Soundscapes on Children's Cognitive Performance Reprinted from: *Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health* **2019**, *16*, 293, doi:10.3390/ijerph16020293 . . . **309**
