Sound and the city

Chapter 1

Does your city have a sound?

In a year marked by people staying at home, cars parked and planes grounded, has that made us more aware of the sounds, noises and hums of our cities? Andrew Tuck hears from John Levack Drever, a professor of Acoustic Ecology and Sound Art at Goldsmiths University of London.

Chapter 2

Keep this sound

Erimitis, on the Greek island of Corfu, is a 500 acre biodiverse spot of land with its own sound identity. But the area is facing tourism developments that risk it not just looking but also sounding no different to any other Mediterranean resort.

Chapter 3

Sound and Vienna

Monocle’s Alexei Korolyov reports on how Vienna’s sound has changed over the past few months.