Publikationen von Dr.-Ing. Bryce T. Lawrence
2025
Schuck, M., Haselhoff, T., Lawrence, B. T., Moebus, S., and Fiebig, A. (2025): Advancing the Characterization of Urban Acoustic Environments Through Multimetric Analysis. Acta Acustica, Forthcoming article Received: 11 April 2025 / Revised: 26 August 2025 / Accepted: 10 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/202505112.
Lawrence, B., Beschi, S., Dehqan, F., Strugovshchikova, S., Khalil, I., Blioka-Sotiriou, M., Tribble, R., Frücht, A., and Gruehn, D. (2025): Quiet routes to alleviate noise annoyance and promote active mobility. Journal of Transport & Health 44, 102142.
Haselhoff, T., Moebus, S., Jedrusiak, M., Lawrence, B. T., & Weichert, F. (2025): Modelling the urban acoustic environment using land use-based gradient boosting. medRxiv, 2025-07.
Khanano, E., Pietsch, M., & Lawrence, B. T. (2025): Assessing Site Suitability and Visual Impacts of Wind Farm Development in Garfield County, Oklahoma: An Investigation Utilizing GIS. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 204-218.
Lawrence, B. T., Heying, D., & Gruehn, D. (2025): The Influence of Green Infrastructure on the Acoustic Environment: A Conceptual and Methodological Basis for Quiet Area Assessment in Urban Regions. Conservation, 5 (2), 22.
2024
Lawrence, B. T., Frücht, A., Köckler, H. (2024): Lärmaktionsplanung als ein Beitrag zu StadtGesundheit am Beispiel der Stadt Dortmund. In H. Köckler, C. M. Hornberg, A. Rüdiger, O. Mekel (Eds.): StadtGesundheit im Ruhrgebiet. Bestandsaufnahmen und Perspektiven. Nachhaltige Gesundheit in Stadt und Region, Bd. 7. München: oekom (1), pp. 219–233. Online Verfügbar über https://www.oekom.de/buch/stadtgesundheit-im-ruhrgebiet-i-9783987261428.
Haselhoff, T., Schuck, M., Lawrence, B. T., Fiebig, A., & Moebus, S. (2024): Which acoustic dimensions could act as mediators between urban greenspace and human health?. In INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings (Vol. 270, No. 2, pp. 9078-9085), Nantes, France, October 2024. Institute of Noise Control Engineering.
Haselhoff, T., Schuck, M., Lawrence, B. T., Fiebig, A., & Moebus, S. (2024): Characterizing acoustic dimensions of health-related urban greenspace. Ecological Indicators, 166, 112547.
Schuck, M, Fiebig, A., Haselhoff, T., Moebus, S., Lawrence, B. (2024): Charakterisierung akustischer Räume in der Stadt durch psychoakustische Parameter in der Langzeitperspektive. DAGA 2024 – 50. Jahrestagung für Akustik. Hannover, Germany
Jedrusiak, M.D., Harweg, T., Haselhoff, T., Lawrence, B.T., Moebus, S., & Weichert, F. (2024): Towards an interdisciplinary formalization of soundscapes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155 (4), 2549-2560. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025543.
Lawrence, B.T., Frücht, A., Heying, D., Schröer, K., Gruehn, D. (2024): Acoustic Characterization of Potential Quiet Areas in Dortmund,Germany. Environments 2024, 11, 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11040069.
2023
Jedrusiak, M.D., Harweg, T., Haselhoff, T., Lawrence, B.T., Moebus, S., & Weichert, F. (2023): Definition-independent Formalization of Soundscapes: Towards a Formal Methodology. arXiv preprint arXiv: 2310.13404.
Lawrence, B.T. (2023): Green and blue water infrastructure modelling for urban regions. Conference proceedings for Planning in Germany and Pakistan: Responding to Challenges of Climate Change through Intercultural Dialogue. Dec. 1st - Dec. 2nd, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Lawrence, B.T., Hornberg, J., Schröer, K., Djeudeu, D., Haselhoff, T., Ahmed, S., ... & Gruehn, D. (2023): Linking ecoacoustic indices to psychoacoustic perception of the urban acoustic environment. Ecological Indicators, 155, 111023.
Haselhoff, T., Braun, T., Fiebig, A., Hornberg, J., Lawrence, B.T., Marwan, N., Moebus, S. (2023): Complex networks for analyzing the urban acoustic environment. Ecological Informatics, Volume 78, 102326, ISSN 1574-9541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102326.
Haselhoff, T., Braun, T., Fiebig, A., Lawrence, B.T. & S. Moebus (2023): The Urban Acoustic Environment as a Complex Network. Conference Paper, Forum Acusticum, September 2023, Turin, Italy.
Hemker, F., Haselhoff, T., Brunner, S., Lawrence, B.T., Ickstadt, K., Moebus, S. (2023): The Role of Traffic Volume on Sound Pressure Level Reduction before and duringCOVID-19 Lockdown Measures—A Case Study in Bochum, Germany. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5060. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065060.
Lawrence, B.T., Frücht, A., Sievers, L., Ammerahl, V., Boegner, M., Brockmann, C., Buran, F., Hartung, N., Heying, D., Jäkel, H., Kamermann, T., Mohr, A., Schneider, J. (2023): Quiet Areas in the Ruhr Region. Accepted as poster presentation at 2023 Urban Sound Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, April 19-21.
2022
Haselhoff, T.; Braun, T., Hornberg, J., Lawrence, B.T., Ahmed,S., Gruehn, D., Moebus, S. (2022): Analysing Interlinked Frequency Dynamics of the Urban Acoustic Environment. Int.J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19,15014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215014.
Schmidt, P., Lawrence, B.T. (2022): Association between Land Surface Temperature and Green Volume in Bochum, Germany. Sustainability , 14, 14642. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114642.
Haselhoff, T., Hornberg, J., Fischer, J. L., Lawrence, B.T., Ahmed, S., Gruehn, D., & Moebus, S. (2022): The acoustic environment before and during the SARS-CoV-2 lockdown in a major German city as measured by ecoacoustic indices. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152 (2), 1192-1200.
Haselhoff, T., Braun, T., Hornberg, J., Lawrence, B.T., Moebus, S. (2022): Die urbane akustische Umgebung durch Zeit und Raum - Eine Analyse der SALVE Studie. Conference Paper in DAGA, March 2022. Stuttgart, DE.
Hornberg, J., Haselhoff, T., Lawrence, B., Ahmed, S., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2022): Acoustic Quality and Health in Urban Environments - The SALVE Project. In: Nachhaltige StadtGesundheit. https://doi.org/10.11576/nsg-1077.
2021
Haselhoff, T., Lawrence, B.T., Hornberg, J., Ahmed, S., Sutcliffe, R., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2021): The acoustic quality and health in urban environments (SALVE) project: Study design, rationale and methodology. In: Applied Acoustics 188 (2022) 108538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108538.
Lawrence, B., Sutcliffe, R., Hornberg, J., Haselhoff, T., Ahmed, S., Moebus, S. & Gruehn, D. (2021): A widened array of metrics (WAM) approach to characterize the urban acoustic environment; a case comparison of urban mixed-use and forest. In: Applied Acoustics 185 (2022) 108387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108387.
Lawrence, B. (2021): The County Diagnostic: A regional environmental footprint framework for the USA and an overview of Köppen climate zone redistribution in the US Eastern Temperate Forest. Poster presentation at Climate Bridge Conference, Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ, USA. https://cues.rutgers.edu/climate-bridge-conference/.
Hornberg, J., Haselhoff, T., Lawrence, B.T., Fischer, J., Ahmed, S., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2021): Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown Measures on Noise Levels in Urban Areas—A pre/during Comparison of Long-Term Sound Pressure Measurements in the Ruhr Area, Germany. In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (9), 4653. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094653.
Hornberg, J., Sutcliffe, R., Lawrence, B., Haselhoff, T., Ahmed, S., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2021): Health Effects of Urban Sounds beyond Noise: Systematic Review. In: Das Gesundheitswesen 83 (08/09): 732; DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732227.
Haselhoff, T., Lawrence, B., Hornberg, J., Ahmed, S., Sutcliffe, R., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2021): The acoustic quality and health in urban environments (SALVE) project: Study design, rationale and methodology. In: medRxiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.23.21252275.
Mirzaei, M., Lawrence, B.T. & Majd, A.M.S. (2021): Investigation on Zayandehrud Watershed Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification based on IPCC Scenarios. In: Jafari, M., Gruehn, D., Sinemillioglu, H. & Kaiser, M. [Eds.]: Planning in Germany and Iran. Responding to Challenges of Climate Change through Intercultural Dialogue. Mensch und Buch Verlag. Berlin, pp. 57-82.
Nasab, S. H., Lawrence, B.T., Mirzaei, M. & Majd, A.M.S. (2021): Investigating the Effects of Climate Parameters Chage on Upstream Water Resources of Zayandehrud Watershed. In: Jafari, M., Gruehn, D., Sinemillioglu, H. & Kaiser, M. [Eds.]: Planning in Germany and Iran. Responding to Challenges of Climate Change through Intercultural Dialogue. Mensch und Buch Verlag. Berlin, pp. 25-42.
Ahmadi, M., Lawrence, B.T. & Majd, A.M.S. (2021): Comparative Climate Classification in Zayandehrud Watershed Stations with the Köppen-Geiger Method. In: Jafari, M., Gruehn, D., Sinemillioglu, H. & Kaiser, M. [Eds.]: Planning in Germany and Iran. Responding to Challenges of Climate Change through Intercultural Dialogue. Mensch und Buch Verlag. Berlin, pp. 9-24.
2020
Lawrence, B. (2020): The County Diagnostic: A regional environmental footprint framework for the USA. Contributions to Landscape and Environmental Planning. Springer Spektrum as part of Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28616-3.
Moebus, S., Gruehn, D., Poppen, J., Sutcliffe, R., Haselhoff, T. & Lawrence, B. (2020): Akustische Qualität und Stadtgesundheit – Mehr als nur Lärm und Stille (Acoustic quality and urban health - more than just noise and silence). In: Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz 63, S. 997–1003. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-020-03184-x .
Sutcliffe, R., Lawrence, B.T., Ahmed, S., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2020): Acoustic quality and health in urban environments (SALVE) – a pilot study in the metropolitan Ruhr region, Germany. In: Cities & Health (2021) 5 (1-2): pp. 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1648362.
2019
Antoniou, P. & Lawrence, B.T. (2019): Effects of traffic noise, land use types and ecotones on the distribution of resident birds in a natural reserve in the Ruhr area, Germany. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics (ICA), Aachen Germany, September 8-13, 2019. Full Paper.
Lawrence, B.T., Ahmed, S., Sutcliffe, R., Poppen, J., Moebus, S. & Gruehn, D. (2019): A widened array of metrics (WAM) approach to characterizing urban sound environments – the example in SALVE. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: pp. 844-851.
Lawrence, B.T., Sinemillioglu, H. & Saeed, B. (2019): Wasserverbrauch in der irakischen Region Kurdistan und Anwendung der Landschaftsplanung als Rahmen für Nachhaltigkeit und Widerstandsfähigkeit gegen den Klimawande. Dortmunder Konferenz 2020 Book of Abstracts, Dortmund, Germany.
Lawrence, B., Kaiser, M. & Hamid, H. (2019): Green and Blue Water Retrofits for Urban Mesopotamia: Case Study Duhok, KRG. In: Sinemillioglu, H., Lawrence, B., Hossain, S. & Gruehn, D. [Eds.]: Spatial Planning in Iraq. A Summary Review of the Planning Education in Iraq (PLIQ) Project. Dortmund International Planning Series 63, pp. 183-211.
Lawrence, B. T. & Younis, S. (2019): Landscape Planning as a Tool for the Sustainable Future of the Kurdistan Region. In: Sinemillioglu, H., Lawrence, B., Hossain, S. & Gruehn, D. [Eds.]: Spatial Planning in Iraq. A Summary Review of the Planning Education in Iraq (PLIQ) Project. Dortmund International Planning Series 63, pp. 135-165.
Lippold, M. & Lawrence, B.T. (2019): Soundscape Planning as Tool for Urban Planning. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics (ICA), Aachen Germany, September 8-13, 2019. Full Paper.
Moebus, S., Sutcliffe, R., Lawrence, B.T., Ahmed, S., Haselhoff, T. & Gruehn, D. (2019): Acoustic Quality and Health in Urban Environments – The SALVE Project. In: Schrenk, M., Popovich, V., Zeile, P., Elisei, P., Beyer, C. & Ryser, J. [Eds.]: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information Society, pp. 859-864.
Poppen, J., Sutcliffe, R., Ahmed, S., Lawrence, B.T., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2019): Acoustic Quality and Health in Urban Environments – The SALVE Project. In: Gesundheitswesen 81 (08/09): 754.
Sinemillioglu, H., Lawrence, B.T., Hossain, S. & Gruehn, D. [Eds.] (2019): Spatial Planning in Iraq. A Summary Review of the Planning Education in Iraq (PLIQ) Project. Dortmund International Planning Series 63, 276 pp.
Sinemillioglu, H., Hassanpour, J., Lawrence, B.T. & Saeed, B (2019): Water consumption in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the application of landscape planning as a framework for sustainability and climate change resilience. Full Paper in the Proceedings of the 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 6th -8th April, 2019.
Sutcliffe, R., Lawrence, B.T., Poppen, J., Haselhoff, T., Gruehn, D. & Moebus, S. (2019): Acoustic Quality in Urban Environments (SALVE) – preliminary results on the distribution of acoustic environments in an urban area. In: Gesundheitswesen 81 (08/09): 669.
2018
Lawrence, B.T. & Kaiser, M. (2018): Green and Blue Water Retrofits for Urban Mesopotamia: Adapting to the future with traditional land management systems. In: Fakultät Raumplanung (Hrsg.): Die große Transformation. Book of abstracts der 4. Dortmunder Konferenz für Raum- und Planungsforschung, Dortmund, 5-6. Februar 2018: S. 116-117.
Lawrence, B.T., Kopec, J. & Moebus, S. (2018): Urban Soundscape Ecology: A new dimension of soundscape ecology? In: Fakultät Raumplanung (Hrsg.): Die große Transformation. Book of abstracts der 4. Dortmunder Konferenz für Raum- und Planungsforschung, Dortmund, 5-6. Februar 2018: S. 127-128.
2017
Lawrence, B.T. (2017): The County Diagnostic: A regional environmental footprint framework for the USA and a comparative case study application of the County Diagnostic within the US Eastern Deciduous Forest Ecoregion. PhD thesis, School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, 299 pp. plus appendix.
2016
Lawrence, B.T., Fromme, J. & Schulte, S.A. (2016): Renewable Energy Independence in the USA: Towards a Sub-Regional Quantitative Evaluation Methodology. In: Schmitt, H.C. et al. [Hrsg.]: Dortmunder Beiträge zur Raumplanung (Blaue Reihe) 147, S. 243-262.
2015
Lawrence, B.T. (2015): Renewable energy independence in the USA: Myth or potential reality? Towards a sub-regional quantitative evaluation methodology. In: Fakultät Raumplanung (Hrsg.): Raummuster. Struktur, Dynamik, Planung. Book of abstracts der 3. Dortmunder Konferenz für Raum- und Planungsforschung, Dortmund, 22.-23. Februar 2016: S. 82-84.
2014
Keane, T., Kim, Jae Hong. & Lawrence, B.T. (2014): Political Fragmentation in Local Governance & Water Resource Management. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2013-2014 Conference; University of Maryland, March 26-29 2014.
2013
Lawrence, B.T., Sass, C. (2013): The Regional Ecological Footprint of Jackson County Missouri: A Component Approach to Assessing and Managing Flows Between the Anthroposphere and the Ecosphere. Spaces and Flows: Fourth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, Netherlands June 2013.
Lawrence, B.T. & Sass, C. (2013): Applying ecological footprint methods to calculate the spatially explicit regional ecologocal capacity and demand of Jackson County, Missouri. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2012-2013 Conference; University of Texas at Austin, March 27-30 2013.
2010
Lawrence, B. T., Grimaldi, C., Knott, R., Hardy, S., Stroer, R., & Pyakuryal, K. (2010): Bringing Social Change and Urban River Restoration Together Through Public Involvement and Spatial Analysis. In Cities of the Future/Urban River Restoration Conference 2010 (pp. 595-609), Cambridge, Mass. Water Environment Federation. DOI 10.2175/193864710798284995
2009
Lawrence, B.T. & Schulte, S.S. (2009): Designing with Nature: Applied GIS for Water Resources and Environmental Planning. Americana International Environmental Trade Show and Conference, Montreal QC Canada. (Full Paper)
2008
Schlaman, J. & Lawrence, B.T. (2008): Integrating Green Infrastructure into a CSO Long Term Control Plan. WEF National Conference, Washington D.C. (Full Paper)
2007
Schulte, S. A., Ports, M. A., & Lawrence, B. T. (2007): A Filter Approach to Turning a City Greener One BMP at a Time. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2007: Restoring Our Natural Habitat (pp. 1-9). https://doi.org/10.1061/40927(243).
2005
Lawrence, B.T. & Rolley, S.R. (2005): Recreation Related Degradation in Kansas State Parks, Applying GIS Models. Council for Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) National Conference, Athens, GA. (Full Paper)
Lawrence, B.T. (2005): Recreation Related Degradation in Kansas State PArks: Applying GIS Models. MLA thesis, Department of Landscape Architecture / Regional and Community Planning, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Kansas State University, 137 pp.