ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE - ITS NUISANCE VALUE

METHODS OF MEASURING THE NUISANCE VALUE OF NOISE, IN PARTICULAR, TRAFFIC NOISE INDEX, ARE DISCUSSED. DIFFICULTY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED IN FINDING GOOD CORRELATION BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL SCORE ON A PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALE AND PHYSICAL NOISE MEASUREMENTS. THE PROPOSED STUDY OF ROAD-TRAFFIC NUISANCE IN HOUSING AREAS INVOLVES: ESTABLISHING THE EXTENT AND TYPE OF NUISANCE BY INTERVIEW; CONSTRUCTING A PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURE OF NUISANCE, FOR ADMINISTRATION BY POSTAL QUESTIONNAIRE OR INTERVIEWER; FINDING THE PHYSICAL NOISE PARAMETERS CORRELATING CLOSELY WITH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALE; SUGGESTING NUISANCE LEVELS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY; ADVOCATING AN ECONOMIC DESIGN FOR LOCATING BUILDINGS NEAR HIGHWAYS. /AUTHOR/

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    • Vol 2, No 4, PP 279-296
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    Elsevier Publishing Company, Limited

    Rippleside Commercial Estate, Ripple Road
    Barking, Essex,   England 
  • Authors:
    • BOTTOM, C G
    • Croome, D J
  • Publication Date: 1969-10

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  • Accession Number: 00223165
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Aug 17 1970 12:00AM