COMMUNITY REACTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE

The paper presents the background for the development and determination of annoyance reactions among populations exposed to environmental noises. Results from studies where varying levels of aircraft and traffic noise have been related to the extent of annoyance in the exposed community are reviewed. The results demonstrate that epidemiological social survey methods to determine annoyance in exposed populations provide a useful basis for the establishment of dose-response relationships and hence noise standards. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Gothenburg University, Sweden

  Kulturgeografiska Institutionen, Fack
  Gothenburg,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • RYLANDER, R
  • Soerensen, S
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft noise; Annoyance; Communities; Epidemiology; Methodology; Noise; Sociology; Standards; Stress (Psychology); Surveys; Traffic; Traffic noise; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Disturbances
• ITRD Terms: 9102: Method; 2253: Sociology; 6748: Sound; 2234: Stress (psychol); 755: Traffic; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142179
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM