The Influence of Sensitivity for Road Traffic Noise on Residential Location: Does It Trigger a Process of Spatial Selection?

This article considers the impact of noise levels on individual's choices of residence in the Netherlands. The authors note that sometimes a process of self-selection may take place on the basis of noise sensitivity. For example, noise-sensitive people would either leave high noise areas or not move into these areas in the first place. This would result in a "survivor population" remaining in the high noise areas. The authors' study did not demonstrated evidence of a process of self-selection based on noise sensitivity. However, the results did indicate that noise-sensitive people are less satisfied with their living environment and are move willing to move than those who are not noise sensitive. The authors caution that their study only included a small sample size, so external validity is limited.

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• Authors:
  • Nijland, HA
  • Hartemink, S
  • Van Kamp, I
  • Van Wee, B
• Publication Date: 2007-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 1595-1601
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Volume: 122
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
  • ISSN: 0001-4966
  • Serial URL: http://asadl.org/jasa/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustics; City planning; Decision making; Intersections; Noise; Psychological aspects; Residential areas; Sensitivity; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Relocation
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081448
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 28 2007 8:26AM