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The long term effect of noise protection barriers on the annoyance response of residents
By constructing barriers beside carriageways, highway authorities decrease the noise immision levels of traffic. The aim is finally to reduce noise annoyance response of residents in the nearby positioned sites. Results are presented of two parallel acoustic and physiological surveys at four different barriers with four adjacent research areas and 12 experimental sites, and one untreated control area with two sites, in the outskirts of the cities Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Krefeld and Neuss in 1976 and 1988. Conclusions from the results can be briefly summarized as follows. (i) There is not a simple causal relation between noise level reduction and annoyance reduction. (ii) Barriers produce high annoyance reduction at near sites but only minimal effects beyond 150 m from the highway. (iii) Annoyance reduction, on average, is relatively greater than noise level reduction. (iv) Changing traffic volume on urban roads has stronger psychological effects than those of barriers. (v) Highway noise produces higher annoyance reactions than urban road traffic noise of the same level. (vi) After barrier construction the noise level influenced on annoyance is weaker than before construction. (vii) A negative experience of residents before barrier construction is not likely to be influenced by the reduced immission after construction.
The long term effect of noise protection barriers on the annoyance response of residents
By constructing barriers beside carriageways, highway authorities decrease the noise immision levels of traffic. The aim is finally to reduce noise annoyance response of residents in the nearby positioned sites. Results are presented of two parallel acoustic and physiological surveys at four different barriers with four adjacent research areas and 12 experimental sites, and one untreated control area with two sites, in the outskirts of the cities Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Krefeld and Neuss in 1976 and 1988. Conclusions from the results can be briefly summarized as follows. (i) There is not a simple causal relation between noise level reduction and annoyance reduction. (ii) Barriers produce high annoyance reduction at near sites but only minimal effects beyond 150 m from the highway. (iii) Annoyance reduction, on average, is relatively greater than noise level reduction. (iv) Changing traffic volume on urban roads has stronger psychological effects than those of barriers. (v) Highway noise produces higher annoyance reactions than urban road traffic noise of the same level. (vi) After barrier construction the noise level influenced on annoyance is weaker than before construction. (vii) A negative experience of residents before barrier construction is not likely to be influenced by the reduced immission after construction.
The long term effect of noise protection barriers on the annoyance response of residents
Der Langzeiteinfluß von Schallschutzwänden auf das Störungsempfinden der Anwohner
Kastka, J. (Autor:in) / Buchta, E. (Autor:in) / Ritterstaedt, U. (Autor:in) / Paulsen, R. (Autor:in) / Mau, U. (Autor:in)
Journal of Sound and Vibration ; 184 ; 823-852
1995
30 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 13 Tabellen, 44 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
The mitigating effect of noise barriers on road traffic noise annoyance
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