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Reporting noise complaints is an important part of informing noise legislation. While the effects of various socio-economic factors on noise perception have been investigated in previous studies, the aim of this study is to examine relationships between the rate of noise complaints and socio-economic factors. The noise complaints and socio-economic datasets from the government open data source at district and unitary authority levels across the England are used. The socio-economic dataset is categorised into four groups in this study, namely demographic, working, property and deprivation factors. Correlation analysis is conducted between noise complaint rate and socio-economic factors, and the results suggest that the correlations are generally significant. Cities/regions with a higher proportion of young and single residents are likely to receive more noise complaints, and so are cities/regions with a higher unemployment rate and higher proportion of residents living in flats. The deprived city/regions, measured by the English Index of Multiple Deprivation, tend to have a higher noise complaint rate.
Reporting noise complaints is an important part of informing noise legislation. While the effects of various socio-economic factors on noise perception have been investigated in previous studies, the aim of this study is to examine relationships between the rate of noise complaints and socio-economic factors. The noise complaints and socio-economic datasets from the government open data source at district and unitary authority levels across the England are used. The socio-economic dataset is categorised into four groups in this study, namely demographic, working, property and deprivation factors. Correlation analysis is conducted between noise complaint rate and socio-economic factors, and the results suggest that the correlations are generally significant. Cities/regions with a higher proportion of young and single residents are likely to receive more noise complaints, and so are cities/regions with a higher unemployment rate and higher proportion of residents living in flats. The deprived city/regions, measured by the English Index of Multiple Deprivation, tend to have a higher noise complaint rate.
Noise complaints and its relation to socio-economic factors at city/region scale in England
2019-01-01
In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019: 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany. (pp. pp. 7043-7048). International Congress on Acoustics,: Berlin, Germany. (2019)
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