Attitudes to Noise Inside Dwellings in Three Megacities: Seoul, London, and Sao Paulo

Lee, Pyoung Jik ORCID: 0000-0002-0328-9175, Hopkins, Carl ORCID: 0000-0002-9716-0793 and Penedo, Rafaella (2020) Attitudes to Noise Inside Dwellings in Three Megacities: Seoul, London, and Sao Paulo. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 17 (16). E6005-.

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Abstract

This study investigated people's attitudes towards noise inside their homes. Online questionnaire surveys were conducted in Seoul, London, and São Paulo. The questionnaire was designed to assess annoyance caused by noise from neighbours and environmental noise (transportation). Information was also collected on situational, personal, and socio-demographic variables. Respondents that were more annoyed by outdoor noise inside their dwelling reported higher neighbour noise annoyance. In Seoul, neighbour noise was found to be more annoying than outdoor noise, and those with higher noise sensitivity reported higher annoyance towards neighbour noise. However, neighbour noise and outdoor noise was found to be equally annoying in London and São Paulo. For neighbour noise, the average percentage of respondents hearing structure-borne sources compared to airborne sources differed in each city. Most neighbour noise sources in São Paulo gave rise to higher annoyance ratings than Seoul and London. Education and income levels had a limited effect on annoyance and coping strategy. Annoyance with indoor noise from neighbours was found to have stronger relationships with cognitive and behavioural coping strategies than outdoor noise annoyance.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	neighbour noise, outdoor noise, attitude, megacities
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2020 08:53
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:36
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph17166005
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3098201