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Preisendörfer, Peter, Bruderer Enzler, Heidi, Diekmann, Andreas, Hartmann, Jörg, Kurz, Karin and Liebe, Ulf (2022) Pathways to environmental inequality : how urban traffic noise annoyance varies across socioeconomic subgroups. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (22). 14984. doi:10.3390/ijerph192214984 ISSN 1660-4601.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214984
Abstract
The article investigates how socioeconomic background affects noise annoyance caused by residential road traffic in urban areas. It is argued that the effects of socioeconomic variables (migration background, education, and income) on noise annoyance tend to be underestimated because these effects are mainly indirect. We specify three indirect pathways. (1) A “noise exposure path” assumes that less privileged households are exposed to a higher level of noise and therefore experience stronger annoyance. (2) A “housing attributes path” argues that less privileged households can shield themselves less effectively from noise due to unfavorable housing conditions and that this contributes to annoyance. (3) Conversely, an “environmental susceptibility path” proposes that less privileged people are less concerned about the environment and have a lower noise sensitivity, and that this reduces their noise annoyance. Our analyses rest on a study carried out in four European cities (Mainz and Hanover in Germany, Bern and Zurich in Switzerland), and the results support the empirical validity of the three indirect pathways.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Environmental health, Noise pollution , Noise -- Sociological aspects, Traffic noise , Noise pollution -- Health aspects, Noise -- Physiological effect | ||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 | ||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 14 November 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Number: | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Article Number: | 14984 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph192214984 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 January 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 January 2023 | ||||||||||||
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