The Combined Effects of Aircraft and Road Traffic Noise and Aircraft and Railway Noise on Noise Annoyance—An Analysis in the Context of the Joint Research Initiative NORAH

Jördis Wothge, Christin Belke, Ulrich Möhler, Rainer Guski and Dirk Schreckenberg
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Jördis Wothge: German Environment Agency (Formerly Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Christin Belke: ZEUS GmbH, Zentrum für Angewandte Psychologie, Umwelt- und Sozialforschung, Sennbrink 46, 58093 Hagen, Germany
Ulrich Möhler: Möhler & Partner Ingenieure AG, Landaubogen 10, 81373 München, Germany
Rainer Guski: Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
Dirk Schreckenberg: ZEUS GmbH, Zentrum für Angewandte Psychologie, Umwelt- und Sozialforschung, Sennbrink 46, 58093 Hagen, Germany

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 8, 1-19

Abstract: The Noise Related Annoyance Cognition and Health (NORAH) research initiative is one of the most extensive studies on the physiological and psychological long-term effects of transportation noise in Europe. It includes research on the quality of life and annoyance as well as cardiovascular effects, sleep disturbance, breast cancer, blood pressure, depression and the cognitive development of children. Within the realm of the annoyance module of the study approximately 10,000 residents of the Rhine-Main district were surveyed on the combined effects of transportation noise. This included combined noise from aircraft and road traffic noise ( N = 4905), or aircraft and railway noise ( N = 4777). Results show that judgment of the total noise annoyance of participants was strongly determined by the sound source which was judged as more annoying (in this case aircraft noise). To a lesser extent, the average sound pressure level of the two present sources was also of relevance.

Keywords: combined noise effects; noise annoyance; total noise annoyance; transportation noise; exposure-response-relationship; NORAH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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