On the study of the effects of sea views, greenery views and personal characteristics on noise annoyance perception at homes

Noise annoyance has caused significant adverse impacts on human beings and numerous efforts have been spent on mitigating annoyance problems. Natural greenery has been shown to be able to moderate annoyance problems at home but this conclusion was drawn without properly controlling the potential con...

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Published in:The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2012-03, Vol.131 (3), p.2131-2140
Main Authors: Nang Li, Hak, Kwan Chau, Chi, Sze Tse, Man, Tang, Shiu Keung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Environment Design
Exact sciences and technology
Female
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Noise
Noise: its effects and control
Personal Satisfaction
Physics
Residence Characteristics
Time Factors
Visual Perception - physiology
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Summary:Noise annoyance has caused significant adverse impacts on human beings and numerous efforts have been spent on mitigating annoyance problems. Natural greenery has been shown to be able to moderate annoyance problems at home but this conclusion was drawn without properly controlling the potential confounding factors. Furthermore, few have explored the moderation effect of a sea view. Accordingly, this study formulated a multivariate model to examine the impacts of natural views as well as personal characteristics on annoyance perception. A housing estate was selected in Hong Kong as the survey site for which some of the residents were exposed to greenery views, sea views, or both from their homes. Eight hundred and sixty-one responses were collected via questionnaire surveys and analyzed using an ordered logit model. The results suggest that both a greenery view and a sea view can moderate annoyance responses. Several individual's personal characteristics are found to affect individuals' annoyance perception. The duration of time spent daily at home is shown to have an influence on the moderation impact exerted by a greenery view, while the age of an individual is shown to have an influence on noise moderation effect exerted by a sea view.
ISSN:0001-4966
1520-8524
DOI:10.1121/1.3681936