The socio-economic impact of noise: a method for assessing noise annoyance.
Norwegian authorities have developed and adopted a method for assessing the magnitude of noise impact on a community in quantitative terms. The method takes into account all levels of noise annoyance experienced by all the residents in an area and transforms these data into a single quantity that can also be expressed in monetary terms. This method is contrary to other commonly used assessment methods where only a certain fraction of the impacted people, e.g. those "highly annoyed," is considered.
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SINTEF ICT, Trondheim, Norway. truls.gjestland@sintef.no
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009664:Norway; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000191:economics