Analysis of Residents' Consciousness for the Environmental Noise in the Residential Area

Abstract

Environmental noise in the residential area is appeared with different types and features along with the growth of society. In particular when the economic level is raised up, the demand of residents for the environmental noise becomes more sensitive. The existing research on the environmental noise was initiated in the 1980's and resulted that the children's jumping sound was most annoying among the noises transmitted from the other unit. This result caused such activities that the researches were focused on the floor impact noise and that the laws in relation to environmental noise within residential area were revised strictly. This study aimed to survey the consciousness of residents for the environmental noise and to see how it is changed comparing with the previous one.

Indoor Noise Annoyance Due to Transportation Noise

“…It has been identified as the greatest source of dissatisfaction among different types of external noise (Park et al, 2012). However, transportation infrastructure is beneficial to human life, and thus, the convenience of living close to various modes of transportation must be weighed against the detrimental aspects of the associated noise.…”