Differences in Perceptions of the Urban Acoustic Environment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Festivals and Events as Everyday Life in Montreal’s Entertainment District

“…A substantial part of our dataset was comprised of older residents (with quite a few retired) who have been living in QDS for years and enjoying the district. The activities of QDS challenge the connection between noise sensitivity, likeliness to complain, and aging, often documented in research [15] or associated with the overall livability of touristified areas [14] or the specific conflicts with visitors for residents otherwise appreciative of their neighborhood both aesthetically and sensorially [6]. Our findings encourage revisiting of the assumption that all younger residents (or workers) enjoy festivals and events while older ones are disrupted and avoid attending the events [15].…”

“…Their finding challenges existing notions of aging in the city, particularly in relation to recreational activities and their sounds [14]. For example, Pinkester and Boterman showed how the aging residents in Amsterdam's Canal Belt are aware of their own increased annoyance with the everyday sounds associated with tourists as well as larger events (usually street parties) that they found inauthentic and often vulgar [6].…”

Thermal comfort of older people during summer in the continental Mediterranean climate

“…However, there is still a gap in knowledge on thermal comfort temperature for specific climatic zones, type of building and user. Some authors have found differences in thermal perception between older adults and younger ones [49]. This is mainly because thermal sensitivity decreases with age as a consequence of some physiological changes such as a reduction in muscle strength, sweating, heat transport capacity to the skin, hydration levels, vascular reactivity and cardiovascular stability [4,12,13,49,50].…”

“…Some authors have found differences in thermal perception between older adults and younger ones [49]. This is mainly because thermal sensitivity decreases with age as a consequence of some physiological changes such as a reduction in muscle strength, sweating, heat transport capacity to the skin, hydration levels, vascular reactivity and cardiovascular stability [4,12,13,49,50]. A study by Krüger et al [51,52] found that younger adults were more sensitive than older ones in Curitiba Brazil.…”

Analysis of the concentration of traffic flows in cities and towns when assessing the potential noise level in residential areas

“…Hearing disorders caused by intense noise top the list in the all-Russian structure of occupational diseases of the ENT organs (54.8%) [1]. A deterioration in the general psychological state as a result of acoustic-noise pollution of the urban environment is noted, for example, [3,4], especially among elderly people [5].…”