Path Analysis of the Community Response to Road Traffic Noise

Osada, Yasutaka; Yoshida, Toshihide; Yoshida, K.; Kawaguchi, T.; Hoshiyama, Yoshiharu; Yamamoto, Kosuke

doi:10.1006/jsvi.1997.1016

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“…Izumi et al [3] made a path analysis with data from social surveys on community responses to road tra$c noise in Hokkaido, Japan, and showed the relation between noise exposure, hearing, and sleep disturbances on road tra$c noise annoyance. Osada et al applied this method to social surveys on community responses to aircraft noise around Narita Airport [4] and to road tra$c noise in Tokyo [5]. Osada et al [4] con"rmed that the main "ndings were consistent with those obtained by Taylor [2] and Izumi et al [3].…”

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confidence: 73%

Comparison of Community Response to Road Traffic Noise in Japan and Sweden—part Ii: Path Analysis

Yano

Sato

Björkman

et al. 2002

Journal of Sound and Vibration

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Comparison of Community Response to Road Traffic Noise in Japan and Sweden—part Ii: Path Analysis

Yano

Sato

Björkman

et al. 2002

Journal of Sound and Vibration

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“…21,22 Path analysis has been widely applied in not only social psychology and sociology 23 but also a number of acoustic studies to investigate the relationships among noise level, human perception, personal characteristics, and noise annoyance. [24][25][26] A number of major assumptions were made in formulating the path model. First, acoustic comfort evaluation exerted an influence on an individual's acceptability of the environment.…”

Section: Path Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Perception of urban park soundscape

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Chau

Choy

et al. 2012

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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A number of studies have been initiated to explore how to improve the soundscape quality in urban parks. However, good soundscape quality in parks cannot be provided without a thorough understanding of the complex relationships among sound, environment, and individuals. As acoustic comfort is considered to be an important outcome of soundscape quality, this study investigates the relative impacts of the factors influencing acoustic comfort evaluation by formulating a multivariate ordered logit model. This study also explores the inter-relationships among acoustic comfort evaluation, acceptability of the environment, and preference to stay in a park using a path model. A total of 595 valid responses were obtained from interview surveys administered in four parks in Hong Kong while objective sound measurements were carried out at the survey spots concurrently. The findings unveil that acoustic comfort evaluation, besides visual comfort evaluation of landscape, also plays an important role on users' acceptability of the urban park environment. Compared with all the studied acoustic related factors, acoustic comfort evaluation serves as a better proxy for park users' preference to stay in urban parks. Hearing the breeze will significantly increase the likelihood of individuals in giving high acoustic comfort evaluation. Conversely, hearing the sounds from heavy vehicles or sounds from bikes will significantly reduce the likelihood in giving a high acoustic evaluation.

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“…Osada et al [12] has applied path analysis to data collected in a social survey on the community response to traffic noise along a truck road in Tokyo. The data were collected from more than 390 female residents by means of a questionnaire.…”

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confidence: 99%