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Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health
Environmental noise and health studies seldom address the positive effect of environments with high acoustic quality. Sound quality, in turn, is influenced by a large number of factors, including the spatial–physical characteristics of a neighborhood. In general, these characteristics cannot be retr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615546 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.NAH_53_16 |
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author | Devilee, Jeroen van Kempen, Elise Swart, Wim van Kamp, Irene Ameling, Caroline |
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description | Environmental noise and health studies seldom address the positive effect of environments with high acoustic quality. Sound quality, in turn, is influenced by a large number of factors, including the spatial–physical characteristics of a neighborhood. In general, these characteristics cannot be retrieved from existing databases. In this article, we describe the design of an audit instrument and demonstrate its value for gathering information about these characteristics of neighborhoods. The audit instrument used was derived from research in other fields than environmental health. The instrument was tested in 33 neighborhoods in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Arnhem. In these neighborhoods, more or less homogeneous subareas were identified that were subject of the audit. The results show that the audit approach is suitable to gather neighborhood data that are relevant for the sound quality of neighborhoods. Together with survey data, they provide information that could further the field of soundscape and health. Several suggestions for improvement of the audit instrument were made. |
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spelling | pubmed-55010262017-07-13 Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health Devilee, Jeroen van Kempen, Elise Swart, Wim van Kamp, Irene Ameling, Caroline Noise Health Original Article Environmental noise and health studies seldom address the positive effect of environments with high acoustic quality. Sound quality, in turn, is influenced by a large number of factors, including the spatial–physical characteristics of a neighborhood. In general, these characteristics cannot be retrieved from existing databases. In this article, we describe the design of an audit instrument and demonstrate its value for gathering information about these characteristics of neighborhoods. The audit instrument used was derived from research in other fields than environmental health. The instrument was tested in 33 neighborhoods in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Arnhem. In these neighborhoods, more or less homogeneous subareas were identified that were subject of the audit. The results show that the audit approach is suitable to gather neighborhood data that are relevant for the sound quality of neighborhoods. Together with survey data, they provide information that could further the field of soundscape and health. Several suggestions for improvement of the audit instrument were made. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5501026/ /pubmed/28615546 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.NAH_53_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Noise & Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Devilee, Jeroen van Kempen, Elise Swart, Wim van Kamp, Irene Ameling, Caroline Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health |
title | Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health |
title_full | Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health |
title_fullStr | Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health |
title_short | Assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health |
title_sort | assessment of spatial and physical neighborhood characteristics that influence sound quality and herewith well-being and health |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615546 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.NAH_53_16 |
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