Study on Residents Perception and Attitudes Towards Urban Traffic Noise in Nagpur City

Author

Nandanwar, D.R. ; Parbat, Dhananjay K. ; Deshmukh, S.K.

Author_Institution

Gov. Polytech., Nagpur, India

fYear

2009

fDate

16-18 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

585

Lastpage

588

Abstract

The present study reports the evaluation of the traffic noise impact on the quality of life among resident´s around the major road intersection in Nagpur City in Maharashtra state (India). A total of 378 individuals in the vicinity of five major Intersections were questioned in writing for their perceptions and attitudes towards urban traffic noise. The socioeconomic characteristics of the sample population were identified and the perceived impact of noise on their welfare and health was evaluated. While significant number of individuals were aware of the interference of traffic noise with daily activities and awareness of the health impact.

Keywords

health and safety; noise pollution; psychology; road traffic; socio-economic effects; India; Maharashtra state; Nagpur City; health impact; major road intersection; resident attitude; resident perception; resident quality of life; resident welfare; socioeconomic characteristics; traffic noise impact; urban traffic noise; Acoustic noise; Auditory system; Cities and towns; Interference; Local government; Pollution; Roads; Telecommunication traffic; Vehicles; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology (ICETET), 2009 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5250-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3884-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETET.2009.216

Filename

5395428