Exposure to environmental urban noise pollution in Birmingham, UK

Brainard, Julii S., Jones, Andrew P., Bateman, Ian J. and Lovett, Andrew A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-9273 (2004) Exposure to environmental urban noise pollution in Birmingham, UK. Urban Studies, 41 (13). pp. 2581-2600. ISSN 0042-0980

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Abstract

This paper examines the extent to which inequalities in noise exposure are present in the city of Birmingham in the English Midlands. Estimates of road and rail noise levels were made using established sound propagation models and were combined with data on noise generated from the city's airport. Demographic details from the 1991 UK Census provided information on population age, ethnic make-up and deprivation. No relationship was established between noise exposure and population age, and there was only rather weak evidence of an association between noise exposure and ethnicity. Similarly weak disparities were observed in estimated noise exposures and levels of socioeconomic deprivation. The implications of these findings with regard to possible efforts to reduce urban noise levels are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/sustainable_cities_and_communities
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2011 13:14
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2023 17:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33109
DOI:	10.1080/0042098042000294574

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