Several studies under steady state conditions showed relationships between residents' noise annoyance and their attitudes towards the authorities, especially their belief that the noise could be reduced, but that those in authority do nothing about it ('misfeasance'). It was assumed that these relationships are even stronger under conditions of expected changes in exposure. Residents at an already existing railway line, for which extension and broadening were planned, were interviewed before and after the extension. In the before condition, those residents, who mistrust the intensions of the planners, have more negative expectations with regard to their future annoyance. Furthermore the greater the mistrust, the more the expected future annoyance exceeds the actual annoyance. In addition, the mistrust in the before condition also correlates with the later actual annoyance after the extension. Even stronger correlations between mistrust and expected future noise annoyance were found in a survey in which residents near a planned new railway line were interviewed before the construction of the new line had begun. These results emphasize the importance of strategies, which are effective in informing the residents fully and honestly in an early stage of the planning process, in order to minimize the mistrust of those affected.
Railway-noise annoyance and misfeasance under conditions of change
Belästigung durch Eisenbahngeräusch und Mißbrauch unter wechselnden Bedingungen
2001
4 Seiten, 1 Bild, 2 Tabellen, 6 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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