Abstract
Rapid urban development has rendered noise to be one of the major environmental problems confronting the city dwellers, and noise annoyance is regarded as a major noise impact. Recent studies suggested that individuals would be annoyed by noise to a different degree depends on the amount of greenery perceived. To explore whether greenery perception will exert influences on one's willingness-to-pay for lowering annoyance, one thousand five hundred and seventy two data were collected through face-to-face interviews in questionnaire surveys. Results indicated that the residents who cannot perceive greenery would be willing to pay more for lowering noise annoyance and the value of greenery in lowering noise annoyance is estimated to be HK$ 5.25. The findings should be of paramount importance to urban city planners.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 40th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2011, INTER-NOISE 2011 |
Pages | 3693-3700 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Volume | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2011 |
Event | 40th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2011, INTER-NOISE 2011 - Osaka, Japan Duration: 4 Sept 2011 → 7 Sept 2011 |
Conference
Conference | 40th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2011, INTER-NOISE 2011 |
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Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Osaka |
Period | 4/09/11 → 7/09/11 |
Keywords
- Economic valutation
- Greeneries
- Noise annoyance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics