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Annoyance
About: Annoyance is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2015 publications have been published within this topic receiving 38300 citations. The topic is also known as: annoy.
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TL;DR: It appears that the dispersion model of odorants performs moderately well in predicting annoyance and the extent to which people regard mal-odor as a threat to their health is a relatively strong predictor of annoyance.
Abstract: In a series of epidemiologic studies, the relationship between objective exposure to odorant concentrations emitted by several industrial plants was investigated, as was the relationship between odor annoyance and subjective health complaints. Exposure was determined with a dispersion model of odorants, in which meteorological data and industrial emissions were used as input. Long-term averaged exposure was related to odor annoyance measured with a questionnaire. In addition, the influence of several other factors (demographic variables and variables emanating from the coping theory) on odor annoyance was studied. Among others, it appears that the dispersion model performs moderately well in predicting annoyance (correlations between odorant concentrations and odor annoyance were about 0.35). The extent to which people regard malodor as a threat to their health is a relatively strong predictor of annoyance. Moreover, the effects of long-term low exposure are similar to the effects of temporary hi...
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TL;DR: It is emphasized that residential green should be fostered by city planners, particularly in densely populated areas, while quiet green spaces are more effective in rural areas.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that this model for the human reaction to environmental noise, which has now been demonstrated for aircraft, train, and traffic noise, should be considered for the establishment of standards.
Abstract: The annoyance due to road traffic noise was studied in 18 areas in five countries. A total of 1379 interviews was performed and noise measurements were made in each area. The relation between Leq and the extent of the population expressing that they were "very annoyed" was poor (rxy = 0.03). An augmentation of the number of heavy vehicles from 1000/24 hr up to greater than 3000/24 hr did not increase the extent of annoyance. The highest correlation was obtained for the maximum noise level. The dose-response relationship implies that the number of events above a certain limit will not increase the extent of annoyance: it is determined by the highest noise level from single vehicles. It is suggested that this model for the human reaction to environmental noise, which has now been demonstrated for aircraft, train, and traffic noise, should be considered for the establishment of standards.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the situational parameters of neighbourhood noise which explain the level of annoyance and victims' reactions towards the noise originators and find that the most annoying noises are those which are judged as being not normal, possible to avoid, happening during the night, and are described as being loud.
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TL;DR: In this paper, exposure-response relationships between annoyance from dust/grime and exhaust/smell, and indicators of air pollution (NO2, PM10 and PM2.5) for Norway have been established.
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