@inproceedings{discovery10119767,
            year = {2019},
         address = {Berlin, Germany},
           title = {Noise complaints and its relation to socio-economic factors at city/region scale in England},
           pages = {7043--7048},
       booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019: 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany},
            note = {{\copyright} 2019 ICA. This is an Open Access article published under the terms of a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode).},
       publisher = {International Congress on Acoustics,},
         journal = {Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics},
            issn = {2415-1599},
             url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239426},
          author = {Tong, H and Kang, J},
        abstract = {Reporting noise complaints is an important part of informing noise legislation. While the effects of various socio-economic factors on noise perception have been investigated in previous studies, the aim of this study is to examine relationships between the rate of noise complaints and socio-economic factors. The noise complaints and socio-economic datasets from the government open data source at district and unitary authority levels across the England are used. The socio-economic dataset is categorised into four groups in this study, namely demographic, working, property and deprivation factors. Correlation analysis is conducted between noise complaint rate and socio-economic factors, and the results suggest that the correlations are generally significant. Cities/regions with a higher proportion of young and single residents are likely to receive more noise complaints, and so are cities/regions with a higher unemployment rate and higher proportion of residents living in flats. The deprived city/regions, measured by the English Index of Multiple Deprivation, tend to have a higher noise complaint rate.}
}