?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Noise+complaints+and+its+relation+to+socio-economic+factors+at+city%2Fregion+scale+in+England&rft.creator=Tong%2C+H&rft.creator=Kang%2C+J&rft.description=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%2C+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%2C+namely+demographic%2C+working%2C+property+and+deprivation+factors.+Correlation+analysis+is+conducted+between+noise+complaint+rate+and+socio-economic+factors%2C+and+the+results+suggest+that+the+correlations+are+generally+significant.+Cities%2Fregions+with+a+higher+proportion+of+young+and+single+residents+are+likely+to+receive+more+noise+complaints%2C+and+so+are+cities%2Fregions+with+a+higher+unemployment+rate+and+higher+proportion+of+residents+living+in+flats.+The+deprived+city%2Fregions%2C+measured+by+the+English+Index+of+Multiple+Deprivation%2C+tend+to+have+a+higher+noise+complaint+rate.&rft.publisher=International+Congress+on+Acoustics%2C&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+23rd+International+Congress+on+Acoustics%3A+integrating+4th+EAA+Euroregio+2019%3A+9-13+September+2019+in+Aachen%2C+Germany.++(pp.+pp.+7043-7048).++International+Congress+on+Acoustics%2C%3A+Berlin%2C+Germany.+(2019)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10119767%2F1%2F000767.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10119767%2F&rft.rights=open