eprintid: 10119767 rev_number: 18 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/11/97/67 datestamp: 2021-02-01 11:41:49 lastmod: 2021-10-29 22:49:49 status_changed: 2021-02-01 11:41:49 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Tong, H creators_name: Kang, J title: Noise complaints and its relation to socio-economic factors at city/region scale in England ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F34 note: © 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). 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. date: 2019 date_type: published publisher: International Congress on Acoustics, official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239426 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1843546 doi: 10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239426 isbn_13: 9783939296157 lyricists_name: Kang, Jian lyricists_name: Tong, Huan lyricists_id: JKANG71 lyricists_id: HTONG84 actors_name: Kang, Jian actors_id: JKANG71 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics place_of_pub: Berlin, Germany pagerange: 7043-7048 event_title: 23rd International Congress on Acoustics issn: 2415-1599 book_title: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019: 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany citation: Tong, H; Kang, J; (2019) Noise complaints and its relation to socio-economic factors at city/region scale in England. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019: 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany. (pp. pp. 7043-7048). International Congress on Acoustics,: Berlin, Germany. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10119767/1/000767.pdf