Objective exposure to road traffic noise, noise annoyance and self-rated poor health – framing the relationship between noise and health as a matter of multiple stressors and resources in urban neighbourhoods

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 336-356

  Riedel, Natalie ^a   Köckler, Heike ^a   Scheiner, Joachim ^a   Berger, Klaus ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

noise annoyance; recreational coping; residential exposure to road traffic noise; residential neighbourhood satisfaction; self rated health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919427223     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.859129     Document Type: Article

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