Title
Development of a quantitative methodology to assess the impacts of urban transport interventions and related noise on well-being
Author
Braubach, M.
Tobollik, M.
Mudu, P.
Hiscock, R.
Chapizanis, D.
Sarigiannis, D.A.
Keuken, M.
Perez, L.
Martuzzi, M.
Publication year
2015
Abstract
Well-being impact assessments of urban interventions are a difficult challenge, as there is no agreed methodology and scarce evidence on the relationship between environmental conditions and well-being. The European Union (EU) project “Urban Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China and Europe” (URGENCHE) explored a methodological approach to assess traffic noise-related well-being impacts of transport interventions in three European cities (Basel, Rotterdam and Thessaloniki) linking modeled traffic noise reduction effects with survey data indicating noise-well-being associations. Local noise models showed a reduction of high traffic noise levels in all cities as a result of different urban interventions. Survey data indicated that perception of high noise levels was associated with lower probability of well-being. Connecting the local noise exposure profiles with the noise-well-being associations suggests that the urban transport interventions may have a marginal but positive effect on population well-being. This paper also provides insight into the methodological challenges of well-being assessments and highlights the range of limitations arising from the current lack of reliable evidence on environmental conditions and well-being. Due to these limitations, the results should be interpreted with caution. © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Subject
Urban Mobility & Environment
UES - Urban Environment & Safety
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Environment & Sustainability
Environment
Urbanisation
Urban policies
Climate change
Mitigation
Greenhouse gas
Transport
Noise
Well-being
Impact assessment
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120605792
TNO identifier
526255
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
Source
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12 (6), 5792-5814
Document type
article