A survey on the soundscape perception before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

IF 1.7 Q2 ACOUSTICS

Noise Mapping Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1515/noise-2021-0005

Chiara Bartalucci, Raffaella Bellomini, S. Luzzi, Paola Pulella, Giulia Torelli

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Abstract

Abstract At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of lockdown measures highlights changes in terms of sounds and noises present in the everyday life. The present paper deals with this peculiar and unexpected scenario as studied by means of an online survey consisting of 18 questions and distributed to residents in the Italian territory. For studying the unprecedented effect of the pandemic, participants were asked to fill the questionnaire, providing personal data, describing context and characteristics of the house in which they live and making a comparison of the lockdown soundscape with the pre-lockdown one. About four hundred questionnaires have been collected and analysed in order to define correlations between personal and perception variables. Using logistic regression models, changes have been studied during the two abovementioned periods. It has been observed that the perception of traffic noise has increased for people over 35 years old and the noise produced by the neighbourhood has been more statistically significant for employed respondents. Future outlook might provide the spread of the questionnaire in other countries for a global evaluation of the data, to be also acquired with reference to the after-lockdown period.

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意大利COVID-19大流行前和期间的音景感知调查

摘要在新冠肺炎大流行期间，封锁措施的影响凸显了日常生活中声音和噪音的变化。本文通过一项由18个问题组成的在线调查来研究这种特殊而意外的情况，并将其分发给意大利境内的居民。为了研究疫情带来的前所未有的影响，参与者被要求填写问卷，提供个人数据，描述他们居住的房子的背景和特征，并将封锁前的声景与封锁前的进行比较。为了确定个人变量和感知变量之间的相关性，已经收集并分析了大约400份问卷。使用逻辑回归模型，研究了上述两个时期的变化。据观察，35岁以上的人对交通噪音的感知有所增加，而对就业受访者来说，社区产生的噪音在统计上更为显著。未来展望可能会提供问卷在其他国家的分布情况，以便对数据进行全球评估，也将参考封锁后的时期进行获取。

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Noise Mapping ACOUSTICS-

CiteScore

7.80

自引率

17.90%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Ever since its inception, Noise Mapping has been offering fast and comprehensive peer-review, while featuring prominent researchers among its Advisory Board. As a result, the journal is set to acquire a growing reputation as the main publication in the field of noise mapping, thus leading to a significant Impact Factor. The journal aims to promote and disseminate knowledge on noise mapping through the publication of high quality peer-reviewed papers focusing on the following aspects: noise mapping and noise action plans: case studies; models and algorithms for source characterization and outdoor sound propagation: proposals, applications, comparisons, round robin tests; local, national and international policies and good practices for noise mapping, planning, management and control; evaluation of noise mitigation actions; evaluation of environmental noise exposure; actions and communications to increase public awareness of environmental noise issues; outdoor soundscape studies and mapping; classification, evaluation and preservation of quiet areas.