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Development of a Quantitative Methodology to Assess the Impacts of Urban Transport Interventions and Related Noise on Well-Being

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  • Matthias Braubach

    (European Centre for Environment and Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany)

  • Myriam Tobollik

    (Federal Environment Agency, Section II 1.6 Exposure Assessment and Environmental Health Indicators, 14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Pierpaolo Mudu

    (European Centre for Environment and Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany)

  • Rosemary Hiscock

    (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK)

  • Dimitris Chapizanis

    (Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Denis A. Sarigiannis

    (Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Menno Keuken

    (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • Laura Perez

    (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstr. 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
    University of Basel, Peterspl. 1, 4003 Basel, Switzerland)

  • Marco Martuzzi

    (European Centre for Environment and Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany)

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.

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  • Matthias Braubach & Myriam Tobollik & Pierpaolo Mudu & Rosemary Hiscock & Dimitris Chapizanis & Denis A. Sarigiannis & Menno Keuken & Laura Perez & Marco Martuzzi, 2015. "Development of a Quantitative Methodology to Assess the Impacts of Urban Transport Interventions and Related Noise on Well-Being," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-23, May.
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