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A Systematic Review of Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species (2024)
Journal Article
Engel, M. S., Young, R. J., Davies, W. J., Waddington, D., & Wood, M. D. (2024). A Systematic Review of Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species. Current Pollution Reports, 10(4), 684-709. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-024-00329-3

Purpose of review: This study aims to investigate anthropogenic noise impact on avian species by means of a systematic review of literature.

Recent findings: Based on previous anthropogenic noise impact frameworks, it was possible to: clarify the... Read More about A Systematic Review of Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species.

Defining Mechanistic Pathways for Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species (2024)
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Engel, M. S., Young, R. J., Davies, W. J., Waddington, D., & Wood, M. D. (2024). Defining Mechanistic Pathways for Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species. Current Pollution Reports, 10(2), 247-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-024-00303-z

Purpose of Review: This review collates and analyses data on noise exposure of birds in relation to avian hearing system performance. It provides new insights into the mechanistic pathways of anthropogenic noise impact on avian species. Recent Findin... Read More about Defining Mechanistic Pathways for Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species.

Assessing the exposure-response relationship of sleep disturbance and vibration in field and laboratory settings (2018)
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Exposure to nocturnal freight train vibrations may impact sleep, but exposure-response relationships are lacking. The European project CargoVibes evaluated sleep disturbance both in the field and in the laboratory and provides unique data, as measure... Read More about Assessing the exposure-response relationship of sleep disturbance and vibration in field and laboratory settings.

Effect of attitudinal, situational and demographic factors on annoyance due to environmental vibration and noise from construction of a light rapid transit system (2016)
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rapid transit system. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(12), 1237. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13121237

The aim of this paper is to determine what non-exposure factors influence the relationship
between vibration and noise exposure from the construction of a Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system
and the annoyance of nearby residents. Noise and vibration f... Read More about Effect of attitudinal, situational and demographic factors on annoyance due to environmental vibration and noise from construction of a light rapid transit system.

Quantification of the effects of audible rattle and source type on the human response to environmental vibration (2016)
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The present research quantifies the influence of source type and the presence of audible vibration-induced rattle on annoyance caused by vibration in residential environments. The sources of vibration considered are railway and the construction of a... Read More about Quantification of the effects of audible rattle and source type on the human response to environmental vibration.

Human annoyance, acceptability and concern as responses to vibration from the construction of light rapid transit lines in residential environments (2016)
Journal Article
rapid transit lines in residential environments. Science of the Total Environment, 568, 1308-1314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.121

The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of different self-reported measures for assessing the human response to environmental vibration from the construction of an urban LRT (Light Rapid Transit) system. The human response to environmental st... Read More about Human annoyance, acceptability and concern as responses to vibration from the construction of light rapid transit lines in residential environments.

Guidance for new policy developments on railway noise and vibration (2016)
Journal Article
and vibration. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 85, 76-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.01.004

Noise and vibration are two of the main problems associated with railways in residential
areas. To ensure quality of life and well-being of inhabitants living in the vicinity of railway
paths, it is important to evaluate, understand, control and re... Read More about Guidance for new policy developments on railway noise and vibration.

Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance (2014)
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This paper outlines good practice guidelines for developing a social survey to investigate public annoyance in relation to environmental vibration. Drawing on the development of international good practice guidelines and research into noise and vibra... Read More about Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance.

A multidimensional evaluation of the perception and annoyance caused by railway induced groundborne vibration (2014)
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This paper presents a study investigating seated subjects' perception of railway induced groundborne vibration in the vertical direction. Previous studies into the perception of railway induced vibration have treated this phenomenon as a unidimension... Read More about A multidimensional evaluation of the perception and annoyance caused by railway induced groundborne vibration.

Estimation of uncertainty using revised draft ISO 1996-2 (2014)
Journal Article
Alves, S., & Waddington, D. (2014). Estimation of uncertainty using revised draft ISO 1996-2. Acoustics bulletin / Institute of Acoustics, 39(2), 34-41

The aim of this paper is to examine methods for the estimation of the uncertainty associated with environmental acoustic measurements. It is considered best practice that any measurement should be accompanied by a quantitative indication of its quali... Read More about Estimation of uncertainty using revised draft ISO 1996-2.

Human response to vibration in residential environments (2014)
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Waddington, D., Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Condie, J., Sica, G., Moorhouse, A., & Steele, A. (2014). Human response to vibration in residential environments. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 182-193. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836496

This paper presents the main findings of a field survey conducted in the United Kingdom into the human response to vibration in residential environments. The main aim of this study was to derive exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to vi... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments.

Exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments (2014)
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Sharp, C., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Peris, E., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2014). Exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836115

In this work, exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments are developed, so as to better understand the differences in human response to these two sources of enviro... Read More about Exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments.

Effect of situational, attitudinal and demographic factors on railway vibration annoyance in residential areas (2014)
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Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Sharp, C., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2014). Effect of situational, attitudinal and demographic factors on railway vibration annoyance in residential areas. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 194-204. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836495

Railway induced vibration is an important source of annoyance among residents living in the vicinity of railways. Annoyance increases with vibration magnitude. However, these correlations between the degree of annoyance and vibration exposure are wea... Read More about Effect of situational, attitudinal and demographic factors on railway vibration annoyance in residential areas.

Annoyance due to railway vibration at different times of the day (2012)
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Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2012). Annoyance due to railway vibration at different times of the day. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 131(2), 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3679390

The time of day when vibration occurs is considered as a factor influencing the human response to vibration. The aim of the present paper is to identify the times of day during which railway vibration causes the greatest annoyance, to measure the dif... Read More about Annoyance due to railway vibration at different times of the day.

Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters (2011)
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Specific remedial works designed to improve sound installation and reduce the noise level produced by helicopters inside dwellings are described. The theoretical problems and practical solutions to installing high performance acoustic insulation to a... Read More about Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters.