Noise pollution must be considered to achieve sustainable cities because current levels of exposure to environmental noise are a considerable risk to the health and quality of life of citizens. Urban features and sound ...

Road traffic noise is one of the major environmental issues affecting city dwellers’ human health and well being in an urban environment. This study develops a method to assess measures to reduce traffic noise by modeling ...

Urban habitats are noisy and constrain acoustic communication in birds. We analysed the effect of anthropogenic noise on the vocalization characteristics of House Wrens Troglodytes aedon at two sites with different noise ...

Specific city features such as environmental noise have been related to psychological distress. The effects of noise - as a health risk variable - might depend on socioeconomic and demographic factors. However, this has ...