Title

Community Reactions To Air Force Noise: Part II. Data On Community Studies And Their Interpretation

Date

1961

Index Abstract

Contrails and DTIC

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

WADD TR 60-689 (II)

Corporate Author

National Opinion Research Center, University Of Chicago

Laboratory

Biomedical Laboratory

Extent

197

Identifier

AD0267057

AD0267057

Access Rights

OTS

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 41(657)-79

DoD Project

7210

DoD Task

77444

DTIC Record Exists

Yes

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1961-03

Abstract

To determine preliminary relationships between variations in acoustic situations and disturbance, annoyance, and complaint potentials, personal interviews were held with almost 2500 residents at different air bases. The detailed acoustic conditions at three of these bases were measured. From these studies, the instruments and procedures for assessing neighborhood reactions have been fully developed, pretested, and validated. The data has provided valuable findings and the development of prototype statistical models for estimating neighborhood disturbance, annoyance, and complaint readiness. Community reactions are directly related to the intensity of the noise levels. A person is more disturbed, annoyed, and ready to complain if he is fearful of crashes and feels the air base is less important to local welfare and is less considerate of neighborhood feelings. Greatly disturbed people are also less satisfied with general living conditions in their areas, are more sensitive to noise of cars and trucks, and have less experience with flying. Time by itself has been proved no automatic cure of the annoyance problem. People who have lived near air bases longer are even more bothered by the airplane noise.

Subject

Public Opinion

Aircraft Noise

Jet Engine Noise

Public Relations

Airports

Interviewing

Publisher

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH : Biomedical Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force

Provenance

IIT

IIT

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control

Type

report

Format

1 online resource

Creator

Borsky, Paul N.