Noise complaints, the COVID-19 pandemic, and compact developments: evidence from five American cities

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dc.contributor.authorYildirim, Yalcin
dc.contributor.authorKeshavarzi, Golnaz
dc.contributor.authorArefi, Mahyar
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T21:05:41Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T21:05:41Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 continues to take its toll on human life. Even though to a less threatening extent, and insignificant to some, noise turns out to be one of its consequences without consensus. While individuals experience multiple restrictions and restrain from exuberant activities by spending most of their time at home, reducing public transportation and personal vehicles, overall, they end up reduce anthropogenic noise pressure. On another level, people continue reporting noise concerns at various degrees during the COVID-19 pandemic. To draw a bigger picture as to whether or not these complaints have increased during the COVID-19 compared to the same period last year, this research examines them in five major American cities: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Dallas. Furthermore, the study also assessed the complaint patterns, whether reported in compact or sprawled areas. The findings highlight that either the noise complaints increased or decreased during the COVID-19 crisis. Accordingly, four of the five selected cities, except San Francisco, showed a decrease in reported noise. As it turns out, compact developments correlate significantly and positively with noise complaints in all study areas, except in Phoenix. These findings call for regulating and prioritizing noise-related policies. Planners and urban designers can thus advise to sustain environmental planning and public health issues, especially in planning compact developments.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11356-023-25133-2
dc.identifier.endpage40736
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344
dc.identifier.issn1614-7499
dc.identifier.issue14
dc.identifier.pmid36622602
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85145939010
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage40724
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25133-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/7091
dc.identifier.volume30
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000927071100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260212
dc.subjectNoise complaint
dc.subjectThe COVID-19
dc.subjectCompactness
dc.subjectSprawl
dc.subject311 data
dc.titleNoise complaints, the COVID-19 pandemic, and compact developments: evidence from five American cities
dc.typeArticle

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