ArticleUCL open. Environment2020
How did the 'state of emergency' declaration in Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic affect the acoustic environment in a rather quiet residential area?
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- Understanding the Nexus Between Anxiety and Acoustic Perception in University Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study During Pandemic-Induced Lockdown.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Role of Traffic Volume on Sound Pressure Level Reduction before and during COVID-19 Lockdown Measures-A Case Study in Bochum, Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Using a Clustering Method to Detect Spatial Events in a Smartphone-Based Crowd-Sourced Database for Environmental Noise Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Indoor soundscapes at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in London - Part I: Associations between the perception of the acoustic environment, occupantś activity and well-being.Applied acoustics. Acoustique applique. Angewandte Akustik · 2021Article
- Investigating urban soundscapes of the COVID-19 lockdown: A predictive soundscape modeling approach.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2021Article
- Case study: A survey of perceived noise in Canadian multi-unit residential buildings to study long-term implications for widespread teleworking.Building acoustics (Brentwood, England) · 2021Article
- A Smartphone-Based Crowd-Sourced Database for Environmental Noise Assessment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London.Sustainable cities and society · 2021Article
- Changes in noise levels in the city of Madrid during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2020Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic caused lockdowns in many countries worldwide. Acousticians have made surveys to monitor how cities became quieter under the lockdown, mainly in central areas in cities. However, there have been few studies on the changes in the acoustic environment due to the pandemic in the usually quieter residential areas. It may be expected to be different from the effect in 'originally noisy' areas. Also, the effect could be different in Japan, because the 'state of emergency' declaration there was different to lockdowns elsewhere. Considering these circumstances, this article reports the results of noise monitoring and makes some observations on the acoustic environment in residential areas far from city centres, to provide an example of how the acoustic environment was affected by the state of emergency declaration due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. The results showed that the reduction of noise levels was somewhat less than that reported in large cities. Also, comparing the results after the cancellation of the state of emergency, the noise level increased again. However, observations of noise sources imply that a possible change in human behaviour may have also affected the acoustic environment.
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