Proceedings of the workshop on human response to aviation noise in protected natural areas, October 28-29, 2008

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• Creators:
  Rapoza, Amanda ; Lee, Cynthia S. Y. ; Klauber, Adam F.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Airport Noise ATMP Aviation Dose-response Federal Laws Noise National Parks Noise Control Public Opinion Workshop
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  According to Section 808 of the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, any methodology
  
  adopted by a Federal agency to assess air tour noise in any unit of the national park system shall be
  
  based on reasonable scientific methods. Therefore, the FAA and NPS share a mutual interest to develop
  
  scientifically defensible methodology to quantitatively assess noise impacts from aviation in National
  
  Parks. Although the agencies could pursue wholly independent research programs, public investment in
  
  research will realize the highest return if the FAA and NPS mutually develop a prioritized list of research
  
  topics and a coordinated strategy for stimulating this research.
  
  To date, several studies have been funded by these agencies which strive to define the relationship
  
  between aircraft noise “dose” and an associated human response (dose-response) gathered from park
  
  visitor surveys.1, 2, 3, 4 Following the example of residential dose-response relationships, the analyses of
  
  the data from the park visitor studies focused on evaluating relatively simple functional forms of noise
  
  doses and mediating variables as predictors of visitor responses in surveys. However, research results
  
  suggest that a simple model does not adequately characterize human responses to noise in protected
  
  natural and cultural areas, such as National Parks. In addition to visitor responses to noise as measured
  
  by annoyance or acceptability, research is needed to investigate physiological responses to noise events
  
  and the degree to which noise degrades opportunities to perceive the sounds of the park.
  
  
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