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Urban Studies, Vol. 41, No. 13, 2581-2600 (2004)
DOI: 10.1080/0042098042000294574

Exposure to Environmental Urban Noise Pollution in Birmingham, UK

Julii S. Brainard

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK, J.Braireard{at}uea.ac.uk

Andrew P. Jones

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK, a.p.jones{at}uea.ac.uk

Ian J. Bateman

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK, i.batemare{at}uea.ac.uk

Andrew A. Lovett

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK, a.lovett{at}uea.ac.uk

This paper examines the extent to which inequalities in noise exposure are present in the city of Birmingham in the English Midlands. Estimates of road and rail noise levels were made using established sound propagation models and were combined with data on noise generated from the city's airport. Demographic details from the 1991 UK Census provided information on population age, ethnic make-up and deprivation. No relationship was established between noise exposure and population age, and there was only rather weak evidence of an association between noise exposure and ethnicity. Similarly weak disparities were observed in estimated noise exposures and levels of socioeconomic deprivation. The implications of these findings with regard to possible efforts to reduce urban noise levels are discussed.


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