Journal
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 264-271Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.02.001
Keywords
Noise annoyance; Socio-acoustic survey; Economic valuation
Funding
- Hong Kong Government [05/2007]
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This study estimates the willingness-to-pay value for a one dB(A) change over a range of initial noise levels for a sample population in Hong Kong. it establishes a protocol for estimating the willingness-to-pay values by first establishing an annoyance-dB relationship. The protocol takes into account the characteristics that the probability of being annoyed at a particular level varied with the initial objective noise level, and the annoyance-dB relationship varied for a range of initial annoyance level. The study shows that household income level and initial annoyance levels exert considerable influences on the individual's willingness-to-pay values. However, age and educational level were found not to exert any significant influence on individual's willingness-to-pay values. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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