An Investigation of Community Attitudes Toward Blast Noise. Complaint Survey Protocol

Abstract

Current blast noise impact assessment procedures do not fully meet the military s noise management needs. In particular, it is unclear how an installation or range commander should interpret blast noise complaints. This work investigated whether there are significant differences in reported annoyance to complaint-referenced blast events between complainants and their non-complaining neighbors. It was found that complainants were significantly more annoyed to both complaint-referenced blast events and general military noise in comparison to their non-complaining neighbors. These findings are discussed in the context of range management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561216

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  • Edward T. Nykaza
  • George Luz
  • Gloria Wienke
  • Kathleen Hodgdon
  • Peg Krecker
  • Trent Gaugler

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  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Aircraft Noise
  • Construction
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  • Correlation Analysis
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  • Department Of Defense
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  • Environmental Protection
  • Explosives
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