COMPARISON OF NOISE ENVIRONMENT OF RESIDENCES IN NAGOYA, JAPAN AND INBEIJING, CHINA

A social survey based on the noise environment at residential sites bo th in Nagoya, Japan and in Beijing, China has been carried out. Noise levels have been measured during one day and night at house sites and a social survey of the reactions of residents to the living environmen t has also been made. The surveys in both cities indicate that the dis tribution of noise levels is almost the same, but the reactions of res idents to the noise environment are quite different. The analysis and results of the surveys and discussion on the difference between the re actions of residents in the two cities to their noise environments are given in this paper.