How much is a decibel worth?
from The Rest Is Just Noise Hosted by Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman
How much is a decibel worth? Can you put a price on sound quality? From house prices to heart attacks, from airplane noise to church bells, sound costs us money and years of our lives but can also bring value. How to quantify the value of that is difficult. Today we're speaking with Like Jiang, a Research Fellow at University of Leeds, about how we value soundscapes. We are getting deep in the weeds about how to quantify the cost of noise, what methods are used and why it matters anyway. Find Like at the University of Leeds. Find the latest Like's paper - Ten questions concerning soundscape valuation published in Building and Environment. More details on transport noise valuation here. Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/ Twitter: @JustNoisePod Find our website: https://www.justnoisepod.com/ Twitter: @JustNoisePod
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How much is a decibel worth? Can you put a price on sound quality? From house prices to heart attacks, from airplane noise to church bells, sound costs us money and years of our lives but can also bring value. How to quantify the value of that is difficult. Today we're speaking with Like Jiang, a Research Fellow at University of Leeds, about how we value soundscapes. We are getting deep in the weeds about how to quantify the cost of noise, what methods are used and why it matters anyway. ...
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