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West is best? Experience of traffic and the local environment in two areas of Oslo

Authors: Aslak Fyhri
Report nr: 585/2002
ISBN: 82-480-0274-8
Language: Norwegian

The report compares experience of traffic and the environment in an affluent (western) and a more deprived (eastern) area of Oslo. People in the western part of town have far more positive qualities in their neighbourhood than those in the east, with one exception: traffic noise. The results do not support the hypothesis that positive qualities in an area contribute to people being less annoyed, controlling for noise level. We do not find support for the opposite either, that high-status subjects have higher expectations, and thus complain more.

      

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