Taming the noise : soundscape and livability in a technocratic city-state

• Main Authors: Amir, Sulfikar, Sadoway, David, Dommaraju, Premchand
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology; Noise; Urban Growth; Livability; Soundscape; Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152790
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

For hypergrowing Singapore, noise is an issue of everyday life. As a public problem, noise can be very relative because it deeply relates to the level of tolerance, while tolerance to noise is socially conditioned. But in a city where virtually every public issue is subject to technocratic handling,...