QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY ON SOUND ENVIRONMENT FOR ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

–Study on sound environment around the school Part 1–

Abstract

In recent years, sounds emanating from schools are increasingly being regarded as noise, and complaints about the noise are gaining attention. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was conducted to elucidate the sound environment situation around elementary and junior high schools. The survey was conducted on 3 cities in Nagano Prefecture (Nagano City, Matsumoto City and Ueda City) and 3 metropolitan cities (Yokohama City, Nagoya City and Osaka City). Comments on noise from neighboring residents were around 20-30% in the 3 Nagano Prefecture cities, and 60%, or about twice as much, in metropolitan cities.