Abstract

After ICBEN 1988, we performed a cross-cultural study on community response to road traffic noise in Sweden and Japan. Thereafter, community responses to road traffic and railway noises were compared between Hokkaido, a colder area of Japan, and Kyushu, a warmer area. To develop the noise study internationally, ICBEN Team 6 members constructed standardized noise annoyance scales initially in nine languages in 2001 and then three additional Asian languages, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Beginning in 2005, socio-acoustic surveys on community response to transportation noises have been conducted in Vietnam. From 2010 to 2012 a nationwide social survey on wind turbine noise was performed. These results were reflected in the WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines in 2018. For the future meta-analyses and noise policies, a socio-acoustic survey data archive (SASDA) was established in INCE/Japan in 2011 which has been used for the secondary analysis. The outline of the above research projects is briefly reviewed.