Dr. Carl Oliva

Dr. Carl Oliva

Name:	Oliva, Carl, Dr.
Basic education:	Sociology and Political Sciences
Specialization:	Effects of Noise on Residential Behavior and Annoyance; Perception of Noise; Sleep Disturbance Effects
Degrees/Titles::	Dr. phil.
Position:	Head of the institute for sociological research and development planning in Zurich, a private enterprise
Research topics:	1. Effects of aircraft noise during night; 2. Effects of middle-term change of aircraft noise exposure on perception of noise and quality of life; 3. Persistency of dose response relationship; 4. Elaboration of the measurements of aircraft noise exposure; 5. Aircraft noise management as an instrument of the implementation of standards and regulations.
Methods:	field studies, epidemiological, simulation studies

A short description of current research on noise-induced effects

Effects of changing aircraft noise exposure: a simulation study on the basis of the results of the Swiss noise study and the Integrated Noise Model; an evaluation of different scenarios shaping departure- and approach-tracks around Swiss airports.
Residential behavior and annoyance with respect to events in the public space, a field study of 800 residents in a urban area.
The relation between airfield capacity, routing of departure and approach, noise exposure, and annoyance as a point of departure of a strategy of noise management.

Address:
Dr. Carl Oliva
Büro für Soziologische Grundlagenforschung und Entwicklungsplanung
Schaffhauserstr. 315
CH-8050 Zürich
Switzerland
Tel + Fax: +41 1 312 7519
(Email)

Publications

Carl O: Belastungen der Bevölkerung durch Flug- und Strassenlärm. Eine Lärmstudie am Beispiel der Flughäfen Zürich und Genf. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1998.

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