Surrounded by sound

Noise, rights and environments

Bibliographic Data

ID5847678
AuthorsAscensión García Ruiz (0000-0003-1425-0409, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Nigel South (0000-0001-5742-7257, University of Essex, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume15
Issue1
Pages125-141
Publication date2018-01-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCrime Media Culture An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1741-6590 • E-ISSN: 1741-6604
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1741659017751223
OpenAlexW2782584299
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited55

Noise was probably the first environmental pollutant (apart from human waste) in the Ancient world. Yet today, by comparison with other environmental matters, noise and protection from its effects are often overlooked, except in specialist fields such as architecture or planning. One major reason for this may be that noise does not possess the same ability to spread that is characteristic of other forms of pollution. Noise is also an unusual form of environmental pollution in having a physical impact - it is 'heard' and can be 'felt' - but is predominantly interpreted subjectively. The impact and consequences of anthropogenic noise for humans and biodiversity in general are currently under-investigated in criminology and are under-addressed in both public and private international environmental law. Here we question why noise has not (so far) been explored within green criminology and only tentatively explored within cultural criminology. The objectives are to provide an overview of noise as a topic, connecting media, culture and anti- and pro-social behaviour, and to unearth interconnections between the matter of noise and its implications for the environment

Environmental Noise · Noise regulation · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law in Society and Culture · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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