Abstract Summary
Noise pollution poses significant challenges to urban communities, impacting health and well-being. While urban greenery has been increasingly recognized for its potential in mitigating noise annoyance for road and rail traffic, its specific effects on aircraft noise perception remain unclear and debated. This literature review synthesizes existing research on the relationship between urban greenery and sound perception, with a focus on aircraft noise and non acoustic factors. It identifies gaps in the literature and proposes a Virtual Reality (VR) experiment to address these gaps by examining the influence of vegetation type, size, and density, as well as audio-visual congruence and source visibility, on aircraft noise perception in urban environments. The proposed study aims to provide insights into the mechanisms underlying sound perception and inform future research directions in understanding and mitigating the impact of aircraft noise in urban areas.
