LOCAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT: A STUDY OF RESIDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS A FUTURE HIGH SPEED RAIL LINE IN GENERAL AND TOWARDS ANNOYANCE IN PARTICULAR
✍ Scribed by D. Schaap
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 193
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-460X
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✦ Synopsis
Plans for a high speed rail line in Holland generate concerns about the impact on the living environment. Residents living near the planned track have an extremely negative attitude towards the high speed rail line. Most of them do not see the need for the line and they expect a great deal of noise annoyance. There is a dispartiy between the expectations of the residents and those of the government: the residents expect much more noise than the government does, on the basis of scientific research. The image that residents have of the noise of a high speed train is probably too negative. Therefore the government should supply the residents with better and more detailed information about the noise and the possible annoyance. Furthermore, for a positive attitude, it is important that residents not only recognize the disadvantages of the rail line, but that they recognize some local advantages too. For instance, the government can guarantee compensation for the affected green space, or that other noise sources will be removed. Finally, the residents have the feeling they cannot influence the decision-making process. To reduce this feeling of powerlessness, the government can involve the residents; for example, in the decision-making about the local plans for the high speed rail line.