Road traffic noise exposure for different demographic groups

Welcome to our Geovisualization project. This website presents our analysis, interactive map, and findings on road traffic noise exposure for different demographic groups in the city of Zurich.

Cities are full of sound, but not everyone experiences it the same way. In Zurich, traffic noise shapes everyday life, from how we sleep to how we feel in our own homes. But who is most exposed, and what does that reveal about the city? This project explores the hidden patterns of noise and inequality across Zurich. Discover how environment and society intersect in unexpected ways.

We are trying to answer the following research question:
To what extent is road traffic noise exposure associated with social vulnerability in the city of Zurich?

We started with the assumption that road traffic noise is not shared equally across the city. Instead, we suspect that people with fewer resources and opportunities more often live along busy, noisy streets than more privileged groups

Navigate through the sections to learn more about our methodology, the data we used, and to interact with our central findings through an interactive map.