Wicked problems in an aviation noise system

• There is a growing awareness of community impact of aviation noise, such as health and annoyance issues. Community complaints that interfere with airport business has resulted in serious efforts to reduce aviation noise. However, even though improvements have been made, these efforts have not successfully reduced noise annoyance, in fact, community reactions towards airport operations have increased over time. The project INFRA, was initiated based on a community complaint regarding Arlanda airport, with the objective to develop knowledge of noise annoyance. Based on a broad interview study, a number of actors and their perspectives have been identified: neighbours, house and landowners, municipals, county board, land and environmental jurisdiction, transportation agency, transport administration, airports, air service providers, environmental protection agency and politicians. Results show that the aviation system contains opposing perceptions of noise and strategies, which induce conflicts, and breaches of trust from policies and regulations, all the way down to individual neighbours. An outcome is a set of identified dilemmas representing incompatible worldviews, and deep disagreement of values. After analysis, these are concluded to represent a condition associated with what is called a “wicked problem”. The result of the study contributes to an increased understanding and representation of the wicked aviation noise system. 

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Transportteknik och logistik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Transport Systems and Logistics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Annan teknik -- Övrig annan teknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Other Engineering and Technologies -- Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

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Wicked problem

aviation noise

Industrial Economics and Management

Industriell ekonomi och organisation

Transportsystem

Transport Systems

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