In this final entry, I will be delving into a research paper that addresses uneven noise pollution in Berlin, Germany from the angle of environmental justice. In Western European cities, noise pollution is recognised as a key source of environmental stress in relation to human health (Lakes et al., 2014).  As the capital of Germany, Berlin has a population of around 3,400,000 inhabitants situated within 800 kilometres square, with residential…

Living in a world that exposes us to a cacophony of noise, many of us are becoming increasingly aware of the detrimental impacts of environmental noise in our urban landscapes. Yet, only a few would consider the social inequalities embedded in environmental noise pollution.  Noise can further accentuate social health inequalities through its unequal levels and distributions of exposure between socioeconomic groups, with those perceived to be of lower socio-economic…