Wind turbine related risk perception

Wind turbines have been recognized as a source of environmental hazards since the visual or auditory stimulus they created were defined. The causality between wind turbines and perceived health risks, noise annoyance and general health outcomes of the residents living around a wind farm has received considerable attention. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risk perception and the associated factors of those living near the wind farms in three rural residential areas. Additionally it is also aimed to investigate the relationship between the exposure to wind turbine noise and self-reported health symptoms. A cross-sectional study was carried out via a face to face questionnaire by 282 subjects. There were two dependent variables which were wind turbine related risk perception and health symptoms. The association between risk perception due to wind turbine and related factors such as noise, annoyance and socio-demographics was analyzed. Outdoor A-weighted sound pressure levels were calculated for each respondent who were also asked to report health symptoms.

自风力发电机组（Wind turbines）所产生的视觉与听觉刺激被界定以来，其便被认定为一类环境危险源。风力发电机组与风电场周边居民感知到的健康风险、噪声烦扰及总体健康状况之间的因果关联，已受到学界广泛关注。本研究旨在评估三处乡村居住区周边风力发电机组相关风险感知及其影响因素，同时探究风力发电机组噪声暴露与居民自我报告健康症状之间的关联。本研究通过面对面问卷方式开展一项横断面研究，共纳入282名研究对象。本研究设置两类因变量：一是风力发电机组相关风险感知，二是健康症状。研究分析了风力发电机组相关风险感知与噪声、烦扰及社会人口学特征等相关因素之间的关联。研究为每名受访者计算了户外A计权声压级，并要求其报告自身健康症状。