Noise : a sound "that comes at the wrong time and in the wrong place"

© Istockphoto - galitskaya (2020)

© Istockphoto - galitskaya (2020)

According to the Federal Office for the Environment's report on noise exposure, one in ten people in Switzerland lives in a place where the noise pollution threshold is exceeded, with serious consequences for health and quality of life. In Marseille, residents of working-class neighborhoods are particularly exposed to intense noise pollution. Contributions from Luca Pattaroni, professor at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology.

Read the newspaper article in Le Monde here and listen to the interview here.