The role of urban planning in sound environments has recently received increased research attention. This study aims to examine the relationship between the rate of noise complaints and urban development patterns concerning planning and landscape at city/region level. Open-source government data sets are used for statistical analysis across all district and unitary local authorities in England. The indicators for urban development patterns are categorised into six groups: population, industrial structure, built-up area, transport network, commuting, and natural landscape factors. Our research found that noise complaints tend to be higher in service-dominated cities/regions with high population densities; large and uneven cities/regions also tend to have more noise complaints, as do clustered cities/regions. However, dispersed, fragmented, and/or cities/regions having ragged boundaries are likely to have less noise complaints. These findings were confirmed by analysis of transport networks and commuting factors. Finally, cities/regions with more natural landscapes and greater separation of residences from workplaces also have fewer noise complaints.

最近，城市规划在健全环境中的作用受到了越来越多的研究关注。这项研究旨在检验噪音投诉率与城市/区域一级有关规划和景观的城市发展模式之间的关系。开源政府数据集用于英格兰所有地区和统一地方当局的统计分析。城市发展模式的指标分为六类：人口，产业结构，建成区，交通网络，通勤和自然景观因素。我们的研究发现，在人口密度较高的服务主导型城市/地区，噪声投诉往往较高。大型和高低不平的城市/地区，以及群集城市/地区，也往往会有更多的噪音投诉。但是，分散，分散，和/或边界参差不齐的城市/地区可能会减少噪音投诉。通过对运输网络和通勤因素的分析证实了这些发现。最后，自然景观更美，居住场所与工作场所的距离更大的城市/地区也减少了噪音投诉。