Noise and Population Density

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Noise and Population Density The rustic way of life associated with the country may not be for everyone, and for some urban living is enjoyable. Either way has its advantages, however, there may be health benefits to residing in low populated areas. As the field of environmental psychology gains popularity, concerns in the quality of life associated with population density have begun to arise. Even though many studies conducted on the psychological effects of population density is new, the results produce irrefutable evidence. Territoriality, Privacy, and Personal Space Territoriality exists within both humans, and animals. Many successful documentaries illustrate their instinctive territorial characteristics proved by their strong sense of smell and the interesting ways they have adapted to respond. Although wild animals are often associated with an innate sense of protecting an area, territoriality is common among many walks of life. Embodied in the eyes of every first time home buyer is a sense and has been a driving force for many historical wars. Some researchers suggest that a human’s territoriality tendency is the result of evolution and has roots in our aggressive pastoral animalistic nature (Sack, 2009). The invisible ideas of privacy and personal space differentiate from territories that are visibly known or marked for separation (Sommer, 1958). Privacy, the state of being free from disturbances helps forms a barrier between two or more people, whether it is a person relationship or the watchful neighbor (Merriam Webster, Inc., 2014). Even though, in a country like America this idea is merely an illusion, nearly every household in the country aims at enforcing some form of the idea. Most people have taken the notion of privacy and married it to territoriality by plastering signs along the perimeter of their property reading private property, or no

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