The Effects of Population and Noise Pollution

The Effects of Population Density and Noise Pollution

University of Phoenix

PSY 460

The Effects of Population Density and Noise

The term population density is described as a measurement of the number of people in an area. It is calculated by dividing the number of people by area. As of the last U.S. census, the average population density of the United States was 87.4 people per square mile (US Census Bureau, 2010). This is just an objective fact though and has little, if any, applicability to the average American's daily life. However, when issues of excess population noise and decreased privacy are taken into account the subjective perception of population density meets the objective fact of population density. As population...