scholarly journals Environmental Noise Pollution: Has Public Health Become too Utilitarian?

2017 ◽  
Vol 05 (05) ◽  
pp. 80-107
Author(s):  
Alun Evans
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Environmental Noise

scholarly journals Environmental noise pollution of urbanized areas on the example of Taganrog

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
A.A. Mironova
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Significant Problem ◽  
Rostov Region ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Urbanized Areas ◽  
Definition Of

The article considers the significant problem of noise pollution in urbanized areas using the example of Taganrog in the Rostov region in the Russian Federation, emphasizes the importance of identifying the threat of the negative impact of noise pollution in the field of public health, clarifies the definition of the term "noise pollution". The paper analyzes the features of noise changes and gives a hygienic assessment of noise pollution in various urban territorial zones.

Field Test Research on Environmental Noise Characteristics in the Throat Area of Metro Depot

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (5) ◽  
pp. 1818-1822
Author(s):  
Lei He ◽  
Ruixiang Song ◽  
Jie Yang ◽  
Yubin Wu ◽  
Yanan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Field Test ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
Small Radius ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Noise Characteristics ◽  
Train Operation ◽  
Surrounding Areas

Environmental noise pollution is the primary environmental problem faced by the superstructure of metro depots. The throat area of depot is prone to high wheel-rail impact noise due to the use of seam lines, multiple joints, turnouts and small radius curves. The noise exerts through fire and ventilation openings on the side walls, which may cause high annoyance to the residents in the superstructures both on the upper cover and surrounding areas. In this paper, a field test was condected on the environmental noise in the throat area of metro depot. The noise of the trackside and adjacent open space were recorded, and the time-frequency domain characteristics and statistical characteristics and attenuation law of the noise generated by train operation in the throat area were analyzed. The research results have certain guiding significance for the prediction and control of noise in the throat area of the depot.

scholarly journals People exposed to traffic noise in european agglomerations from noise maps. A critical review

Noise Mapping ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Arana ◽  
Ricardo San Martin ◽  
Juan C. Salinas
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Noise Source ◽  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
The Impact

AbstractTwo of the main objectives of the European Directive on environmental noise are, firstly, to unify acoustic indices for assessing environmental noise and, secondly, to standardize assessment methodologies. The ultimate goal is to objectively and comparably manage the impact and evolution of environmental noise caused both by urban agglomerations and by traffic infrastructures (roads, rails and airports). The use of common indices and methodologies (together with five-year plan assessment required by the authorities in charge) should show how noise pollution levels are evolving plus the effectiveness of corrective measures implemented in the action plans. In this paper, available results fromnumerous European agglomerations (with particular emphasis on Spanish agglomerations) are compared and analysed. The impact and its evolution are based on the percentage of people exposed to noise. More specifically, it demonstrates the impact caused by road traffic, which proves to be the main noise source in all agglomerations. In many cases, the results are extremely remarkable. In some case, the results are illogical. For such cases, it can be concluded that either assessment methodologies have been signifi- cantly amended or the input variables to the calculation programs have been remarkably changed. The uncertainty associated with the results is such that, in our opinion, no conclusions can be drawn concerning the effectiveness of remedial measures designed within the action plans after the Directive’s first implementation Phase.

scholarly journals Impact of noise pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic in a hospital area in Sorocaba city, São Paulo State, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (71) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik de Lima Andrade ◽  
Eligelcy Augusta de Lima ◽  
Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Heavy Vehicles ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Sensitive Areas ◽  
São Paulo State

Environmental noise is a public health problem that arises mainly from vehicular traffic. In noise-sensitive areas, such as hospitals, the harm is even greater, as noise affects the recovery of patients and causes stress and disturbance to employees. Noise control measures are usually restricted to simulations and mathematical modeling. Given this context, the present study assesses environmental noise around a public hospital in Sorocaba city, São Paulo State, Brazil, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, benefiting from measures to restrict the circulation of vehicles and people. Measurements were performed in triplicate, on weekdays, at four points around the hospital during the day, and followed the guidelines of standard NBR 10.151/2019. The number of light and heavy vehicles was counted manually. The equipment used was the BK 2260 analyzer and a tripod with adjustable height. The circulation of light and heavy vehicles decreased significantly during the pandemic. However, this decrease was not enough for sound levels to meet the 50 dB(A) recommended for noise-sensitive areas. This fact can be due to the speed of the remaining vehicles being above the established for the surrounding streets. Vehicles are the main responsible for the high levels of noise in the area, overlapping the levels generated by the different activities in the study site.

Automatic Monitoring System on Embedded Platform for Environmental Noise Detection

2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 1507-1510
Author(s):  
Yi Xiao Wang ◽  
Ya Nan Li ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
Xiao Dong Chen ◽  
Dao Yin Yu
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Pollution Sources ◽  
International Electrotechnical Commission ◽  
Automatic Monitoring System ◽  
Iir Filter ◽  
Embedded Platform ◽  
Noise Data

A novel system based on embedded platform for environmental noise monitoring is presented in this paper. The system is designed by ARM and DSP to implement data collection and processing respectively, as a substitute for conventional MCU and DSP structure. The DSP is used as the core processor to implement a high precision IIR filter for 1/3 octave band spectral analysis in real time. The noise data detected beyond the reference value can be processed and stored automatically, and the noise pollution sources can be identified in time by the images captured by an USB camera on the terminal. Then the data and images acquired by the system will be transmitted to the sever computer through GPRS , and the users can obtain the real time noise data and pollution sources images when they explore the website of noise monitoring center. All the properties of 1/3 octave filters can meet the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard IEC61260-2001 class I. The system has the capability of high accuracy and stable performance at all time compared with the conventional system, indicating that it has great significance to the control of a city’s noise pollution condition.

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