noise pollution Articles
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Assessment of noise level due to vehicular traffic at Warangal city, India
In the light of the rapid growth of vehicles and the ill effects due to noise pollution, there is a need to study noise pollution from the transportation point of view. In this study, an attempt has been made to study noise pollution due to vehicular traffic in Warangal city, India. It was observed that noise levels are increasing with increased traffic volume. Studies also revealed that ...
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Is The `Beep` Noise Pollution?
It is rare these days that you can be somewhere without noise pollution intruding on some level. Many natural noises may be welcome; a dawn chorus or waves breaking on the beach, but when it comes to man-made decibels it’s a different matter. Never mind the sounds of cars, ring tones and other noises that we take for granted, have you ever noticed how utterly surrounded we are by the ...
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Principal Noise Pollution Control
Sources of noise in industrial machinery and processes are : Rotors, Gears, Turbulent Fluid Flow, Impact Processes, Electrical Machines, Internal Combustion Engines, Pneumatic Equipment, Crushing, Blasting, Pumps and Compressors. The most desirable method of controlling a noise pollution is to minimize the noise at the source. This generally means modifying existing equipment and structures or ...
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Evaluation and analysis of environmental noise pollution in the city of Erzurum, Turkey
Noise pollution and its influence on the environment and life quality of human beings is a hot topic in scientific research. A study has been carried out to determine the level of noise and its sources in the city of Erzurum located in the east of Turkey. Noise measurements were taken in the morning, at noon and in the evening to determine noise pollution all over the city, particularly motorway ...
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Links between noise and air pollution and socioeconomic status
Air pollution and noise pollution have a negative impact on all of society — but some groups are more affected than others. Lower socioeconomic status is generally associated with poorer health, and both air and noise pollution contribute to a wide range of other factors influencing human health. But do these health inequalities arise because of increased exposure to pollution, increased ...
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Noise in Europe 2014
Noise pollution is a growing environmental concern. It is caused by a varied number of sources and is widely present not only in the busiest urban environments, it is also pervading once natural environments. The adverse effects can be found in the well-being of exposed human populations, in the health and distribution of wildlife on the land and in the sea, in the abilities of our children to ...
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Noise pollution: an overview of management strategies
Noise pollution is one of the most widespread environmental problems. However noise is a very complex issue, not easy to tackle at all. Main difficulties to deal with are the fact that perception of noise is often subjectively and culturally dependent and that its health consequences are not easy to determine. This paper first analyses the different sources of noise and their health effects. ...
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Promoting the involvement of citizens in environmental management: a case study
Noise pollution and certain related aspects were analysed in the Third District of the City of Parma (Italy), with an approach which aims at promoting the participation of citizens in the choices concerning the administration of the territory. The project aimed at investigating a way to manage an environmental problem such as noise in an urban area by integrating the human perception of it and ...
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School and Colleges - Case Study
For students to learn well, a peaceful and healthy environment is a must. Unfortunately, due to increasing pollution and traffic, schools and colleges have had to adjust their infrastructure to help students study well. To protect the students from this health risk, Prkruti can help by providing real time monitoring of data which can be used to adjust classes according to the optimum time when ...
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Exposure of educational institutions to traffic-induced noise at Chittagong City, Bangladesh
The amplitude and intensity of traffic-induced noise at the environmental setup of the educational institutions in Chittagong City, Bangladesh were investigated. Average maximum and minimum sound levels in the study area ranged from 65.46 to 82.24 dB and 60.63 to 70.89 dB, respectively. Noise at all the studied educational institutions exceeded the safe limit (45 dB) as prescribed by the ...
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Subjective evaluation of urban environment: a case study in Beijing
There is a growing interest in Chinese citizens' attitudes towards economic reform and development, but little attention has been paid to their views on the urban environment. Based on the results of our recent survey in Beijing, this paper discusses the public awareness of the current urban natural and social environment, of the relationship between economic development and environment ...
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Mitigation measures to minimise traffic–generated noise pollution in Metropolitan Kuwait
Forty representative roadway locations were randomly selected for monitoring traffic flow and noise levels. At local streets, equivalent noise level (Leq) ranged between 56 to 71; at collector streets traffic areas 70 to 83; at arterial roadway 75 to 86 and at freeway roadway areas 75 to 88 dBA during day and night time respectively. Consequently, the level of noise pollution from traffic even at ...
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Does Noise Pollution cause stress?
In October 2018 the World Health Organisation (WHO) published their findings from an international investigation into how much noise affects us, including asking 'Does noise pollution cause stress'. It concluded it is one of the top environmental hazards to both physical and mental health and well-being in the European Region. Noise pollution can be defined as unwanted or excessive sound that ...
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The Investigation of Noise Attenuation by Plants and the Corresponding Noise-Reducing Spectrum
As noise pollution is becoming more and more serious, many researchers are studying the noise attenuation effect provided by plants. This article examines six kinds of evergreens as research subjects so as to compare the different arrangements and densities of plants and their effect on noise attenuation. The authors studied the relationship between each of the plant’s characteristics (the ...
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A holiday from noise pollution
A holiday from noise pollution Tourism is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world and offers significant benefits, but among the many challenges the industry faces is protecting the local population, environment, and the travellers themselves, from excessive noise. The modes of transport (especially planes and cars) and mass arrivals at airports, railway stations, and ports and ...
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Researchers - Case Study
Controlling Air pollution is not easy. It requires a lot of research, development and implementation from various governmental and non governmental agencies. It is also an expensive proposition, with investments in specialized technologies to control, curb and manage pollution. For this there needs to be continuous monitoring of air and noise pollutants. The Prkruti device can be installed ...
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Accurate and efficient prediction of acoustical performance of noise barriers against transport noise pollution
An improved acoustical wave propagator (I_AWP) technique with high-order absorbing boundary technique is introduced to evaluate the acoustical wave interaction for noise barriers, providing the dual benefit of preserving high numerical accuracy (boundary conditions have been properly treated) and obtaining high computational efficiency (using a larger time step in the calculation). The aim is to ...
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Asphalt in rubber
Rubber Asphalt In Italy it is still little known, although it has already been used in 27 provinces. But in other European countries it has already covered several kilometers of roads and in the United States it has been used for at least 15 years. We're talking about rubber asphalt. A modified bituminous mixture compared to traditional asphalt, in which the rubber powder is the protagonist. ...
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Economic growth and sustainability - an empirical study of the Thai development experience
Increasing economic growth has long been the dominant position within the public policies of all South East Asian countries. More recently, a new issue, sustainability, has emerged within development economic literature, which has significant implications for the continual pursuit of economic growth. Sustainability is concerned with ensuring the current generation meets their present needs ...
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Cloud computing for noise monitoring
ABSTRACT Cloud computing is the use of computing resources that are delivered as a service over the Internet. This means that software, hardware and network resources are centrally managed. The ubiquitous availability of high-capacity networks and reduced cost of both client and server hardware have led to a tremendous growth in cloud computing. The concept gives a huge benefit for both acoustic ...
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