Noise annoyance through railway traffic - a case study

Zannin, Paulo Henrique Trombetta; Bunn, Fernando

doi:10.1186/2052-336x-12-14

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“…Trombetta Zannin and Bunn studied noise annoyance through railway traffic in a large Latin American city. Their results revealed that railway traffic caused irritability, headaches, poor concentration, and insomnia; 88% of residents in the studied city claimed that nocturnal noise pollution is the most distressing type (22). In a survey by Lam et al, traffic noise was identified as the most annoying source of noise pollution by 60% of people living in highly noisy areas.…”

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Effects of noise pollution on Samen district residents in Mashhad city

Moteallemi

Bina

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2018

Environ Health Eng Manag

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Background: Noise pollution is one of the most important environmental pollutions that affects human health in different dimensions. The current study aimed to survey the effects of noise pollution on residents of the Samen district in Mashhad. Methods: To understand the psychological effects that noise pollution caused by vehicles has on people, 400 questionnaires designed to gather demographic data and information on attitudes about noise pollution, its effects on people's activities, and noise source annoyance were randomly distributed among the people living in the Samen district of Mashhad city. SPSS software was used for statistical analysis. Results: According to the results of this study, the most important effects noise pollution had on the studied society were nervousness (29.1%), conversation problems (19.8%), amnesia (18.3%), and loss of concentration (12.8%). Furthermore, 54.8% of the respondents considered the environmental noises annoying, and 32.5% reported it very annoying. In this study, traffic noise was reported as the most important source of noise pollution. Conclusion: Generally, the results showed that noise pollution is a serious issue in the Samen district, and the necessary actions should be taken to control noise and prevent the effects of noise pollution.

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Effects of noise pollution on Samen district residents in Mashhad city

Moteallemi

Bina

Mortezaie

2018

Environ Health Eng Manag

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“…Providing the acoustic comfort ofbuilt-up areas in urban planning is a very urgent task [20]. Scientific researches to combat noise in the urban environment have been carried out everywhere throughout the world, mainly, in the direction of assessing the acoustic impact of various modes of transport and reducing it, including studies of acoustic obstructions various types physical characteristics and development of methods for assessing their acoustic efficiency.…”

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Providing acoustic comfort of built-up zones and rooms in urban planning

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The article discusses topical issues of acoustic comfort ensuring on residential areas in urban planning. The main problems in this area are identified, as well asa new approach to their solution is proposed. The physical and energy approach, proposed by the authors in the article, had been previously used in the field of air dedusting. In the authors' opinionusing the physical-energy approach to solve problems of providing acoustic comfort, it is possible to ensure environmental safety in urban planning. The paper presents the results of the analysis of the main sources of acoustic discomfort in the urban environment, the physical parameters of sound waves; the physical essence of the acoustic pollution process is investigated, and the stages of formation, emission, and propagation of sound waves are identified. The authors propose a mathematical dependence that expresses the probability of realizing the process of acoustic impact on the surrounding urban environment. Also, the main directions of further research are presented.

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“…Although emissions from railway systems are far less than that of automobile vehicles, the environmental pollution from railway operations should not be underestimated. Frequently mentioned types of impact caused by rail transportation include noise (Aasvang et al, 2007;Ali, 2005;Trombetta Zannin and Bunn, 2014), vibration (Kouroussis et al, 2014;Sanayei et al, 2013) and air pollution (Dincer and Elbir, 2007;Salma et al, 2009). In contrast, there have been very few studies into the impact on water courses.…”

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confidence: 92%