Research on Noise Pollution in Densely Populated Urban Areas

Petrescu, Valentin; Borza, Sorin

doi:10.30638/eemj.2013.051

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“…The data obtained during this study were compared with data obtained by Borza et al in 2012 [7,8], by Inta et al in 2013 [9], and by Deac et al in 2016 [10,11].…”

Section: The Analysed Area Means and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 73%

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Analysis of the evolution of pollution indicators in a crossroads area of Sibiu, Romania

2018

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Starting from a new study on carbon monoxide and noise pollution levels in an important crossroads area of the city of Sibiu, Romania, the current paper uses the data to compare with data obtained during past studies carried out on the same area, allowing an assessment of the evolution of the two pollution indicators over time. The recent study, carried out over a two-week period in November 2017 both during the peak morning hours and at midday, combined a video-based vehicle count with measurements of the carbon monoxide and of the noise level, respectively. The data comparison reveals not only a worsening of the pollution levels in the centre of Sibiu over the past few years and should allow the determining of the best methods and means for reducing the level of the pollutants, possibly in correlation with the improvement of the road traffic conditions.

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“…The data obtained during this study were compared with data obtained by Borza et al in 2012 [7,8], by Inta et al in 2013 [9], and by Deac et al in 2016 [10,11].…”

Section: The Analysed Area Means and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 73%

“…When comparing the data with those recorded in [6][7][8][9][10], there can be noticed an increase of both the number of vehicles recorded and of the pollution levels. This comes despite efforts by the city administration to tackle the problem by introducing, for example, roundabouts meant to ensure a better traffic flow.…”

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Analysis of the evolution of pollution indicators in a crossroads area of Sibiu, Romania

2018

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“…However, individuals such as Russolo, Strauss, and Varèse are exceptions throughout the prior 150 years, as most city folk have generally adapted to their increasingly noisy habitat by spending less time engaging in environmental listening [14], [15].…”

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Hyper-Soundwalk Series: hyper-soundwalking through technologically-augmented natural sonic environments

Villicana-Shaw

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Motivated by an observed deprioritisation of outdoor environmental listening in the contemporary era, the Hyper-Soundwalk Series research project is introduced as a series of sonic art installations realised following a ‘soundscape-specific’ popup exhibition strategy in outdoor natural environments. The exhibition strategy introduced in this thesis fuses methodology from soundwalking with sonic installation art to prioritise in-situ sonic conditions when selecting installation locations. The term hyper-soundscape is coined to describe a sonic environment that is augmented with sensor and actuator technology to encourage in-situ listening. In addition, the term hyper-soundwalk is coined as a soundwalk conducted through a hypersoundscape.To realise Hyper-Soundwalk Series installation scenarios, three hardware projects follow an iterative development process where they investigate different methods to collect and redirect attention to the in-situ sonic environment. This is accomplished by designing and exhibiting electronic soundscape augmentation artefacts purpose-built to investigate different soundscape augmentation modalities which the artefacts use to collect and redirect attention to the in-situ sonic environment. The first category of artefacts, Speculātor, collects attention using non-cochlear augmentations. The second group of artefacts, Explorator, leverages audio- and environmentally-reactive non-cochlear kinetic visual feedback and mechatronic-based cochlear feedback. The third category, Legatus, specialises in audio recording, synthesis, and a loudspeaker-based vocalisation system.To support the realisation of soundscape augmentation in outdoor natural environments, the self-powered soundscape augmentation artefacts introduced in this thesis prioritise transportability, modularity, environmental reactivity, and environmental resistance. Eight artefact hardware variations are exhibited within dozens of Hyper-Soundwalk Series installation scenarios across two continents. The pop-up installation strategy is shown as a novel approach to expanding the reaches of sonic installation art to locations where these works are rarely exhibited. This research reveals significant untapped artistic potential in focusing, highlighting, and prioritising in-situ biophonetic and geophonetic sonic actors over the artist’s cochlear and ocular creations. By leveraging the ever-changing environmental and sonic characteristics of outdoor natural locations, this work provides a new approach to hybridising technology-facilitated sonic art with the practice of soundwalking.

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Diagnosis and Prognosis of the Hearing Impairment Risk

Vasilescu¹

2014

Glob. Environ. Eng.

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This paper describes a methodological approach on the analysis and on the statistical and probabilistic assessment of the hearing impairment risk, based on the hazards quantified as risk predictors, in order to establish the modalities for assessing the caution limits related to the acceptability ranges. The research has been achieved within the PN 45 07 01 15 project in the framework of the NUCLEU/2009-2010 program.The statistical approach is based on the rational quantification of what exists and can be observed, the probabilistic part of this fact representing the extrapolation to what it can be reasonably deduced from these statistics of hearing impairment occurrence probability. This project has a national and international interest, entailing the increase of occupational health and safety level and ensuring sustainable environmental quality and comfort at workplaces.

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Research on Noise Pollution in Densely Populated Urban Areas

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Analysis of the evolution of pollution indicators in a crossroads area of Sibiu, Romania

Analysis of the evolution of pollution indicators in a crossroads area of Sibiu, Romania

Hyper-Soundwalk Series: hyper-soundwalking through technologically-augmented natural sonic environments

Diagnosis and Prognosis of the Hearing Impairment Risk

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