Urban Noise Annoyance Between 2001 and 2013 – Study in a Romanian City

Popescu, Diana Ioana; Moholea, Iuliana Fabiola; Morariu-Gligor, Radu Mircea

doi:10.2478/aoa-2013-0024

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“…Urban noise effects can be estimated objectively by measuring environmental sound pressure levels and subjectively by the annoyance it causes. Noise annoyance is one of the most studied metrics for surveying the impacts of exposure to urban noise 2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . It is a sensitive indicator of the adverse effects of noise exposure on quality of life and can be considered a marker of health outcomes associated with noise exposure 12 .…”

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Noise annoyance, sociodemographic and health patterns, and neighborhood perceptions in a Brazilian metropolis: BH Health Study

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Caiaffa

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et al. 2021

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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Objective: The present study aims to analyze the association of noise annoyance with individual and sociodemographic factors and self-perception of the neighborhood in an urban center. Methods: Data were collected through a population-based cross-sectional study held in two of the nine health districts in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, from 2008 to 2009. The study included 3,934 individuals of both genders, aged 18 years and older. The response variable was the self-perception of noise, investigated by the question: “In your neighborhood, does the noise bother you?” The explanatory variables were grouped into the following domains: sociodemographic, social determinants, self-rated health, and self-reported diseases. Results: The prevalence of noise annoyance was 47% for women and 39.8% for men. For both genders, noise annoyance was independently associated with bad traffic and the presence of loud music, discussions, and late-night parties. Conclusion: Gender differences were identified in the association of noise annoyance with sociodemographic characteristics and self-reported morbidity. Traffic and social customs were the main sources of noise in the regions under study.

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Noise annoyance, sociodemographic and health patterns, and neighborhood perceptions in a Brazilian metropolis: BH Health Study

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Caiaffa

Costa

et al. 2021

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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“…Exposition to high noise level can seriously a ect hearing system, including irrecoverable destruction of the sensitive structures in the inner ear [2]. Recent studies were aimed to assess the threat and to investigate how various diseases are correlated to the environmental or occupational noise exposure [8], [9], [15], [14], [12], [4]. Legal regulations were issued in order to avoid, prevent or reduce the harmful e ects of exposure to noise.…”

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Frequently updated noise threat maps created with use of supercomputing grid

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An innovative supercomputing grid services devoted to noise threat evaluation were presented. The services described in this paper concern two issues, rst is related to the noise mapping, while the second one focuses on assessment of the noise dose and its in uence on the human hearing system. The discussed services were developed within the PL-Grid Plus Infrastructure which accumulates Polish academic supercomputer centers. Selected experimental results achieved by the usage of the services proposed were presented. The assessment of the environmental noise threats includes creation of the noise maps using either o ine or online data, acquired through a grid of the monitoring stations. A concept of estimation of the source model parameters based on the measured sound level for the purpose of creating frequently updated noise maps was presented. Connecting the noise mapping grid service with a distributed sensor network enables to automatically update noise maps for a speci ed time period. Moreover, a unique attribute of the developed software is the estimation of the auditory e ects evoked by the exposure to noise. The estimation method uses a modi ed psychoacoustic model of hearing and is based on the calculated noise level values and on the given exposure period. Potential use scenarios of the grid services for research or educational purpose were introduced. Presentation of the results of predicted hearing threshold shift caused by exposure to excessive noise can raise the public awareness of the noise threats.

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An Assessment of the Noise Level in a Residential Area Crossed by an Intensive Traffic Road - Comparative Analysis between on Site Measurements and Legal Standards

Ştefan

Budescu

2017

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Nowadays the noise level increased due to the expanding of the urbanization and the extended number of vehicles. The aim of the study is to assess the level noise in the area of an urban intensive traffic road. The selected road has residential buildings on both sides and it makes the link between two major areas in the town. Last year, along with the rehabilitation of the bridge on this road and of the street’s pavement, a protection barrier has been mounted on the sidewalk.Measurements of the noise levels were taken during a workday, within rush-hours and low-traffic hours, using a sound level measuring instrument. The measurements were taken along the road, in three characteristic spots of the ramp input on the bridge: 1 – close to the traffic light (with the vehicles at rest), 2 - mid ramp (area of maximum acceleration) and 3 - at the end of the ramp, thus determining the noise level in the area. Measurements were also made perpendicular to the road: at the border of the sidewalk, behind the protective barrier and near the facade of the building, to determine the effectiveness of the protection barrier.Maximum, minimum and the mean value of the urban noise level in the area have been determined and compared to the legal standards for urban residential roads.By analyzing measured data it can be concluded that the mean values exceed the maximum permitted levels.

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Urban Noise Annoyance Between 2001 and 2013 – Study in a Romanian City

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Noise annoyance, sociodemographic and health patterns, and neighborhood perceptions in a Brazilian metropolis: BH Health Study

Noise annoyance, sociodemographic and health patterns, and neighborhood perceptions in a Brazilian metropolis: BH Health Study

Frequently updated noise threat maps created with use of supercomputing grid

An Assessment of the Noise Level in a Residential Area Crossed by an Intensive Traffic Road - Comparative Analysis between on Site Measurements and Legal Standards

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