Using Noise Mapping to Evaluate the Percentage of People Affected by Noise

Arana, Miguel; Martín, Ricardo San; Nagore, Iñaki; Pérez, David

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“…Afurther distinction is between 1) methods requiring the design of areceivers ring around the building on which distributing the inhabitants in the building; 2) methods assigning all the inhabitants in the building to asingle value of incident sound level. In this paper three methods already published are considered, that is END [1], VBEB [8] and NEAREST [9], as well as amethod developed in Italy named Average Level Exceedance method proposed in [10], hereinafter named ALE [10] and an ew one proposed in this paper,n amed CLOSEST.Ad escription of the fivem ethods is reported below.…”

Section: Methods To Estimate the Noise Exposure Of Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparative Analysis of Methods to Estimate Urban Noise Exposure of Inhabitants

Licitra¹,

Ascari²,

Brambilla³

2012

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

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Most of the European Member States have produced strategic noise maps according to the requirements issued by the 2002/49/EC directive (END)and after the first run the results are available on the web.Astraightforward comparison of estimated noise exposure data in each country is meaningless because, unfortunately,d i ff erent methods have been used to determine the reported data. This paper focuses on possible variations in people exposure estimate due to the method used to calculate noise levels at receivers and to assign levels to buildings, as well as to associate population to each building. Results showthat the choice of the method to estimate noise exposure of inhabitants is crucial for planning effective noise mitigation actions. Asimple method, considering only the noise levela tt he grid point closest to the building, is here proposed and it seems suitable to inform and to be understood by the public, even thought it is not appropriate for epidemiological studies or definition of action plans. Because inaccurate estimations of noise exposure may lead to misleading allocation of economical resources in action plans, the objective of the estimated exposure should be clear at the time of the choice of the calculation method in order to select the most appropriate one. PACS no. 43.50.Rq, 43.50.Sr

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Section: Methods To Estimate the Noise Exposure Of Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the NEAREST method, proposed in [9] as simplified version of VBEB, the incident sound levelateach receiver in the ring is not calculated, buti sa ssumed equal to that at the nearest grid point (reduced by 3dBt oi gnore the backward façade reflections); this method is of types b) and 1).…”

Section: Methods To Estimate the Noise Exposure Of Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative Analysis of Methods to Estimate Urban Noise Exposure of Inhabitants

Licitra¹,

Ascari²,

Brambilla³

2012

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

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“…Because of these assumptions, Murphy and King (2010) note that noise exposure will generally be overestimated. Arana et al (2009b) also note that in large and tall buildings in an urban configuration, population exposure estimations can be confusing and very vague.…”

Section: Population Exposure Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 96%

Implementation of the EU environmental noise directive: Lessons from the first phase of strategic noise mapping and action planning in Ireland

King

Murphy

Rice

2011

Journal of Environmental Management

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The first phase of noise mapping and action planning in Ireland, in accordance with EU Directive 2002/49/EC, is now complete. In total this included one agglomeration, one airport and approximately 600 km of major roads outside the agglomeration. These noise maps describe the level of noise exposure of approximately 1.25 million people. The first phase of noise mapping was dealt with by five noise mapping bodies while 26 action planning authorities were involved in the development of the associated action plans. The second phase of noise mapping, due to be completed in 2012, sees a reduction in the defined thresholds describing the required agglomerations, roads and railways that have to be mapped. This will have a significant impact on the extent of mapping required. In Ireland this will result in an increased number of local authorities being required to develop strategic noise maps for their area along with the further development of associated action plans. It is appropriate at this point to review the work process and results from the first phase of noise mapping in Ireland in order to establish areas that could be improved, throughout the noise mapping project. In this paper a review of the implementation procedures focussing on (dominant) road traffic noise is presented. It is identified that more standardisation is needed and this could be achieved by the establishment of a national expert steering group.

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“…A range of methodologies can be made use of to achieve this [9]. An assessment of the number of people affected by noise based on the criterion of the nearest grid point approximation is used in this research.…”

Section: Influence On the Percentage Of People Affected By Noisementioning

confidence: 99%