Noise MappingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0165
Jonathan Siliézar, P. Aumond, A. Can, Paul Chapron, Matthieu Péroche
{"title":"Case study on the audibility of siren-driven alert systems","authors":"Jonathan Siliézar, P. Aumond, A. Can, Paul Chapron, Matthieu Péroche","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0165","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The civil security sirens are used by the authorities in a wide range of countries to signal an imminent or ongoing threat. Even if their sound level is known, it is nevertheless difficult to evaluate their audibility across a given zone, especially in complex urban environments. An experimental protocol was deployed around a siren installed in a town in France, to assess its audibility perceptually and through modeling. Sound level measurements during source activation were made with the NoiseCapture smartphone application at different distances and on several axes by a group of 25 participants. They were also asked to fill in a questionnaire on perceptual information about the siren such as its audibility, the perceived sound level, or the masking of the siren by passing vehicles. A comparison between acoustic measurement levels using NoiseCapture and simulated sound levels using NoiseModelling was performed. The results of this study validate the use of the Common Noise Assessment Methods in Europe model to evaluate the audibility of a warning system located in an urban environment within a radius of 2.8 km around the siren. Finally, a metric linking audibility to modeled sound level is proposed, enabling the development of siren audibility maps in the study area.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47060382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0169
Christopher Trudeau, Cynthia Tarlao, C. Guastavino
{"title":"Montreal soundscapes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A spatial analysis of noise complaints and residents’ surveys","authors":"Christopher Trudeau, Cynthia Tarlao, C. Guastavino","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0169","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic provided researchers with a quasi-experimental situation to examine what happens when anthropogenic noise sources (e.g., traffic) are greatly reduced. This article combines noise-related calls to Montreal’s 311 service (29,891 calls from 2014 to 2022) with original survey data from 240 residents collected in 2020 after the lockdown and the summer reopening. The spatial analysis of the calls revealed that, across all pandemic phases, noise complaints increased with population density, the proportion of low-income residents, and the proportion of greenspace. However, the change in the spatial distribution of noise-related calls due to the pandemic measures is positively associated with the proportions of residential and greenspace land use. That is, areas with higher proportions of residential land use and greenspace experienced the greatest increase in noise-related calls. The analysis of the survey revealed that the sounds of traffic and construction decreased during both the lockdown and the subsequent reopening, while the sounds of the neighborhood and nature increased. However, the decreased traffic noise in the downtown core also allowed for the emergence of noise from the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in the area. We discuss these results considering the interest in reducing noise levels in cities.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47129862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0170
N. Wickramathilaka, U. Ujang, S. Azri, T. Choon
{"title":"Three-dimensional visualisation of traffic noise based on the Henk de-Klujijver model","authors":"N. Wickramathilaka, U. Ujang, S. Azri, T. Choon","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0170","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Visualisation of road traffic noise is vital for traffic noise planning policies. Several factors affect the noise from road traffic with physical and environmental conditions. Collecting noise levels around the world is not a possible task. Therefore, calculating noise levels by a valid noise model, and spatial interpolations, is prime to traffic noise visualisation. In this study, the Henk de Klujijver noise model is used. Designing noise observation points (Nops) embedding with a three-dimensional (3D) building model and identifying the best suitable spatial interpolation are important to visualise the traffic noise accurately. However, interpolating noise in 3D space (vertical direction) is a more complex process than interpolating in two-dimensional (2D) space. Flat triangles should be eliminated in the vertical direction. Therefore, the structure of Nop has a major influence on spatial interpolation. Triangular Irregular Network (TIN) interpolation is more accurate for visualising traffic noise as 3D noise contours than Inverse Distance Weighted and kriging. Although kriging is vital to visualise noise as raster formats in 2D space. The 3D kriging in Empirical Bayesian shows a 3D voxel visualisation with higher accuracy than 3D TIN noise contours.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42512482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of noise pollution and associated subjective health complaints in Jharia Coalfield, India: A structural equation model analysis","authors":"Shashi Kant Tiwari, Lakshmi Annamalai Kumaraswamidhas, Naveen Garg","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0172","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Noise pollution in the mining industry has become a serious concern in recent years and has aroused extensive health complaints for the mine workers. Despite the increasing knowledge of the association between noise exposure and health effects, only a few studies have investigated the adverse health effects due to noise pollution in the mining industry. The present study aims to determine the interrelationship of mining noise (MN), demographic characteristics (DC), noise sensitivity and noise annoyance (NA) with subjective health complaints (SHC). A PLS-SEM approach has been used to assess the direct and indirect relationship between the influencing factors on the SHC of 272 people in the mines. Field measurements were made using a sound level meter to evaluate the ambient noise levels for 1 h duration during day and night hour shifts in Dhansar and Bastacolla mining areas of the Jharia coalfield. The noise maps revealed that most of the locations have noise levels higher than 70 dB(A). The statistical model suggests that NA is the most important predictor of SHC. Besides, DC and MN induce only indirect effect on SHC. The study shall facilitate in developing a decision support tool for the assessment of noise levels, induced annoyance, SHC, and suitable policy interventions for controlling noise exposure among mine workers in the coalfield.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135212508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0173
Aggelos Tsaligopoulos, Stella Sofia Kyvelou, Aimilia Karapostoli, Nicos Bobolos, Theodora Tsintzou, Demetris F. Lekkas, Yiannis G. Matsinos
{"title":"Sound complexity as a strategy for livable and sustainable cities: The case of an urban waterfront","authors":"Aggelos Tsaligopoulos, Stella Sofia Kyvelou, Aimilia Karapostoli, Nicos Bobolos, Theodora Tsintzou, Demetris F. Lekkas, Yiannis G. Matsinos","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0173","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Public spaces underwent a notable shift in their acoustic profile during the societal restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. A silver lining emerged from this global crisis, with noticeable improvements in public acoustic environments due to reduced noise levels resulting from restricted mobility. This research focuses on the acoustic environment of Thessaloniki’s waterfront, a Mediterranean metropolis in Northern Greece. Waterfronts of Mediterranean coastal cities provide unique acoustic environments worthy of protection from environmental noise. By analyzing sound level measurements and recordings during the 2021 lockdown and comparing them to the post-lockdown period in 2022, we aimed to explore environmental noise and acoustic complexity indicators. The study’s findings revealed a significant increase in acoustic complexity during the lockdown, underscoring an inverse relationship between noise levels and acoustic complexity. Urban waterfronts, like Thessaloniki’s, hold great potential for enhancing acoustic complexity and subsequently improving the acoustic quality of public spaces while protecting them from environmental noise. This research sheds light on the possible use of sound complexity as an environmental quality standard that can be incorporated in sustainable urban planning and design.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134884622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0174
Ta-Chien Chan, Bing-Sheng Wu, Yu-Ting Lee, Ping-Hsien Lee, Ren-Hao Deng
{"title":"Exploring relationships among soundscape perception, spatiotemporal sound characteristics, and personal traits through social media","authors":"Ta-Chien Chan, Bing-Sheng Wu, Yu-Ting Lee, Ping-Hsien Lee, Ren-Hao Deng","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0174","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Understanding the causes of noise annoyance requires recognition of the factors that affect soundscape perceptions. This study aims to explore multilevel factors of acoustic comfort and the perceived health effects of sound exposure, including personal traits, sound characteristics, and spatiotemporal features of the surrounding environment. We designed the Soundmap chatbot to collect data from the participants during May 16-July 16, 2022. The participants completed two tasks including sound recording and questionnaires. Sound feature extraction and identification were computed. Two soundscape perception variables were used as outcome variables and measured, and cumulative link mixed models were applied for statistical analysis. Results showed that for female participants, lower acoustic comfort was associated with sound exposure at night, at the land use of transportation and built-up areas, as well as the sounds of machines, vehicles, and airplanes. Low-frequency sound exposure and sounds of nature, silence, music, and human activity were associated with higher acoustic comfort, and these exposures were also associated with positive perceptions of health in rural areas and on weekends. Individuals with extraversion had a higher tolerance to sound; those with high noise sensitivity had a lower tolerance to sound. Understanding sound perception is crucial in maintaining a sustainable urban acoustic environment.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135610099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0166
A. Can, Philippe Audubert, P. Aumond, É. Geisler, Claire Guiu, T. Lorino, Emilie Rossa
{"title":"Framework for urban sound assessment at the city scale based on citizen action, with the smartphone application NoiseCapture as a lever for participation","authors":"A. Can, Philippe Audubert, P. Aumond, É. Geisler, Claire Guiu, T. Lorino, Emilie Rossa","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0166","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The development of citizen-based approaches to the diagnosis and decision-making on urban noise environments responds to a demand from both local authorities and residents. However, the methods for fostering the involvement of citizens and the valorization of local knowledge have yet to be invented. This article reports on a co-constructed experiment between researchers and local authorities, in the city of Rezé (France), of an urban noise diagnosis based on the residents and the use of the smartphone application NoiseCapture, which allows a participative measurement of sound levels. The framework also includes focus group discussions. The dynamics of the recruitment and data collection phase are analysed, showing the importance of creating public events around the initiative. Maps of noise levels, but also of the presence of sound sources, such as road, rail and air traffic, or animals, are produced in a collaborative way. Finally, the focus group discussions highlight that (i) repeated noise measurement modifies participants’ relationship to sound environments; (ii) NoiseCapture enhances the formation of a group of residents active on noise issues. Such a framework can provide a citizen-based basis for decisions on noise environments; the next step will be to study its adaptability to different territories.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48183840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0159
Samuele Schiavoni, G. Baldinelli, A. Presciutti, F. D’Alessandro
{"title":"Acoustic mitigation of noise in ports: an original methodology for the identification of intervention priorities","authors":"Samuele Schiavoni, G. Baldinelli, A. Presciutti, F. D’Alessandro","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0159","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper presents an original methodology for the identification of intervention priorities through a tailored priority index IP in areas that are highly-exposed to port noise. The methodology is applied to a case study developed in the framework of the European project ANCHOR, acronym of Advanced Noise Control strategies in HarbOuR, funded as part of the announcement Life 2017. In detail, the paper discusses the results of its application in the assessment of the evolution of port noise impacts in the city of Melilla, Spain. The methodology has been applied considering the port with or without the realization of an expansion project on three different time periods; differences between standard and the summer traffic peak season have been considered. Finally, the paper evaluates the realization of cold ironing in the most impacting port area, the passenger (Ro-Pax) terminal. The results of the analyses demonstrate how the measure is a key action to mitigate noise in port areas. The methodology is not limited to the identification of city areas that needs to be protected; it also aims to identify port areas where anti-noise actions would produce the greatest effect. The index also allows to build a ranking to understand where anti-noise actions are more useful and urgent.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49134740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0003
L. Campos, Manuel José dos Santos Silva, João Manuel Gonçalves de Sousa Oliveira
{"title":"On the effects of rough ground and atmospheric absorption on aircraft noise","authors":"L. Campos, Manuel José dos Santos Silva, João Manuel Gonçalves de Sousa Oliveira","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The noise received from an aircraft is modified by atmospheric attenuation and reflections from the ground. The interference of direct and reflected waves is simplest for a flat ground, whereas multiple reflections can occur for rough ground or mountainous surroundings. The ground characteristics, like reflection and absorption factors or impedance, also affect the received sound. All these effects have to be considered with respect to the path of the aircraft. Most of the literature about ground effects on aircraft noise considers a point source over a flat ground, using the method of images, that does not extend readily to rough ground. The effect of rough ground on aircraft noise can be modelled by: (i) identification of reflection points (there may be several points); (ii) use of a complex reflection coefficient (with amplitude and phase changes) at each reflection point; (iii) adding all reflected waves within line-of-sight of the receiver, that is not blocked by terrain (there is no blockage for a flat ground).","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43258821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noise MappingPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1515/noise-2022-0160
Lucia Busa, M. Goretti, C. Guattari, Paola Pulella
{"title":"Extra-auditory effects of noise exposure in Italian schools: noise levels in external areas","authors":"Lucia Busa, M. Goretti, C. Guattari, Paola Pulella","doi":"10.1515/noise-2022-0160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2022-0160","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Schools in urban areas are often located in areas with high traffic and noise pollution that affect the overall and sonic quality of the external spaces. Due to this, teachers and students are exposed to high noise levels, this condition could have an impact on the perceptive-cognitive and neurobehavioral aspects, determining auditory and extra-auditory effects from exposure to noise. The BRiC - ID14 project, funded by INAIL, investigates the extra-auditory effects of noise exposure on primary and secondary school teachers and students. In this study, the assessment of sonic, acoustic and overall environment of the external area of three kindergartens, three primary schools and three secondary ones located in Rome, Florence and Perugia was carried out. The external areas were investigated and discussed by analyzing the acoustic, psychoacoustic and subjective data collected. The results obtained by the acoustic measurements campaign under non-occupied conditions were compared with the soundscape measurements outcomes, under occupied conditions. The two measurements campaign revealed that the obtained values are comparable in terms of objective and subjective responses. The differences observed in the perception of the sonic and overall environment are ascribable to different noise sources located close to the schools.","PeriodicalId":44086,"journal":{"name":"Noise Mapping","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47263156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}