[PDF] Top 20 Application of GIS in Urban Traffic Noise Pollution

... of traffic during three months in the worst and the best traffic ...test noise models, several points at distances of 100 and 200 meters from the main streets were also ...measured. Traffic ... See full document

... of GIS or geo- graphical information system in the most negative impact of urban transporta- tion, UTA, as geography can be relevant to various phenomena, including traffic ...with application ... See full document

... and GIS applications to health risks management due to air pollution, noise and microclimate change detection, to study the geography of urban health risks and environmental change in ... See full document

... the application of the D-filter (right) for frequency weighting the sound level achieves higher correlations with reported annoyance than the A-filter (left) for the specific sounds used in ...road traffic ... See full document

... Judiciary. Traffic noise level in Calcutta (which has been renamed as Kolkata) was previously measured by Pancholy et ...to noise, heat and dust in Kolkata has been done by Mukherjee et ...to ... See full document

... of noise in the CBD is ...the noise levels approach the healthy hearing limit of about 85 db ...addition, noise levels, especially from traffic, are bound to vary with time of day or night and ... See full document

... modern urban life are causing severe noise pollution. Noise pollution due to major source of pollution in urban ...in urban regions in the recent years, has ... See full document

... of urban environment, are an important source of noise emission, contributing about 55% of the total urban noise [6]The rapid growth of vehicular population gives rise to unrestrained ... See full document

... highway traffic noise depends on volume of traffic, speed of the traffic and the number of trucks in the flow of ...Highway noise consists of total noise produced by all the ... See full document

... the urban communities to air pollutions ...air pollution levels based on predictor variables ...of noise levels prediction, LUR modelling has been least ...predict noise pollution ... See full document

... "noise pollution". Noise is defined as unwanted ...and noise also depends upon the habit and interest of the person/species receiving it, the ambient conditions and impact of the sound ... See full document

... the urban lifestyle and for the surrounding environment. Urban sprawl, unplanned road networks, and the rapid growth of private vehicle have complicated the situation ...the noise pollution of ... See full document

... and noise [10] pollution are anthropogenic factors that were reported by many and found to influence the start of dawn chorus of urban ...of traffic noise on song birds ... See full document

... on noise map research. Based on GIS, this method has more ability than conventional methods in the analysis of environmental noise ...[11]. Pollution was evaluated based on GIS in ... See full document

... in traffic especially in the urban ...Bangalore, traffic moved at the speed of 35 km in an hour in 2005 as compared to ...the noise pollution .A noise study conducted by Kalra's ... See full document

... controlling noise level in urban areas and thus helps greatly in town planning and is regarded as a useful tool to improve the level of environmental noise ...pollution. Noise map is ... See full document

... community noise levels measured during day time in a fast developing semi-urban area of ...The noise status of growing urban centres of the country are very much required to develop acoustic ... See full document

... The noise originates from human activities, especially the urbanization and the development of transport and ...the urban population is much more affected by such pollution, however, small ... See full document

... transportation noise becomes a major ...Road traffic has been the major source of ...of noise to outside from a vehicle has been different from the generation of noise inside the ...The ... See full document

... the noise from the traffic ...the urban traffic noise while the residents at Kg Istana may annoying with the traffic noise ...The noise pollution level (LNP) ... See full document