Citizens’ exposure to predominant noise sources in agglomerations

Author:

Bolognese Matteo1,Fredianelli Luca2,Stasi Gianmarco3,Ascari Elena2,Crifaci Giulia4,Licitra Gaetano1

Affiliation:

1. Pisa Department, Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region, ARPAT , via Vittorio Veneto 27, 56127 , Pisa , Italy

2. Institute of Chemical and Physical Processes of National Research Council , Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 , Pisa , Italy

3. Environmental Science Department, University of Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3 , 56121 Pisa , Italy

4. iPOOL S.r.l. , Via Cocchi 7 , 56121 Pisa , Italy

Abstract

Abstract Environmental noise directive requires Member States to produce and periodically update strategic noise maps for agglomerates in order to evaluate citizens’ noise exposure before the action plan. Its ultimate purpose is to mitigate the highest or most harmful noise levels. Available tools do not provide a point-to-point indication of the predominant sources to be addressed by intervention on the sources by individual owners. Recently, noise source predominance maps were developed to show the predominant source at each point of the calculation grid of the strategic noise map by means of polygons and colors. Intensity noise source predominance maps were also developed to add the visualization of noise exposure levels by coloring the polygons according to a color scale. This work investigates their applicability in agglomerates and defines an additional indicator with the purpose of connecting the high levels of citizen exposure to its predominant source. The new approach provides an aid to administrations in identifying areas where singular noise mitigations would be truly effective in improving the citizen’s quality of life by ensuring a noticeable decrease in total noise while reducing exposure to the specific source.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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