Traffic Noise
PREDICTION OF EXCESS ATTENUATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE BY DETACHED HOUSES
... The purpose of this paper is to present a simple method to predict excess attenuation of road traffic noise by detached houses. ASJ shows one method, but it cannot estimate the noise level at ...
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Epidemiological research on stress caused by road traffic noise and its effects on health1 – Results for hypertension
... nightly traffic noise can trigger or stimulate ...from traffic censuses and checked by level ...only noise measurements or traffic censuses with detailed consideration of the location ...
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A fair method for the calculation of the external costs of road traffic noise according to the Eurovignette Directive
... TheEurovignetteDirective(EuropeanUnion,2011)providesamethodtocalculatetheexternalcostsofroad traffic noise. This method requires the use of weighting factors for different vehicle classes to account for ...
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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE ALONG THE ROAD
... road traffic noise and prompt measures to noise should be ...for Noise" [1] and enforced it in April 1999. As a result, noise shall be evaluated by the equivalent continuous ...
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THE RELATIVE IMPACT ON RECALL OF ROAD-TRAFFIC NOISE DURING ENCODING AND REHEARSAL OF A TEXT
... the noise conditions recordings of road traffic noise were played back through loudspeakers in front of the ...the noise conditions was set to 66 dBA 2 m in front of the ...road traffic ...
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COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE IN LIVING ENVIRONMENTS
... Our causal model, based on experience and previous findings, is constituted in Figure 3. The exogenous variables were picked up from the noise and vibration exposures. The endogenous variables were selected from ...
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TRAINING AN ANOMALOUS NOISE EVENT DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR DYNAMIC ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE MAPPING: ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE RECORDING CAMPAIGN
... vehicles noise), brak (noise of brake or cars’ trimming belt), thun (thunder storm), bird (birdsong), trck (noise when trucks or vehicles with heavy load passed over a bump), door (noise of ...
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1 TOWARDS A QUALITATIVE NOISE MAP BASED ON MEASUREMENT AND PERCEPTION, THE CASE OF ROSSIO SQUARE IN LISBON
... The topology curve can represent noises of the same object (traffic noise for example) even if only one (a single car) contributed to the measured value. This method is based on the cocktail effect pushed ...
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HOW ACOUSTIC EXPERTS TALK TO “NORMAL PEOPLE”
... Traffic noise, particularly vehicle noise, tyre noise and its relation to noise emission from roads was investigated in numerous ...for noise emission from trains, due to ...
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Win-Win transport strategies: searching for synergies.
... urban traffic is responsible for 40% of CO2 emissions and 70% of emissions of other pollutants- and noise -about 40% of the population is exposed to road traffic noise exceeding 55 ...
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Spatial hedonic pricing models for testing the adequacy of acoustic areas in Madrid, Spain
... of noise stemming from vehicular traffic on the value of houses in a suburb in Stock- holm ...of noise, housing prices record an average decrease of ...transport noise impacts in ...the ...
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DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TRANSPORT NOISE AND APPROPRIATE MEANS OF PROTECTION
... road-traffic noise is taken into account by French public authorities, Europe has nonetheless played the role of precursor on several ...intrinsic noise produced by road vehicles (engines, exhaust, ...
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... MATERIALS AND METHODS Study site: Field work was conducted in Carara National Park which is located in the Central Pacific of Costa Rica (9°46’25.47’’ N-84°36’19.90’’ W). The park is comprised of 5 242ha which range in ...
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INTERACTION BETWEEN PICTURE AND SOUND ON THE PERCEPTION OF AN OBSERVER - A VIDEO INSTALLATION
... Visual und auditory information is perceived in a complex way and influenced by each other. Especially the auditory information has a great influence on the impression of the whole scene. Thinking about a demonstration ...
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SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO NOISE CONTROL MANAGEMENT: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
... of noise control, plenty of solutions ought to be worked on and implemented such as facades elements for tropical areas like the city of ...to traffic noise in Rio de Janeiro’s central area, for ...
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THE EFFECT OF RAILS CROSSING STREETS ON THE NOISE RATING LEVEL FROM ROAD TRAFFIC
... the noise from road traffic typically prediction methods are ...road traffic noise. This paper presents and discusses in detail noise data measured at a specific example resulting in a ...
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EFFECTS UPON URBAN NOISE OF THE PRIORITIZATION OF BUSES AT INTERSECTIONS
... urban noise action plans based on traffic management usually incorporate the evaluation of the effectiveness of this kind of mitigation measures on an estimated ...environmental noise locally. In ...
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RUBBER CRUMB AS GRANULAR ABSORPTIVE ACOUSTIC MATERIAL
... the traffic noise there are two main “acoustical applications” for the re-utilisation of rubber, consisting in its use in pavements, as modified asphalt with increased elasticity, crack resistance and lower ...
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NOISE STUDY OF SALAMANCA (SPAIN) BY MEANS OF A CATEGORIZATION METHOD
... Type 2 includes those streets that provide access to the major distribution nodes of the city. For the purpose of this study, a distribution node is considered to exist provided that at least four relevant streets meets. ...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUNDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NOISE ANNOYANCE AT THE LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY
... Mixed noise sources: When noises from different sources have to be judged, more difficulties arise. Only recent research has confirmed a variety of possible combinations with considerable moderation of ...
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