Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland
| Autor: | Francesco Pilla, Anna Mölter, Enda Murphy, Miguel Belmonte, Arunima Sarkar Basu, Bidroha Basu, Srikanta Sannigrahi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pollution
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject Population Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Transportation 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Blood pressure rise World health Environmental health 021108 energy education Sound (geography) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Civil and Structural Engineering education.field_of_study geography geography.geographical_feature_category Noise pollution Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Noise Environmental science |
| Zdroj: | Sustainable Cities and Society |
| ISSN: | 2210-6707 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102597 |
| Popis: | Noise pollution is considered to be the third most hazardous pollution after air and water pollution by the World Health Organization (WHO) Short as well as long-term exposure to noise pollution has several adverse effects on humans, ranging from psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression, hypertension, hormonal dysfunction, and blood pressure rise leading to cardiovascular disease One of the major sources of noise pollution is road traffic and the WHO reports that around 40 % of Europe's population are currently exposed to high noise/sound levels This study investigates sound levels in Dublin, Ireland before and after the lockdown imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic The analysis was performed using measured hourly data from 12 noise monitoring stations between January and May, 2020 More than 80 % of the stations recorded high sound levels for more that 60 % of the time before the lockdown in Dublin However, a significant reduction in hourly average equivalent sound and hourly minimum sound levels was observed at all stations during the lockdown period and this can be attributed to reductions in both road and air traffic movements © 2020 The Authors |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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