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Front. Earth Sci.    2017, Vol. 11 Issue (2) : 214-228    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-017-0615-6
RESEARCH ARTICLE
GIS model for identifying urban areas vulnerable to noise pollution: case study
Ştefan BILAŞCO1,2(), Corina GOVOR1, Sanda ROŞCA1, Iuliu VESCAN1, Sorin FILIP1, Ioan FODOREAN1
1. "Babeş-Bolyai" University, Faculty of Geography, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2. Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Subsidiary Geography Section, 9, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Abstract

The unprecedented expansion of the national car ownership over the last few years has been determined by economic growth and the need for the population and economic agents to reduce travel time in progressively expanding large urban centres. This has led to an increase in the level of road noise and a stronger impact on the quality of the environment. Noise pollution generated by means of transport represents one of the most important types of pollution with negative effects on a population’s health in large urban areas. As a consequence, tolerable limits of sound intensity for the comfort of inhabitants have been determined worldwide and the generation of sound maps has been made compulsory in order to identify the vulnerable zones and to make recommendations how to decrease the negative impact on humans. In this context, the present study aims at presenting a GIS spatial analysis model-based methodology for identifying and mapping zones vulnerable to noise pollution. The developed GIS model is based on the analysis of all the components influencing sound propagation, represented as vector databases (points of sound intensity measurements, buildings, lands use, transport infrastructure), raster databases (DEM), and numerical databases (wind direction and speed, sound intensity). Secondly, the hourly changes (for representative hours) were analysed to identify the hotspots characterised by major traffic flows specific to rush hours. The validated results of the model are represented by GIS databases and useful maps for the local public administration to use as a source of information and in the process of making decisions.

Keywords GIS modelling      noise pollution      sound intensity      environmental impact      vulnerability     
Corresponding Author(s): Ştefan BILAŞCO   
Just Accepted Date: 16 March 2017   Online First Date: 13 April 2017    Issue Date: 19 May 2017
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Ştefan BILAŞCO,Corina GOVOR,Sanda ROŞCA, et al. GIS model for identifying urban areas vulnerable to noise pollution: case study[J]. Front. Earth Sci., 2017, 11(2): 214-228.
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