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Useful tools for integrating noise maps about noises other than those of transport, infrastructures, and industrial plants in developing countries: Casework of the Aburra Valley, Colombia

Journal

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 313, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114953

Keywords

Environmental noise; Traffic noise; Leisure noise; Noise-monitoring network; Action plans; Developing countries

Funding

  1. Early Warning System of Medellin
  2. Aburra Valley-SIATA, a project of the Mayor's Office of Medellin
  3. Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley

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The behavior of environmental noise in developing countries is influenced by various factors, and analyzing noise levels at different times during the year can help address specific issues. This study used a noise monitoring network to analyze the noise situation in the Aburr ' a Valley in Colombia, revealing the impact of leisure activities related to high-power sound systems, celebrations, and car traffic noise on the population.
The behavior of environmental noise in developing countries is conditioned by characteristics that are not only linked to transport, infrastructures, and industrial plants in the annuity (common representation in noise maps), but also to other types of sources and periodicities that can influence significantly in noise levels. For this reason, this work proposes different temporal analyzes during the annuity that can be linked to the noisy activities typical of developing tropical countries. To do this, a noise monitoring network composed of seven monitors representing different sources present in the Aburr ' a Valley (AV) in Colombia is analyzed with measurements of LAeq, every hour, in a period between August 2016 and July 2019. The results show that AV noise is strongly influenced by leisure activities related to high-power sound systems, different celebrations, and continuous noise from car traffic that affect the population mainly on weekends and nights. This work marks a clear path to precisely address noise pollution in the action plans of developing countries.

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