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GIS BASED SMART NOISE MAPPING TO COMPARE ORGANIZED TRAFFIC AND UNORGANIZED TRAFFIC FOR A DEVELOPING SMARTCITY [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022
One of the most pervasive environmental dangers to humans is noise. It has detrimental effects on a person's health, including tinnitus, heart attacks, cardiovascular illness, and hearing problems.
R. Dubey, S. Bharadwaj, S. Biswas
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling of Traffic Noise Along Urban Corridor: A Case Study of Amman

open access: yesCivil and Environmental Engineering, 2021
Noise became one of the main environmental indicators of the quality of urban life. The aim of this study was to develop a traffic noise model for an arterial road in Amman, the capital of Jordan, which was being subjected to a persistent increase in ...
Younes Mohammad K   +3 more
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Exposure to long-term source-specific transportation noise and incident breast cancer: A pooled study of eight Nordic cohorts

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2023
Background: Environmental noise is an important environmental exposure that can affect health. An association between transportation noise and breast cancer incidence has been suggested, although current evidence is limited.
Jesse D. Thacher   +39 more
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Sensing Shallow Structure and Traffic Noise with Fiber-optic Internet Cables in an Urban Area

open access: yesSurveys in geophysics, 2021
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a novel seismic observation system developed in recent years that can realize ultrahigh density observations and has attracted extensive attention in the field of seismology.
Zhenghong Song   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Residential traffic noise exposure and headaches: Results from the population-based heinz nixdorf recall study

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2021
Context and aim: The link between headaches and exposure to loud noise in occupational settings has been established. However, the effect of less intense but chronic residential traffic noise exposure on headache occurrence is less clear.
Eman Alkhalawi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noise levels at traffic intersections and awareness of noise pollution among traffic policemen and automobile drivers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2023
Introduction: Noise pollution is an important health hazard in modern times and traffic policemen and automobile drivers are exposed to unregulated vehicular noise. This study aims to estimate the exposure levels from traffic noise for traffic policemen
Soumyajit Das   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Statistical modelling for urban roads traffic noise levels

open access: yesScientific African, 2022
Traffic noise is one of the most significant types of vehicular emissions that result in physical and psychological health effects on humans and is caused by an increase in vehicular ownership and urbanisation. The central business district (CBD) of Ondo
Fidelma Ibili   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Road Traffic Noise and Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Toronto, Canada: A Population‐Based Cohort Study

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Exposure to road traffic noise has been linked to cardiometabolic complications, such as elevated blood pressure and glucose dysregulation.
Saeha Shin   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Traffic Noise Assessment at Residential Areas in Skudai, Johor

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2018
Vehicles passing by on roadways in residential areas may produce unpleasant traffic noise that affects the residents. This paper presents the traffic noise assessment of three selected residential areas located in Skudai, Johor.
Sulaiman F.S.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Louvred Noise Barrier for Traffic Noise Reduction

open access: yesThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2021
Environmental issues near roads become more and more important in our society daily life. One of the most critical environmental issues is traffic noise. The present paper study louvred noise barrier designed by authors.
Tomas Astrauskas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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