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Spatial Analysis and Comparative Study of Noise Pollution at Ernakulam City Before and During COVID-19 Using GIS
Traffic noise is one of the major environmental pollutants that are encountered in our daily life and it also affects the human health. Due to increase in the vehicular number on roads noise associated with roads has also been considerably rising in recent years. This causes alarming noise pollution. Considering Kerala, which is quite famous for its urbanization even in the remotest areas there is significant rise in number of vehicles and nature of traffic. Due to this, today many cities are witnessing the problem of noise pollution. In order to implement effective measures against traffic noise, the information about its distribution is imperative. The present study undertaken analyzes the spatial characteristics of urban environmental noise by using noise maps produced at different noise monitoring locations in the study area. Noise data was collected at varying intervals viz morning, afternoon, and evening. The spatial distributions of the noise levels during each time interval were evaluated and visualized by preparing noise maps using QGIS software. Covid lockdown has been one of it’s kind situation and hence any works associated with the same has relevance in current context. This study attempts to investigate the impacts of COVID lockdown on the changes in noise pollution levels before and during the lockdown restrictions in different residential, commercial, industrial, and silence zones of the city of Ernakulam, Kerala. A noise prediction model was generated from the data obtained.
Spatial Analysis and Comparative Study of Noise Pollution at Ernakulam City Before and During COVID-19 Using GIS
Traffic noise is one of the major environmental pollutants that are encountered in our daily life and it also affects the human health. Due to increase in the vehicular number on roads noise associated with roads has also been considerably rising in recent years. This causes alarming noise pollution. Considering Kerala, which is quite famous for its urbanization even in the remotest areas there is significant rise in number of vehicles and nature of traffic. Due to this, today many cities are witnessing the problem of noise pollution. In order to implement effective measures against traffic noise, the information about its distribution is imperative. The present study undertaken analyzes the spatial characteristics of urban environmental noise by using noise maps produced at different noise monitoring locations in the study area. Noise data was collected at varying intervals viz morning, afternoon, and evening. The spatial distributions of the noise levels during each time interval were evaluated and visualized by preparing noise maps using QGIS software. Covid lockdown has been one of it’s kind situation and hence any works associated with the same has relevance in current context. This study attempts to investigate the impacts of COVID lockdown on the changes in noise pollution levels before and during the lockdown restrictions in different residential, commercial, industrial, and silence zones of the city of Ernakulam, Kerala. A noise prediction model was generated from the data obtained.
Spatial Analysis and Comparative Study of Noise Pollution at Ernakulam City Before and During COVID-19 Using GIS
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Nehdi, Moncef (editor) / Hung, Mo Kim (editor) / Venkataramana, Katta (editor) / Antony, Jiji (editor) / Kavitha, P. E. (editor) / Beena B R (editor) / Varghese, Meera (author) / Amalpriya, A. H. (author)
International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management ; 2023 ; Angamaly, India
2023-11-03
22 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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