Evaluation of Noise Pollution in Urban Parks |
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Authors: | Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin Andressa Maria Coelho Ferreira Bani Szeremetta |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratório de Acústica Ambiental, Departamento de Engenharia Mecanica, Centro Politécnico, Bairro Jardim das Américas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CEP: 81531–990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
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Abstract: | The present study provides an evaluation of noise pollution in six Urban Parks located in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. Equivalent
noise levels (L
eq) were measured in 303 points (each point measured during 3 min) spread throughout the Parks. Measured values were confronted
with local legislation (Law 10625) allowed limits, and the Parks were thus classified as “acoustically polluted or unpolluted”.
Measured values were also evaluated according to international legislation: Decree no. 12 of the City Council of Rome, DIN
18005 for German cities, the World Health Organization, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Urban parks
in the downtown area of Curitiba, surrounded by roads of heavy traffic and in the midst of intense commercial activities,
do not satisfy any of the standards used. The most noise-polluted parks in Curitiba were the Public Walk Park and the Botanical
Garden Park, with measured L
eq of 64.8 dB(A) and 67 dB(A). |
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Keywords: | environmental noise health noise noise pollution open public spaces public urban parks US EPA WHO |
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