Estimating leisure noise in Spanish cities

Ballesteros, MJ; Fernandez, MD; Flindell, I; Torija Martinez, AJ; Ballesteros, JA

Abstract

Noise pollution is a great environmental problem in big cities. In particular, the leisure noise is one of the
most significant problems during the night period and the responsible of a growing number of complaints
and sleep disturbances from population.
For that reason, with the aim of approaching an analysis on spatio-temporal evolution of the leisure
noise, some areas with leisure activity as main noise source was sampled. With these results, a protocol
to address an appropriate action against leisure noise problems is put forth. This procedure explains how
to diagnose a leisure area or predict the noise levels inside these areas. Therefore, the proposed procedure
could help taking better solutions in order to reduce the impact of leisure noise on the exposed
population.

Citation

Ballesteros, M., Fernandez, M., Flindell, I., Torija Martinez, A., & Ballesteros, J. (2014). Estimating leisure noise in Spanish cities. Applied Acoustics, 86, 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.04.019

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 29, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jun 5, 2014
• Publication Date: Jun 5, 2014
• Deposit Date: Dec 2, 2019
• Journal: Applied Acoustics
• Print ISSN: 0003-682X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 86
• Pages: 17-24
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.04.019
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.04.019
• Related Public URLs: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/applied-acoustics
• Additional Information: Projects : seventh Framework Programme for R & D of the EU, granted within the People Programme, Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes (COFUND).