Estimating the Population Exposed to Transportation Noise: a Case Study on Poznań City
2019
scientific article
english
- ANNEX III
- number of people affected by noise
EN European Union Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (named as END) in article 6 paragraph 3 states that “harmful effects may be assessed by means of dose-effect relations referred to in ANNEX III”. In this still unfinished ANNEX III there are formulas which present how to calculate the number of people affected by a given noise. The dose-effect relations have been recently presented in WHO document “Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region”. These Guidelines allow to predict the percentage of people who will be affected by a specific kind of noise. E.g. it is shown how to calculate the percentage of highly annoyed people for a given value of noise index, Lden. In our paper we propose how to calculate the total number of people affected by noise in their living conditions and discuss the implementation of methods recommended in ANNEX III in Poland.
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