acoustic pollution is the introduction of noise in inhabited areas or in natural areas. it’s one...
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Acoustic pollution is the introduction of noise in inhabited areas or in natural
areas.It’s one of the most
important environmental
problem connected to air pollution.
The causes of noise
Internal ones (houses):
External ones (means of trasport and factories):
External causes
Areal sources Linear sources
• Industrial activities• Commercial activities• Discos or pubs Levels of noise are linked tooriginating intensity and position. The areas affected with this kindof pollution are those around the sources.
• Cars• Trains• Airplanes The impact area is paraller to the
axis in which the veheicol moves.
Aerohabitat: acoustic impact
Some effects • danger for the human healthy
(causing not only difficulties insleeping and in the transmission ofnerve impulses but also visual field defects; besides there arepsychological effects )
• deterioration of ecosystems,monuments, inhabited areas
Some laws...
1. article 659 of the penal code which defends PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY and HEALTH; people who don’t respect this two rights are punished by law
2. article 10 of “legge quadro” which states a limit for emissions of noise
3. Law n 447/1995 art. 2 gives a definition of acoustic pollution
When the situation is extremely dangerous for the environment each municipaly in Lombardy has to appeal to ARPS that is to say regional agency for the enviromental protection
Italian situation Some Italian territories used «classification» or «zoning» and reclamation plans to reduce acoustic pollution.
Region How many of them use classification or zoning?
How many of them agree with reclamation plans?
Municipality
Piedmont 52 / /
Lombardy 220 / /
Veneto 211 2 Cortina d’Ampezzo e Padova
Liguria 132 1 La Spezia
Campania 152 / /
Italy 962 8
Realization of “zoning” (municipalities)
No planning
In planning
it is going to
be approve
dapproved
Technological progresses
Zoning or classification:
It is the result of the partition of the urban territory in unifor acoustic areas.
Reclamation plans:
When the value of noise overtakes town ban, a territory can use reclamation plan to reduce noise.