Hadzi-Nikolova, Marija and Mirakovski, Dejan and Doneva, Nikolinka and Zendelska, Afrodita and Topcheva, Teodora (2023) Comparison of noise pollution in agglomerations vs small urban areas. In: 20th International Conference ”Man and Working Environment“ – SEMSIE 2023, 7-8 Dec 2023, Nis, Srbia.
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Abstract
In the last few decades, noise pollution has had a growing impact on quality of life, as a result of inadequate, unplanned urbanization, traffic intensification, usage of obsolete motor vehicles, etc. A number of surveys and monitoring studies in recent decades have shown that noise pollution, as a part of air pollution, presents a real threat to people’s health and quality of life. Therefore, a two-year monitoring of noise level in three urban areas, the cities of Skopje, Tetovo (as an agglomeration), and Štip
(as a smaller urban area), was performed. The Municipality of Štip was chosen as a representative of a small urban area with dynamic development, whose noise dispersion model (NDM) can be applied to all other similar urban areas. Based on performed measurements, a noise dispersion model for the three urban areas using SoundPLAN Software was developed.
The aim of this paper is to point out the fact that small urban areas, such as Štip, also have a problem with high noise levels. On the other hand, they have no legal obligation to develop strategic noise maps and action plans for solving noise pollution problems, or to assess health effects related to high noise levels and apply noise reduction measures. The paper attempts to answer if small urban areas are safe from noise pollution and if they should also develop noise reduction action plans.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Afrodita Zendelska |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2023 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2023 10:33 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32931 |
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