Noise at the time of COVID 19: The impact in some areas in Rome and Milan, Italy
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Autor/a
Alsina Pagès, Rosa Maria
Alías Pujol, Francesc
Bellucci, Patrizia
Paolo Cartolano, Pier
Coppa, Ilaria
Peruzzi, Laura
Bisceglie, Alessandro
Zambon, Giovanni
Otros/as autores/as
Universitat Ramon Llull. La Salle
University of Milan Bicocca
ANAS S.p.A.
Fecha de publicación
2020-11Resumen
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in Italy at the end of January 2020, when the first positive cases for the virus were identified. At the beginning of March, the virus had spread to all Italian regions and on 10 March 2020 the lockdown phase began, limiting the movement of people and prohibiting almost all commercial activities, businesses and non-essential industries. As a result, millions of people were forced to stay at home, causing a drastic drop in traffic volume, which significantly changed the acoustic environment and air quality of cities. On 4 May 2020, the lockdown was partially lifted and activities were progressively reopened. Therefore, traffic gradually started to increase and, consequently, the noise emitted by motor vehicles. This behaviour was confirmed by the data collected by the DYNAMAP system, an automatic platform developed within the LIFE DYNAMAP project, providing real time traffic noise maps in terms of sound pressure levels and impacts at receivers (people and dwellings exposed to noise level bands). In this paper traffic and nontraffic-related noise events in the cities of Rome and Milan from March to May 2020 are analysed and compared to the corresponding values in 2019 to evaluate the effects of the lockdown period.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
531/534 - Mecánica. Vibraciones. Acústica
621.3 - Ingeniería eléctrica. Electrotecnia. Telecomunicaciones
Palabras clave
Soroll -- Control
Soroll urbà
Circulació -- Soroll
Páginas
17 p.
Publicado por
De Gruyter
Publicado en
Noise Mapp, 2020, 7
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