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Title: Noise Estimation Using Road and Urban Features
Authors: Rey Gozalo, Guillermo
Suárez, Enrique
Montenegro, Alexandra L.
Arenas, Jorge P.
Barrigón Morillas, Juan Miguel
Montes González, David 
Keywords: urban noise; environmental noise; noise measurements; urban noise planning
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: MDPI
Project: Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), now called National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), through the project FONDECYT No. 1180547 
metadata.degois.publication.title: Sustainability (Switzerland)
metadata.degois.publication.volume: 12
metadata.degois.publication.issue: 21
Abstract: Noise pollution must be considered to achieve sustainable cities because current levels of exposure to environmental noise are a considerable risk to the health and quality of life of citizens. Urban features and sound levels were registered in 150 streets in the Chilean cities of Talca and Valdivia to analyze the relationship between both types of variables. Urban variables related to street location, urban land use, street geometry, road tra c control, and public and private transportation showed very significant correlations with the noise levels, and multiple regression models were developed from these variables for each city. Models using only urban variables in Valdivia and Talca explained 71% and 73%, respectively, of the variability of noise. The prediction error was similar in the di erent types of urban roads and did not exhibit significant di erences between models developed in di erent cities. The urban models developed in one city could, therefore, be used in other similar cities. Considering the usefulness of these variables in urban planning, these models can be a useful tool for urban planners and decision-makers to implement action plans regarding noise pollution.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/106742
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su12219217
Rights: openAccess
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