International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Soundscape Assessment Approach – A Case of Junction of Surat City Dhawal H. Panchal1, Himanshu J. Padhya2 Pursuing M.E. in Town and Country Planning, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Surat, India 2Associate Professor and P.G. Incharge, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Surat, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract - The world is quickly urbanizing, with cities now 1
housing more than half of the world's population. Improving urban surroundings for the well-being of an ever-increasing number of urban residents is quickly becoming one of the century's most pressing issues. Many cities are known for being noisy, there are a number of useful strategies that may be implemented rapidly one of such strategy is soundscape is becoming a relevant topic in recent years in different areas as applied acoustics, health awareness, urban planning or cultural heritage. This paper reports an attempt to use soundscape assessment tools to investigate the impact of noise in a junction.
Key Words:
Soundscape, Soundscape Assessment Approach, Urbanization, Noise Pollution, Junction, Surat City
1. INTRODUCTION Figure -1: Soundscape Assessment Approach
The rapid development of civilization around the world can be compared to a coin with two opposing faces, with a significant improvement in collective well-being and, at the same time, detrimental environmental repercussions such as pollution escalation. Noise pollution is one of its components that has a harmful impact on the environment. To manage noise one of the methods developed is soundscape approach. The "International Standard Organization" published a defined definition in 2014, defining soundscape as “the acoustic environment as perceived or experienced and/or understood by a person or people, in context”. For successfully finding out the soundscape of particular area soundscape assessment approach is to be done.
3. Selection of appropriate location:
Junction named kabutar circle of Surat city has been selected as our study area. As it is highly noisy location and traffic is seen continuously from day to night. As it is on the main road it is more accessible to noise. Thus, soundscape assessment can be beneficial for the site as it will help in providing better solution by using soundscape approach. Buffer of 100 m radius is selected for proper assessment of junction.
2. Soundscape Assessment Approach Soundscape assessment approach is a combination of two approaches qualitative approach and quantitative approach in qualitative approach questionaries surveys are filled and soundwalk is conducted to know the soundscape perception of location while in quantitative approach physical assessment of site is done through sound level meter to know about actual noise scenario at site.
Figure -2: Study area location
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