Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain)
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the government of Spain decreed the State of Alarm to confine the entire population at their homes, except for essential services. Therefore, the central objective of this study is to evaluate the implication of this situation for the environmental noise exi...
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| description | At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the government of Spain decreed the State of Alarm to confine the entire population at their homes, except for essential services. Therefore, the central objective of this study is to evaluate the implication of this situation for the environmental noise existing in the city of Huelva (Spain). This study demonstrates that during the state of alarm an average daily reduction of 3.4 dBA was noted, and in the central moments of the day these reductions reached up to 4.4 dBA, while from 10:00 to 12:00 pm the reduction was around 6.5 dBA. Nevertheless, there were two moments of day: 3:00 am (garbage collection, street cleaning and container disinfection), and 8:00 pm (daily applause for health professionals), when the noise during the pandemic was higher than before it. It is further shown that globally, the loudest events only decreased by about 3 dBA, while the global background noise decreased by 10 dBA during the alarm state. Regarding road traffic noise, it is verified that in addition to being reduced by about 4 dBA, traffic represents 6.7% of noisy events during the alarm state, while before it represented 13%. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbf72d69f59c4252bafd15ee1af268302025-08-02T21:04:24ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2022-06-01vol. 47No 2285291https://doi.org/10.24425/aoa.2022.141657Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain)Juan Carlos Fortes0Rafael Sánchez-Sánchez1Juan Pedro Bolívar2School of Engineering, University of Huelva, Huelva, SpainSchool of Engineering, University of Huelva, Huelva, SpainFaculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, SpainAt the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the government of Spain decreed the State of Alarm to confine the entire population at their homes, except for essential services. Therefore, the central objective of this study is to evaluate the implication of this situation for the environmental noise existing in the city of Huelva (Spain). This study demonstrates that during the state of alarm an average daily reduction of 3.4 dBA was noted, and in the central moments of the day these reductions reached up to 4.4 dBA, while from 10:00 to 12:00 pm the reduction was around 6.5 dBA. Nevertheless, there were two moments of day: 3:00 am (garbage collection, street cleaning and container disinfection), and 8:00 pm (daily applause for health professionals), when the noise during the pandemic was higher than before it. It is further shown that globally, the loudest events only decreased by about 3 dBA, while the global background noise decreased by 10 dBA during the alarm state. Regarding road traffic noise, it is verified that in addition to being reduced by about 4 dBA, traffic represents 6.7% of noisy events during the alarm state, while before it represented 13%.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/123510/PDF/aoa.2022.141657.pdfcovid-19noisestates of alarmtraffic |
| spellingShingle | Juan Carlos Fortes Rafael Sánchez-Sánchez Juan Pedro Bolívar Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain) Archives of Acoustics covid-19 noise states of alarm traffic |
| title | Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain) |
| title_full | Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain) |
| title_fullStr | Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain) |
| title_short | Influence of State of Alarm Caused by COVID-19 on Noise in the City Centre of Huelva (Spain) |
| title_sort | influence of state of alarm caused by covid 19 on noise in the city centre of huelva spain |
| topic | covid-19 noise states of alarm traffic |
| url | https://journals.pan.pl/Content/123510/PDF/aoa.2022.141657.pdf |
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