The true cost of road traffic noise in Portugal

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Cecília Rocha (Author) FEUP; António Carvalho (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 38th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2009, INTER-NOISE 2009

Pages: 2150-2160

38th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2009, INTER-NOISE 2009

Ottawa, ON, 23 August 2009 through 26 August 2009

Indexing

Scopus - 1 Citation

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Physics > Acoustics

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-008-7KM

Abstract (EN): This paper presents some results of the ongoing investigation concerning the economical evaluation of road traffic noise. As the majority of the European countries, Portugal has part of its 10 million citizens exposed to excessive noise levels, according to the WHO suggested values. Considering the relevance of this subject and the constant increase in road traffic volume, it was recognized the importance of an economical valuation of this excessive noise levels, referred to three cost categories: infrastructure (increase in the infrastructure cost due to the constructions of noise mitigation measures), noise externalities (connected to social, real estate and health noise related costs) and real estate income loss (allied to the inability for construction in available land for construction based on excessive noise and the consequent reduction of the patrimonial value). This paper illustrates some of the investigation results for specific municipalities regarded as representative of the municipalities' majority according to its territorial, economical and urban planning characteristics.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11