Noise induced human population annoyance in urban environment of city of Novi Sad (Serbia)

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to estimate percent of the human population in the City of Novi Sad (CNS) annoyed by road traffic noise according to two methods (ISO 1996-1: 2016, and National norm from 2010). 24-hour noise measurements data in the area of the city center and city roads in the CNS from 2012 to 2016 are obtained from the Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina (IPHV). Both methods show similar results, although with varying precision within the different noise range. Night noise stands out as a problem due to the fact that the expert recognize it as a significant factor responsible for the non-auditory effects of noise on human health and because the results of measurements of the IPHV confirm that the night-time noise is increased by 98% of measurements in the city traffic area.

Keywords

• environmental urban traffic noise
• annoyance
• human population