Development of GIS based noise simulation model: A case study of Mumbai India Development of GIS-NSM

Author

Sharma, Asheesh ; Vijay, Ritesh ; Sohony, Rajiv

Author_Institution

Environ. Syst. Design & Modelling Div., CSIR-Nat. Environ. Eng. Res. Inst., Nagpur, India

fYear

2011

fDate

26-28 July 2011

Firstpage

3925

Lastpage

3927

Abstract

Urbanizing country like India, the transportation sector is growing rapidly, which has led to overcrowded roads and traffic noise pollution. In the present study, a GIS based Noise Simulation Model has been developed to generate noise level scenario of Malad Zone in Mumbai, India. The study area comprises: road network, traffic volume and various mechanical component like Sewage Pumping Station (SPS) and Waste Water Treatment Facilities (WWTF). In this development, commutative noise simulation for point and mobile sources of noise was considered. The model has been calibrated with observed noise levels and correlation was found to be 0.81.

Keywords

geographic information systems; noise pollution; roads; GIS NSM; GIS based noise simulation model; India; Malad Zone; Mumbai; road network; sewage pumping station; traffic noise pollution; traffic volume; transportation sector; urbanizing country; waste water treatment facilities; Atmospheric modeling; Geographic Information Systems; Mobile communication; Noise; Noise level; Predictive models; Roads; GIS; noise; point and mobile sources; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-771-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMT.2011.6002769

Filename

6002769