Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland

Basu, Biswajit; Murphy, Enda; Mölter, Anna; Basu, Arunima Sarkar; Sannigrahi, Srikanta; Belmonte, Miguel; Pilla, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102597

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“…Recent studies ( Aletta et al, 2020 ; Asensio et al, 2020 ; Basu et al, 2020 ; Rumpler et al, 2020 ; Sakagami, 2020 ) have reported the decrease in outdoor noise levels due to the travel restrictions during the lockdown. The present study also highlighted that outdoor noise annoyance ratings were significantly reduced during the lockdowon.…”

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“…There was also a decrease in noise levels measured for 24 h in Madrid, ranging from 4 dB to 6 dB ( Asensio, Pavón, & De Arcas, 2020 ). Basu et al (2020) analysed hourly noise levels measured from 12 noise monitoring stations in Dublin before and after the lockdown. Decreases in noise levels during the lockdown were observed at 11 stations, which varied from 2.8 to 6.3 dB.…”

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“…Another recent study conducted short-term noise measurements in residential areas during the emergency state (partial lockdown) in Japan and observed slight changes in noise levels (< 3 dB) ( Sakagami, 2020 ). However, recent studies ( Aletta et al, 2020 ; Asensio et al, 2020 ; Basu et al, 2020 ; Rumpler et al, 2020 ; Sakagami, 2020 ) have mainly focused on the impact of lockdown on noise levels rather than on human behaviour in acoustic environments. Only Sakagami (2020) reported the perceived outdoor sound sources, along with the noise measurements in residential areas during the partial lockdown.…”

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Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

Lee

Jeong²

2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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To stop the spread of COVID-19 transmission, the UK put a first lockdown on the entire country during the months of March and May 2020, which strictly curtailed personal mobility and economic activities. The present study is aimed to understand attitude of people towards noise inside their homes in London during the lockdown. Tweets from the social media platform were collected during the lockdown and the same periods in 2019. Additionally, subjective responses to outdoor and neighbour noises were collected through a questionnaire survey. Tweets about noise complaints during the lockdown were more than twice of those before introduction of lockdown. A substantial increase in talking/shouting, and TV/music activities were observed among the neighbour noise sources. Similar findings were obtained from the survey. The respondents answered that the perceived outdoor noise level decreased but perceived neighbour noise level increased during the lockdown. The outdoor noise annoyance ratings were revealed to be significantly lower than those before the lockdown. In contrast, neighbour noises were more frequently heard and annoyance ratings increased compared to the pre-lockdown period. In particular, talking/shouting and TV/music were most annoying. Furthermore, neighbour noise was more annoying than outdoor noise during the lockdown. This suggests that neighbour noise is more problematic than outdoor noise during lockdown. The findings of this study would be useful in designing the future strategy to enhance the acoustic comfort and city sustainability.

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Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

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Jeong²

2021

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“…Changes in air quality related to the concentration of traffic-related black carbon, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter PM 2.5 and PM 10 quickly began to be reported from many countries around the world [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. Environmental noise reduction [ 6 , 7 ] and improvement to the ecological condition of highly affected beaches due to the lack of tourists were also reported [ 8 ].…”

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How Is Wildlife Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic? Lockdown Effect on the Road Mortality of Hedgehogs

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Kitowski

Perlińska-Teresiak

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Globally, wildlife is affected by unprecedented changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, the lockdown effect on the traffic-related mortality in hedgehogs in an urban area was studied. Comparing the pre-pandemic (2018 and 2019) and pandemic (2020) years, we showed that hedgehog roadkill levels during the lockdown period were over 50% lower (which means a decrease greater than the decrease in road traffic in the same period measured by the number of accidents or the average number of vehicles per day). Based on literature data, we showed that this may mean at least tens of thousands of hedgehogs have survived on a national scale. We report the need to start intensive research on the possible demographic and genetic effects of this unique phenomenon. We also ask how stable the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic will be on wildlife and whether the lockdown (which is an anthropause) may reverse the negative trends in the decline in the number of wild species, including hedgehogs.

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“…All industrial activity was restricted during the lockdown, due to which no pollutants were leached into the river Ganges in India, resulting in increasing the dissolved oxygen content in the Ganges water from 3.8 mg/ml to 6.8 mg/ml, which is an increase by 79% (Arora et al 2020). During the lockdown, noise pollution also decreased, due to which the movement of wild animals, and birds also started in the areas of human habilitation (Basu et al 2020).…”

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Environment, Biodiversity and Soil Security: A New Dimension in the Era of COVID-19

El-Ramady

Singh

Rajput

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U NDOUBTEDLY, COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most devastating pandemics in the recent era and major problem for sustainability of life. This virus has severely impacted both environmental and human health. Moreover, it has become the top priority among other challenging global issues including pollution, climate change, urbanization, and unsustainable consumption, which have led to major environmental disturbances and biodiversity loss. The COVID-19 may have long-lasting impacts on the environment health, biodiversity, and soil security, consequently, will raising several scientific questions to be investigated in near future including the expected environmental impacts of COVID-19 on soil, water and air, connecting the missing links between environmental pollutions and COVID-19. Most importantly, unraveling the role of soil in spreading or reducing transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic, and soil xenobiotics status under the COVID-19 outbreak. Understanding theprojected management scenario of soil and freshwater pollution in the post-COVID-19 era and the potential impact of COVID-19 on food and soil security would be of immense aid in the preparation of future pandemics. This opinion article aims to analyze and foresee some of the major issues for meeting the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.

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Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland

Cited by 150 publications

References 76 publications

Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

How Is Wildlife Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic? Lockdown Effect on the Road Mortality of Hedgehogs

Environment, Biodiversity and Soil Security: A New Dimension in the Era of COVID-19

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