Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Energy, Environment and Storage, cilt.1, sa.2, ss.1-10, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
Nowadays, noise pollution, one of the crucial
environmental problems as a result of increase in the population, has caused
physical and psychological negativities in people's lives. The increase in the
number of vehicles along with the population, the lack of infrastructure in the
existing roads, misbehavior of the drivers due to the lack of education lead to
an increase in noise pollution. The current study aimed to determine how much
noise pollution that people are exposed to in traffic, schools and hospitals in
Kayseri, one of the most important industrialized centers in Turkey with a
population approximately 1.4 million. The levels of noise pollution averagely
varied between 62-72 dBA in the streets and it is observed that the noise level
changes depending on the vehicle intense in traffic. The noise levels in
schools ranged from 41 to 57 dBA in the morning when window was closed that
were higher than the regulation limit. The noise levels in hospitals were
between 46 and 58 dBA when window is closed. The results of the survey
conducted among a total of 153 people showed that noise was considered as environmental
pollution by 98% in residential, 90% in schools and 73% in hospitals. The most
noise-related health effects specified by the participants was the headache
with 41% followed by frustrated and stressed with 24%.