Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Environmental Noise Assessment Standards and Regulations
Dra. Carolina Reich Marcon Passero, M. Sc. Paulo Eduardo Kirrian Fiedler, M. Sc. Marcus Manfrin de Oliveira Filho, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 2. Development of Prediction Models for the Analyses of Daytime and Nighttime Urban Noise
M. Sc. Elaine Carvalho da Paz, Prof. Dr. Alfredo Calixto, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 3. Methodology for Road Noise Pollution Assessment using Noise Maps
M. Sc. Paulo Eduardo Kirrian Fiedler and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 4. Diagnosis of Environmental Noise in Communities Using Subjective and Objective Data Aided by Geographical Information Systems – GIS
Margret Sibylle Engel, M. Sc., and Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin, Prof. Dr. – Ing (Institute of Technical Acoustics, Medical Acoustics Group, RWTH Aachen, Germany, and others)
Chapter 5. Mapping Noise Pollution Generated by Substation Power Transformers in Urban Areas
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin and M. Sc. Fabiano Belisário Diniz (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustic and Acoustic Comfort – LAAICA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 6. Noise Mapping of Urban Public Parks
Prof. Dr. Bani Szeremeta and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 7. Spectral Analysis of Urban Noise
M. Sc. Paulo Henrique Soares and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil)
Chapter 8. Impact of Environmental Noise on the Operation of an Urban Transport System
M. Sc. David Queiroz de Sant’Ana and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo H. T. Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil)
Chapter 9. Noise Pollution, Acoustic Maps and Health Surveys: The Case of the Municipality of São Paulo – Brazil
Prof. Dra. Karina Mary de Paiva-Vianna and Prof. Dra. Maria Regina Alves Cardoso (Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, FlorianĂłpolis, SC, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 10. Assessment of Noise Pollution in a University Setting using Noise Mapping
M. Sc. Fernando Bunn, M. Sc. Samuel Ansay, M. Sc. Paulo Eduardo Kirrian Fiedler, M. Sc. MirrĂŞ Liluz Milanez, M. Sc. PatrĂcia Soares, M. Sc. Marcus Manfrin de Oliveira Filho, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 11. 3D Noise Mapping and Sound Insulation of Building Facades: A Combined Methodology
M. Sc. Marcus VinĂcius Manfrin de Oliveira Filho and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 12. Noise Pollution in Major Urban Centers
M. Sc. Jucelino José de Souza Filho, Prof. Dr. Jorge Luiz Steffen, Prof. Dr. Wagner Augusto Andreasi and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 13. Railway Noise in an Urban Environment
M. Sc. Fernando Bunn and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 14. Assessment and Control of Environmental Noise Impacts Generated by a Paper Mill, using Noise Maps
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin, M. Sc. Fabiana Rodrigues Dall Cortivo and M. Sc.José Augusto Coelho Ferreira (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustic and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 15. Mapping of Impact Noise for Attenuation of Industrial Noise Pollution
Prof. Dr. Walter Jesus Paucar Casas, M. Sc. Edivaldo Pellizzaro Cordeiro and M. Sc. Tiago Chaves Mello (Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Chapter 16. Prediction Matrix of the Environmental Impact of Road Traffic Noise
M. Sc. Elaine Carvalho da Paz and Prof. Dr.-In. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil)
Chapter 17. Annoyance caused by Aircraft Noise
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin, M. Sc. Maira Karin Carvalho dos Santos, M. Sc. David Queiroz de Sant’Ana, Dra. Carolina Reich Marcon Passero (Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustic and Acoustic Comfort, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
Chapter 18. Spectral Overlap of Traffic Noise and Acoustic Signals by Birds in an Urban Forest in Southern Brazil
Marcelo Alejandro Villegas Ă‚ Vallejos, M. Sc., and Prof. Dr. – Ing. Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin (Hori Consultoria Ambiental, Curitiba, Brazil, and others)
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