Conference_programme: 29.1 - Port Noise
Lecture: Survey of Environmental Noise in the Port of Barcelona
Author(s): Alsina-Pagès Rosa Ma, Socoró Joan Claudi, Barqué Sergi
Summary:
Ports and harbours are logistic nodes characterized by noisy operations. Noise pollution analysis is complicated, because several types of noise usually can occur in the same area: ferries, cruises, fishing and trade ships coexist with industrial and auxiliary services. Noise pollution can have negative effects to the urban population inhabiting the port nearby but especially to the port workers and the passengers. The Port of Barcelona is an infrastructure with a surface of 1,082.15~ha and a length of docks 22,216~km, and serves trade, passengers and fishing. The purpose of this work is to describe the acoustic events recorded in the maritime stations of the port of Barcelona dedicated exclusively to passenger and vehicle transport. The traffic of arrivals and departures of ships with passengers -- mainly cruises -- is high in these maritime stations; the characterization of the events caused by this traffic, as well as the other events that may occur in the port, will draw the noise pollution perceived by the port workers and the cruise passengers themselves. This paper describes the recording campaign in the Port of Barcelona and proposes a quantitative study over all the recorded acoustic events in terms of typology, spectral characterization, duration and impact on the equivalent noise level.
Corresponding author
Name: Dr Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès
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Country: Spain
