scholarly journals Diagnóstico dos impactos ambientais provocado pelas indústrias cerâmicas no município de Cordeirópolis-SP / Diagnosis of the environmental impacts caused by the ceramic industries in the city of Cordeirópolis-SP

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (55) ◽  
pp. 863-879
Author(s):  
Paulo Henrique Vieira ◽  
Aline Cristina Alves da Silva Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Information System ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Methodological Procedures ◽  
The City ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Vegetal Cover

Os artigos científicos cada vez mais argumentam sobre as interações entre a sociedade e natureza, principalmente, sobre os efeitos nocivos que algumas atividades antrópicas vêm causando ao meio ambiente e ao próprio homem. Os ambientes naturais encontravam-se em estado de equilíbrio até o momento em que o homem passou a explorar cada vez mais os recursos naturais, com objetivo de atender seus interesses e necessidades. Neste contexto que o objetivo deste trabalho se enquadra em analisar os impactos ambientais das indústrias cerâmicas e propor medidas mitigadoras para tais atividades em Cordeirópolis/SP, município integrante do polo cerâmico de Santa Gertrudes/SP. Para alcançar estes resultados os procedimentos metodológicos foram divididos em etapas: 1 – Trabalhos de gabinete; 2 – Levantamento de dados; 3 – Georreferenciamento; 4 – Aplicação do Sistema de Informação Geográfica, neste caso o ArcGis 10.3; 5 – Trabalhos de campo. Assim, o trabalho faz um diagnóstico dos danos ambientais e sociais que a atividade cerâmica causa em Cordeirópolis/SP, dentre os impactos destaca-se: retirada da cobertura vegetal; poluição da água e do ar; e poluição sonora; além disso, propõe-se medidas que possam minimizar os efeitos destes impactos como: instalação de bacias de decantação de finos; implantar uma cortina vegetal; umectação das vias de circulação; e reciclagem dos produtos utilizados.Palavras-chave: Recursos naturais; indústrias cerâmicas; impactos ambientais; polo cerâmico.AbstractScientific articles increasingly argue about the interactions between society and nature, especially about the harmful effects that some anthropic activities have been causing to the environment and to man himself. Natural environments were in a state of equilibrium until the time when man began to explore more and more natural resources in order to meet his interests and needs. In this context, the objective of this work is to analyze the environmental impacts of the ceramic industries and to propose mitigating measures for such activities in Cordeirópolis/SP, a municipality in the Santa Gertrudes/SP ceramic pole. To achieve these results the methodological procedures were divided into stages: 1 - Cabinet work; 2 - Data collection; 3 - Georeferencing; 4 - Application of the Geographic Information System, in this case ArcGis 10.3; 5 - Fieldwork. Thus, the work makes a diagnosis of the environmental and social damages that the ceramic activity causes in Cordeirópolis/SP, among the impacts it stands out: removal of the vegetal cover; water and air pollution; and noise pollution; in addition, it is proposed measures that can minimize the effects of these impacts such as: installation of fine settling basins; implant a plant curtain; wetting of roadways; recycling of the products used.Keywords: Natural resources; ceramic industries; environmental impacts; ceramic pole.

EVALUATED MAPPING OF NOISE POLLUTION OF URBANIZED TERRITORY

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
O. Mikhno ◽  
V. Dobrovolsky ◽  
O. Mykolaenko
Keyword(s):  
Road Network ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Individual Object ◽  
Future State ◽  
Urbanized Territory ◽  
The City ◽  
Harmful Effects

Due to the acceleration of scientific and technological progress in the word, the level of traffic flows, industrialization, thenumber of automotive and technical equipment of the urban economy has increased, as a result of which people are constantlyexposed to high-intensity noise. However, few people know that, by its effect on the human body, noise is more harmful thanchemical pollution. Constant exposure to noise not only reduces hearing, but also causes other harmful effects – ringing in theears, dizziness, headache, increased fatigue. People working in noisy conditions have an increased level of neuropsychiatricdisorders.The article discusses the algorithm for evaluative mapping of noise pollution in the settlement area, which will ensurebringing the city territory to sanitary standards. The resulting noise map, which should be part of the master plan, captures thecurrent and future state of the noise regime in the city. Accurate noise maps require the analysis of large number of differentnoise sources and, as a result, are very costly, although in most cases only an estimate of the noise loading is required.Therefore, it is advisable to build a hierarchy of noise sources and take into account the most significant. Such the mostsignificant source of noise in settlements, as a rule, is a road network - streets and lanes on which movement of auto transport isallowed. The procedure for creating a geospatial model of noise pollution in the environment of a geographic information systemdescribed in the article includes creating a multibuffer for each noise source, translating the resulting vector image into a rastersurface, superposition of individual object noise rasters, and creating an integrated evaluated map. Formed ways to improve thenoise situation based on the results.

scholarly journals Noise Pollution Near Health Institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Predrag Ilić ◽  
Ljiljana Stojanović-Bjelić ◽  
Zoran Janjuš
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Noise Level ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Health Institution ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Banja Luka ◽  
The City ◽  
Health And Well Being

Environmental noise pollution, a form of air pollution, is a threat to health and well-being. The primary aim of this study was to determine noise pollution in the urban part of the city of Banja Luka in Jovana Dučića Street (Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)) by evaluating noise levels in the street. The aim of this research is also to compare the measured noise levels in the street with legislation. The measured values exceeded the level of noise allowed. Results indicated that noise level values in this area near health institution are alarming.

scholarly journals Deep Seabed Mining: A Note on Some Potentials and Risks to the Sustainable Mineral Extraction from the Oceans

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 521
Author(s):  
Walter Leal Filho ◽  
Ismaila Rimi Abubakar ◽  
Cintia Nunes ◽  
Johannes Joost Platje ◽  
Pinar Gökcin Ozuyar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Rare Metals ◽  
Environmental Damages ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Deep Seabed Mining ◽  
Seabed Mining

The rapidly increasing global populations and socio-economic development in the Global South have resulted in rising demand for natural resources. There are many plans for harvesting natural resources from the ocean floor, especially rare metals and minerals. However, if proper care is not taken, there is substantial potential for long-lasting and even irreversible physical and environmental impacts on the deep-sea ecosystems, including on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. This paper reviews the literature on some potentials and risks to deep seabed mining (DSM), outlining its legal aspects and environmental impacts. It presents two case studies that describe the environmental risks related to this exploitative process. They include significant disturbance of the seabed, light and noise pollution, the creation of plumes, and negative impacts on the surface, benthic, and meso- and bathypelagic zones. The study suggests some of the issues interested companies should consider in preventing the potential physical and environmental damages DSM may cause. Sustainable mining and the use of minerals are vital in meeting various industrial demands.

Status of Noise Pollution in Mixed Areas of Dhaka City: a GIS Approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 09-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Haq ◽  
MM Islam ◽  
MS Ali ◽  
MF Haque ◽  
MMR Akhand
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Field Techniques ◽  
Know How ◽  
Mixed Area ◽  
Zone Of Influence ◽  
The City

Noise pollution is one of the most harmful pollution. Uncontrolled noise of Dhaka city has made a serious and vulnerable  situation for the dwellers. Mixed areas are used in multidimensional ways so the degree and intensity of noise pollution is often  higher. In this regard, this study has been framed to explore the nature and vulnerability of noise pollution in mixed areas as well  as to realize its impacts using GIS approach. Accordingly, an investigation has been carried out employing different field  techniques in Ramna area which is a mixed area in nature and important part of the city. This study put an effort to determine the  level of noise pollution and its zone of influence to know how far noise is affecting the socio-environment of the study area. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v5i1.11548 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 5(1): 09-17, 2012

scholarly journals Optimize the noise factor of traffic flow in Lviv

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Kalyn ◽  
M. I. Shelevij
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Study ◽  
The City ◽  
Harmful Effects

The article provides an overview of the current state study of one of the most pressing environmental problems of large cities – the problem of noise pollution. Due to the increasing number of cars, industrial machines and mechanisms to date, over 60% of people living in cities, daily exposed to excessive noise. The aim is to study the problem of noise pollution urboecosystem of Lviv and finding effective methods to combat with noise. Identified sources, the main characteristics and ways of dealing with the harmful effects of noise pollution. Established magnitude of noise burden on certain streets and filed a comprehensive assessment of the acoustic load of the city. A performance experiments noise which generated of motor vehicles when driving on different stretches of road near two intersections – st. Franko – Green and Levitsky – Tershakovciv. Near the street. Franko during bilateral traffic and trams bilateral traffic noise performance of road transport accounted 75,7dBA +/– 3.2. By reducing the transport speed to 6–10 km/h performance noise constituted 70,4dBA +/– 2.5. Indicators of noise on the Levitsky street during a stop to road transport and traffic lights at the beginning of the movement consisted 66,8dBA +/– 2.9 and 2.6 +/– 69,8dBA. Indicators of noise on the Tershakovciv street respectively amounted to 63.8 +/– 3.2 dBA and 65.2 +/– 3.3 dBA. Today, the simplest and most common methods of noise control is the discharge of roads, planting green space and installing anti–noise screens.

scholarly journals Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Quarry Operation in Ogun State, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbuyi M Melodi
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Surface Mining ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Ogun State

The study investigated the environmental effects of quarry operations in Abeokuta, Ogun state, while it specifically sought to identify corresponding environmental impacts posed in quarry operation and, assess the efforts towards minimizing environmental impacts of their operations. Primary data used for this study was obtained from 100 residents of the community and staffs of the company, randomly chosen and administered with structured questionnaires. Ninety one percent of the respondents noted that environmental problems like land degradation and pollution (including air, water and noise pollution) are associated with mining activities in their respective communities. Air pollution and noise pollution were found to have significant (p < 0.05). Long period (58.0%) of surface mining (71.7%) is prominent in the study area, while it posed some hazards to residents in the study area (84.0%). This includes (degradation of land and vegetation (72.0%), water pollution (44.0%), air pollution (44.0%) and noise pollution (56.0%). Noise and air pollution and governmental intervention in environmental degradation of Mining were found to have significant (p < 0.05) impact on host community as identified by staff of mine and residents. Efforts towards minimizing environmental impacts of quarrying include resettlement and compensation of affected communities (20%). Environmental effects such as land degradation and pollution of various forms (air, ground vibration and noise) in the surrounding communities where the mining activities (quarry operations) are carried out are associated with surface mining activities. It is therefore recommended that government agencies overseeing mining operations revise environmental management policy to ensure that the environmental effects of mining activities are reduced to the barest minimum.

Take a photo, post it, alert it!

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mite Ristov
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Google Maps ◽  
The Public ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
The Given ◽  
The City ◽  
Harmful Effects

&lt;p&gt;Encouraged by the problem of constantly air pollution, especially in the winter mounts, a group of students from the Josip Broz &amp;#8211; Tito High School from Bitola, North Macedonia, under the mentorship of the geography teacher and in cooperation with the NGO Geosfera, conducted a school project. The main objectives of the project were: raising awareness among pupils about the harmful effects of PM particles on human health, identifying the city's air polluters, measuring PM particles concentrations in different locations around the city and informing the public and preparing draft mitigation measures of air pollution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First, the students held an educative lecture in front of the rest of the pupils at the school about the harmful effects of PM particles on human health. Then, we started a campaign to involve students and all citizens of Bitola in identifying the city's air polluters. Through the social networks, instructions were given, such as through an online &amp;#1040;pp and the GPS signal from the smart phone, to take a picture from a suspicious air polluter and to post the image with the given geographic coordinates on our Facebook group. A working group of students, according to the given coordinates of the citizens, put the polluters on an interactive map of Google Maps. A link from the map was sent to the authorized environmental inspector in the municipality, with the goal of faster response and inspection to those polluters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The absence of multiple measuring stations created numerous speculations among the citizens, but also with the institutions in the city, where the enormous air pollution originated, whether from the Thermal Power Plant Bitola or from the city itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, in cooperation with the NGO Geosfera, we decided to measure the current concentrations of PM10 particles in two periods of the day, between 14 and 15, and between 19 and 20 hours. The measurements were made with a mobile particle detector at 14 locations. After the measurements were made, using the Google Earth, two maps were created, showing the results of the measurements. The obtained results confirm the suspicions that the cause of enormous air pollution in Bitola is not TPP Bitola, but households that mostly warm their homes with firewood (over 60%, Source: State Statistical Office). Also, a large number of citizens of our Facebook group have commented that part of the problem are Forest enterprises, which usually supply wet firewood. According to the US EPA, wet wood produces three times more PM particles compare with dry wood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The students from the school, in cooperation with the NGO Geosfera and the geography teacher, developed and submitted to the Municipality measures for reduction of air pollution. All these proposed measures were placed on an interactive map on Google Maps, through which all the citizens of Bitola will be able to visualize them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The action received positive reviews from the public in the city and achieved the desired effect, which is raising awareness among young people and alerting the competent institutions to solving the accumulated problems.&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals Caminhos do Chumbo na Bahia: Histórico e Perspectivas de Exploração Mineral no Município de Boquira/Ba.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2603
Author(s):  
Nelize Santos ◽  
Virgilio Sena Nery ◽  
Henrique Assumpção
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Environmental Liabilities ◽  
Exploration Process ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

O processo de exploração minerária no município de Boquira/BA iniciou-se nos anos 50, quando Chumbo (Pb) e Zinco (Zn) foram lavrados intensamente por 33 (trinta e três) anos, resultando na exaustão das reservas e no consequente abandono da mina que ocorreu devido ao excesso de oferta internacional destes metais aliado aos altos custos operacionais e ao esgotamento das reservas viáveis. Durante o período exploratório da mina a inobservância da legislação voltada à proteção ambiental e respectivas ações de fiscalização gerou impactos ambientais significativos no município. Este artigo teve como objetivo avaliar o processo de exploração mineral no município de Boquira, apresentando aspectos relacionados à exploração de Pb/Zn no município e ao passivo ambiental deixado com o abandono da mineração. Para isso, foram realizadas pesquisa bibliográfica e documental além de pesquisas de campo com o auxílio de ferramentas do Sistema de Informações Geográficas (SIG) e entrevistas junto à população e o poder público local. A atividade mineral no município causou uma série de danos e conflitos ambientais, sendo palco de um dos maiores passivos ambientais do Brasil.Lead Paths in Bahia: History and Prospects for Mineral Exploration in the Municipality of Boquira / BA A B S T R A C TThe mining process in the city of Boquira/BA started in the 1950s, when Lead (Pb) and Zin (Zn) were intensively planted for 33 years, resulting in the exhaustion of reserves and the consequent abandonment of which occurred due to the international oversupply of these metals coupled with high operating costs and the depletion of viable reserves. During the exploratory period of the mine, the non-compliance with environmental protection legislation and respective inspection actions generated significant environmental impacts in the city. The objective of this article was to evaluate the mineral exploration process in the city of Boquira, presenting aspects related to the Pb/Zn exploration in the city and the environmental liabilities left by the abandonment of mining. For this, bibliographical and documentary research were carried out in addition to field researches with the support of tools of the Geographic Information System (GIS) and interviews with the local public ruling. The mineral activity in the city caused a series of damages and environmental conflicts, stage of one of the biggest environmental liabilities of Brazil.Keywords: History of mineral activity; Mineral potential; Environmental impacts of mining.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF MEDICAL AND ECOLOGICAL WELFARE OF THE TERRITORY OF IZHEVSK

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-382
Author(s):  
S.A. Gagarin ◽  
I.L. Malkova ◽  
A.V. Semakina
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Ecological Situation ◽  
Main Indicator ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Statistical Indicators

The article presents the results of zoning of the territory of Izhevsk by the level of medical and ecological well-being using the statistical method of weighted points. The level of morbidity of the child population (per 1000 children up to 15 years old) in the context of 170 pediatric sites was used as the main indicator of the ecological comfort of the urban environment. Among the factors that determine the territorial heterogeneity of medical and statistical indicators, a complex index of air pollution, noise pollution from motor vehicles, and area of gardening were considered. As a result, micro-districts of the city were divided into three groups according to the level of medical and ecological comfort: disadvantaged (20 %), satisfactory (62 %) and comfortable (18 %). The most tense situation is typical for the residential districts Center, Bummash and Nagorny with a consistently high level of morbidity among children. Micro-districts with the most comfortable medical and ecological situation are concentrated in Pervomaisky district.

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