Use of green vegetable barriers as environmental noise attenuators: a case study in Irati, Parana

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X74418

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Noise pollution, Attenuating barriers, Mixed Ombrophilous Forest

Abstract

The present study aims to evaluate the potential of the Secondary Mixed Ombrophilous Forest as a vertical noise-attenuating green barrier. The methodology calls for the development of an analysis of proximity between sampling points of omnidirectional noise monitoring to be measured at various distances from the source from the beginning of the barrier and inside the forest.  A sound source reproducing amplified pink noise was used. In this research, an experimental strategy was used to prove the influence of this type of green plant barrier as a noise attenuator as one enters the interior of a fragment of Mixed Ombrophilous Forest, carrying out successive measurements of the sound pressure level at distances from the proximity of the source and the distances from the edge towards the interior of the forest that can prove the significant attenuating function of this type of green vertical barrier. In fact, the analyses performed for LZeq A and Z (dB) confirm a significant correlation for distance from the source regardless of the sound amplitude for measurements performed outside the barrier (in front of the source, 6 m behind the source, 6 meters in front of the source), as noise attenuation occurs as the sound propagates. However, the analyses inside the barrier (at 12m, 18m and 24m) present a negative correlation for distance, confirming the hypothesis of the effectiveness of the attenuation by the vegetal barrier.

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Author Biographies

Jhenifer Spliethoff, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Graduated in Biological Sciences from the State University of Mato Grosso do Sul (2018), knowledge in the area of floristic survey of aquatic macrophytes. Specializations in the areas of Biological Sciences teaching methodology and Teaching in higher education. Master in Environmental Sanitary Engineering from the State University of the Center-West, specific area of green vertical barriers (2022). He is currently studying for a doctorate in the Postgraduate Program in Forestry Sciences in the area of vertical green barriers.

Paulo Costa de Oliveira Filho, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Graduated in Forestry Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná (1988),
Master's degree in Forestry Sciences applied to airborne remote sensing from the
Federal University of Paraná (1995) and PhD in Forestry Sciences applied to
Geographic Information System from the Federal University of Paraná (2000). He is
currently Associate Professor C of the Department of Environmental Engineering and
Effective Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Sanitary and Environmental
Engineering at UEPG / UNICENTRO and also of the Postgraduate Program in Forestry
Sciences at the Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste-UNICENTRO- PR.
Coordinator of the Research Group "Spatial Information Technology, Environmental
Management and Sustainability".

Juliana De Conto, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Associate Professor at Unicentro. Post-doctorate in Communication Disorders. PhD
and Master in Production Engineering in the area of ​​Ergonomics from the Federal
University of Santa Catarina (2009), Specialized in Clinical Audiology, graduated in
Speech Therapy from the University of Vale do Itajaí (1996) and Mathematical
Sciences
from the State University of Western Paraná (1988 ). He works in the area of ​​Speech
Therapy, with an emphasis on Audiology. Research of interest: Ergonomics, Public
Health, Speech Therapy, Clinical Audiology, Audiology applied to Occupational Health,
Noise Control, Environmental Noise.

Kelly Geronazzo Martins, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Paraná (2001), master
degree in Soil Sciences from the Federal University of Paraná (2004) and PhD in
Forestry Engineering, concentration area: Nature Conservation, from the Federal
University of Paraná (2012). She is currently a professor at the Central-West State
University, working in the Environmental Engineering department, and the
postgraduate program in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
UNICENTRO/UEPG.
He has experience in the area of ​​theoretical and applied Ecology.

Izabel Passos Bonete, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Graduated in Mathematics from the Federal University of Paraná (1982), a
Master's degree in Education from the State University of the Center-West
(2000) and a PhD in Forestry Sciences in the area of ​​Forestry Management in
the Postgraduate Program in Forestry Sciences at UNICENTRO/Irati (2018 ).
She is an assistant professor at the State University of the Center-West,
working in the Department of Mathematics at the University Campus of Irati.

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Spliethoff, J., Oliveira Filho, P. C. de, De Conto, J., Martins, K. G., & Bonete, I. P. (2024). Use of green vegetable barriers as environmental noise attenuators: a case study in Irati, Parana. Ciência E Natura, 46, e74418. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X74418

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