Sabela Doldán · Oscar Camiña · Héctor

Ferrando Gerard Aymerich · Xavi Hernández

What is noise

pollution?

Excessive and annoying sounds causing

negative effects on the health of living beings is

considered noise pollution

• It is clean with environment

• It is only perceived by the ear

• It is focused on a specific area

• It is complex to quantify

Objectives

How does noise pollution affect people?

How do people contribute to this kind of pollution?

How aware are people about this problem?

How can noise pollution be minimized?

Type of survey

• Multiple choice

• Yes/No

• Scale answers

Results

Do you think noise is a kind of pollution?

Yes / NoResults

100%

yes no

Do you think you contribute to noise pollution?

Yes / NoResults

84%

16%

yes no

Do you imagine a city without noise pollution?

40%

60%

Yes No

Yes / NoResults

At what moment of the day do you think there is more

noise pollution?

Multiple choiseResults

36%

32%

12%

20%

Morning

Might day

Afeternoon

Night

What do you think is the biggest source of noise pollution?

Multiple choiseResults

56%

12%

8%

20%

4%

Ground transport

Air transport

Community noise

Animal noise

Mechanical noise

Comercial and leisure noise

How often do you use the following vehicles?

Multiple choiseResults

0

5

10

15

20

25

Once ayear

Once amonth

Once aweek

Everyday 3-6 d/w 1-2 d/w Never

Car

Motorbike

Plane

Bike

Which of the following vehicles do you think causes most

noise pollution? (In order1 to 5)

Scale answersResults

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

car motorbike plane bike publictransport

1

2

3

4

5

How much does noise pollution affect your daily life?

(From 1 to 5)

Scale answersResults

Max 516%

416%

352%

216%

Max 5

4

3

2

Min 1

Conclusions

• All of the respondents consider noise a kind of pollution, more than 50 % states it affects them moderately

• Most of the respondents think they contribute in the contamination, especially using the car

• 76% of the respondents indicate that the most disturbing noises are made by ground transport and mechanical noise

• Most noise pollution is from morning until mid day

• 40 % can imagine a city without noise pollution, however they are still using their cars

• Although the land transport is the kind of vehicle It affects 56% of people, respondents agreed that the plane is what produces more noise