Abstract. Traffic related noise pollution accounts for nearly two-third of the total noise pollution in an urban area. Noise‚ a by product of urbanization‚ industrialization and motorization‚ is increasingly recognized as an environmental nuisance that effects human health and wellbeing. Traffic noise on existing urban road- ways lowers the quality of life and property values for persons residing near these urban corridors Surat is now the tenth largest city of India having an estimated population
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Noise pollution is displeasing or excessive noise that may disrupt the activity or balance of human or animal life. The word noise is cognate with the Latin word nauseas‚ which means disgust or discomfort.[1] The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines and transportation systems‚ motor vehicles‚ aircrafts‚ and trains.[2][3] Outdoor noise is summarized by the word environmental noise. Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution‚ since side-by-side industrial and
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------------------------------------------------- Service quality Continuity of supply In 2004‚ water supply was available on average for 18 hours each day in the West Zone of Metro Manila and 21 hours in the East Zone. According to their respective websites‚ the utility responsible for water supply in the East Zone of Metro Manila increased 24-hour water from 26% in 1997 to 98% in 2007‚ whereas in the West Zone‚ 42% of the customers had an uninterrupted supply in 2007. In a 2004 sample of 45
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Noise pollution (or environmental noise) is displeasing human‚ animal or machine-created sound that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life. The word noise comes from the Latin word nauseas‚ meaning seasickness. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly construction and transportation systems‚ including motor vehicle noise‚ aircraft noise and rail noise.[1][2] Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution‚ since side-by-side industrial and residential buildings
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Conclusions On the basis of the findings of the study‚ the following conclusions were drawn: 1. A great majority of the respondents are male‚ graduates of public high schools‚ and pursuing the degree program Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE). 2. When the respondents are grouped according to the variable gender‚ their overall level of proficiency in the four English grammar skills is Poorly Proficient. When they are grouped according to the variable type of high school
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Conclusion 1: In this first lab we attempted to discover which of the materials given to us were hydrates by heating them and then dissolving them in water. Our results showed that all of our substances were hydrates besides the sucrose‚ sucrose if the only one which did not both bring condensation when heated and dissolve in water‚ which agreed with our hypothesis because we also thought that sucrose was going to be the only one that wasn’t a hydrate. The only error that we may have encountered
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Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known. A report released for public comment in September 1994 by the US Environmental Protection Agency clearly describes dioxin as a serious public health threat. The public health impact of dioxin may rival the impact that DDT had on public health in the 1960’s. According to the EPA report‚ not only does there appear to be no "safe" level of exposure to dioxin‚ but levels of dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals have been found in the general US population
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Noise Pollution When unwanted sound created by human beings hits our ears and disturbs the environment‚ noise pollution is created. Chiefly‚ noise pollution comes from barking dogs‚ loud music‚ vehicles‚ aircraft and rail transport‚ air-conditioners‚ factories‚ amplified music and construction work.Noise‚ by definition‚ is unwanted sound. What is pleasant to some ears may be extremely unpleasant to others‚ depending on a number of factors. The natural environment contains many sources of noise -
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+ 11 December 2013 SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS FIELD VISIT: SAROD + Site Facts: Sarod‚ Jambusar Taluka‚ Bharuch District The region is part of the area popularly known as ‘Vegetable Basket of India’ a + Vadodora Enviro Channel Limited • Project for safe disposal of treated waste water developed by GIDC on behalf of participating industries. • Effluent Channel Project (ECP) with capacity of 1‚30‚000M3/day • Distance of 55km‚ ‘U’ shaped channel
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Topics of taboo‚ such as religion‚ sexuality‚ and abortion are subjects that cause people to be opinionated and defensive; so much so‚ that it has become inappropriate to discuss them in some social settings. When expressing your views‚ if your stance is not firm or well researched your views may be torn to pieces and/or may even become so distorted you lose your argument. Because I have witnessed‚ and been the victim of verbal lashings‚ fortified in reasoning‚ I disagree with the claim that it does
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