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The Soundscape of the COVID-19 Lockdown: Barcelona Noise Monitoring Network Case Study

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  • Daniel Bonet-Solà

    (Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies Mèdia, La Salle—URL, Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Carme Martínez-Suquía

    (Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies Mèdia, La Salle—URL, Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès

    (Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies Mèdia, La Salle—URL, Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Pau Bergadà

    (Wavecontrol, c/Pallars, 65-71, 08018 Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract

The lockdown social measures in Spain due to COVID-19 caused a significant decrease in urban noise levels, which was observed in most of the large cities. This paper presents an analysis of the noise levels in Barcelona, Spain, by means of an accurate analysis of the most relevant sensors deployed in the Barcelona Noise Monitoring Network. In this work, we present the L A e q levels in eight different locations from January 2020 to June 2020—from Superblocks to industrial zones—including and detailing all stages of the lockdown. Several comparisons were conducted with the monitoring data available from the former years (2019 and 2018—when available). The results of the analysis in Barcelona show a drastic L A e q reduction (−9 dBA), especially in nightlife areas of the city, moderate to high L A e q change (−7 dBA) in commercial and restaurants areas and a small decrease in L A e q (−5 dBA) in dense traffic areas.

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  • Daniel Bonet-Solà & Carme Martínez-Suquía & Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès & Pau Bergadà, 2021. "The Soundscape of the COVID-19 Lockdown: Barcelona Noise Monitoring Network Case Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-30, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:11:p:5799-:d:564270
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    1. Eva Hernandez-Garcia & Evangelia Chrysikou & Anastasia Z. Kalea, 2021. "The Interplay between Housing Environmental Attributes and Design Exposures and Psychoneuroimmunology Profile—An Exploratory Review and Analysis Paper in the Cancer Survivors’ Mental Health Morbidity ," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-32, October.
    2. Daniel Bonet-Solà & Ester Vidaña-Vila & Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès, 2023. "Analysis and Acoustic Event Classification of Environmental Data Collected in a Citizen Science Project," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-23, February.
    3. Jaume Segura-Garcia & Juan J. Pérez-Solano & Santiago Felici-Castell & José Montoya-Belmonte & Jesus Lopez-Ballester & Juan Miguel Navarro, 2023. "Sustainable Soundscape Monitoring of Modified Psycho-Acoustic Annoyance Model with Edge Computing for 5G IoT Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-12, June.
    4. Antonio Pita & Francisco J. Rodriguez & Juan M. Navarro, 2021. "Cluster Analysis of Urban Acoustic Environments on Barcelona Sensor Network Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-21, August.

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