Method for estimating noise map and DALYs due to traffic noise

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25340058
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Matsui Toshihito 北海道大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00219370)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 交通騒音 / 健康影響 / DALY / 騒音マップ / 騒音伝搬

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Traffic noise has been considered as just a cause of disturbances of daily life. Recent epidemiological studies, however, revealed that noise polution cause several diseiase including micocardial infarction and stroke. WHO regional office in Europe proposed a method to evaluate noise effects based on disability adjusted life year (DALY). To calculate the DALYs due to traffic noise in Japan, some issues in the estimation of noise map and DALY were investigated. Finaly, a method for calculating DALY due to traffic noise in Japan was developed.

Free Research Field

環境衛生学