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Noise footprint from personal land‐based mobility
Author(s) -
Cucurachi Stefano,
Schiess Samuel,
Froemelt Andreas,
Hellweg Stefanie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1111/jiec.12837
Subject(s) - footprint , context (archaeology) , noise pollution , public transport , noise (video) , land use , ecological footprint , environmental economics , environmental noise , environmental science , transport engineering , environmental resource management , business , computer science , geography , sustainability , engineering , civil engineering , economics , noise reduction , sound (geography) , ecology , archaeology , geomorphology , artificial intelligence , geology , image (mathematics) , biology
Abstract A large part of the world population is exposed to noise levels that are unhealthy. Yet noise is often neglected when impact assessment studies are conducted and when policy interventions are designed. In this study, we provide a way to calculate the noise footprint of citizens directly determined by their use of private and public transport on land. The study combines the results of the large transport simulation model MATSim applied to Switzerland, with a noise characterization model, N‐LCA, developed in the context of life cycle assessment. MATSim results allow tracking the use of private and public transportation by agents in the model. The results after characterization provide a consumption‐based noise footprint, thus the total noise and impacts that are caused by the private mobility demand of the citizens of Switzerland. Our results confirm that road transportation is the largest contributor to the total noise footprint of land‐based mobility. We also included a scenario with a full transition to an electrified car fleet, which showed the potential for the reduction of impacts, particularly in urban areas, by about 55% as compared to the modeled regime with combustion engines.