Importance of Noise Pollution

One of the main problems of life in cities is the generation of an enormous amount of noise. as a consequence mainly due to the traffic of vehicles, but also due to different activities such as construction or the reforms in the public thoroughfare, the premises with music, areas near airports, etc.
Noise pollution is characteristic of our daily life in big cities and can Understanding where this type of pollution comes from in order to mitigate its effects is important.

A multiplicity of causes that contribute to sound chaos

When you live in the city, you cannot point to a single cause to understand the phenomenon of noise pollution. As we said, the circulation of vehicles is without a doubt the greatest generator of annoying noise, especially since as the time the vehicle fleet circulating in an urban area increases steadily. Thus, there are more and more vehicles circulating and this causes peak traffic hours to extend besides that traffic jams occur more easily and the noise of the horns becomes common.

But we cannot think that this is the only cause. Urban life implies an endless number of annoying sounds and noises that sometimes one has already assimilated and does not consciously distinguish. Construction works, the use of drilling machines, the noise produced by dance venues or restaurants, by the crowd or high circulation of people in a pedestrian avenue for example, the sounds caused by loading and unloading elements, the noises of a highway that passes near buildings or airport areas are others examples.

Assimilate noise as part of the daily horizon can be a problem

One of the main risks of noise pollution is that it usually makes artificial sounds that have nothing natural to them become normal for those people who live in the city or urban areas. Thus, the deterioration that both the ears and other parts of the body can suffer is not detected until it is very advanced and that is very dangerous.

At the same time, other effects such as stun, distraction, and stress are not so consequential. perceptible but just as harmful for the person who suffers this type of situation throughout the year. Noise pollution can be controlled and measured in different ways and there are even cities where At certain times it is forbidden to carry out certain activities to prevent further damage.

Fotolia image: Anton Gvozdikov, Yliv