Avaliação do impacto ambiental da pressão sonora do entorno da avenida jerônimo câmara, Natal, RN

Abstract

The city of Natal has many avenues of great movement, which has a large traffic of vehicles, bus routes, and traffic of heavy vehicles. This creates a lot of noise for the population living in these surroundings, which is responsible for reducing the quality of life of the population due to the great stress that it suffers from the traffic noise. The present work proposes to evaluate the environmental impact caused by noise in the vicinity of Jerônimo Câmara Avenue. Measurements were made at three points, totaling 15 measurements per point. A database was created and statistical analyzes were performed using an Excel® spreadsheet. Considering the Evaluation Criteria Level (NCA) for external environments, in dB (A), an average of 73.00 dB (A) was obtained in the studied area, exceeding 55 dB (A) established by NBR 10151 for mixed areas, predominantly residential.