Background: Noise is an important environmental consideration in today’s day to day life. International standards IEC 60050-801(1994) define noise as an erratic or statistically random oscillation and a disagreeable or undesired sound or the other disturbance. Noise can interfere with sleep, work, and recreation and in extremes may cause physical and psychological damage depending on frequency characteristics and loudness. While noise emanates from many different sources, transportation noise is perhaps
IMPORTANCE OF ROADSIDE VEGETATION By Dr. R.R. Singh*, Er. Nitin Goyal** & Er. Navpreet Kaur*** ABSTRACT Roads are the integral part of transportation system. It plays a significant role in achieving national development and with the help of road side vegetation and by selecting right species of plant at right area we can reduce the maintenance needs and cost of road, provides safety for vehicles, improves the overall driving experience of roads, reduce soil erosion. Enhance the drainage aspect
minimizes the utilization of non-renewable energy resources. The green vehicles can help in improving the air quality thereby reducing the air pollution and improving the human health. Utilization of alternative fuels and hybrid/electric vehicles for transportation can further propel economic growth and reduce energy dependency of a country. Though the importance of green vehicles has been realized by the government, corporate houses and even the consumers, there has not been enough acceptance of it
If air pollution was reduced, that little girl could have lived an asthma-less life with two healthy parents.
risks that BP, Exxon, and the fracking industry continue to face in providing an adequate supply of energy are leaks, oil spills, explosions, pollution and the risk of a health, safety or environmental incident, and in ensuring regulatory compliance. These hazards continue to make headlines and demonstrate the risks of hydraulic fracturing and water pollution results from the dumping of raw sewage and toxic chemicals into rivers and oceans, from oil and gasoline spills. Also, political risk increases
government to prevent this crisis. Merit goods are provided by the government, because it is totally free and it is benefit for the entire society, enterprises will not provide these services and goods (Robbins, 2007). For example, education's importance is not aware by many people. They usually think school and education are not essential to do. Actually, in order to have a brighter future, their kids need the high-quality education to access the knowledge. And these kinds of things are the merit
achievements make it one of the greatest contributors to the advancement of modern society” (Air Transport Action Group 2005). This research is focused on looking at the environmental impacts of aviation. This will include what is known about community noise impacts, air
Urban planning system using power control to contribute to the management of the natural environment. For Peninsular Malaysia, Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (as amended) provides the framework for the current land use planning system. Local authorities are automatically a local planning authority (LPA) uses power and planning tools provided by the law to carry out the role of developing and controlling development in the area (Chua & Deguchi, 2008). The development plan involves the design structure
civilization in various forms either in solid or liquid. We have generated tones of waste before we find the better and proper way to dispose the waste. People are expose to all kinds of risks in their daily live such as underground water pollution, methane gas emission, air pollution, exploration of new landfill site and other human health problems due to the increasing of waste generation. Unfortunately, simple expedient solutions are no longer sufficient to solve the disposal problems as society becomes more
contribution to urban heat reduction, pollution abatement and many other social, physical and environmental benefits are due to these green belts (Narayanan, P. and Anguluri, R. (2017). These urban green belts are the lungs of the metropolises as they act as a sink for some of the harmful gases released by automobiles and industries operating in the urban areas. These green belts