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Soundscape Under Covid-19
Many around the world are experiencing life with very low noise levels due to restrictions as we are confined to our home and there is a decrease in the industrial, transportation and leisure activity. This provides a wonderful opportunity to quantify and record for the future the lower noise levels of our soundscapes. With the reduction in shipping there is also a change in the underwater soundscapes.
Nowadays there are a high number of noise monitoring systems (noise monitoring terminals, city wide systems, underwater systems etc.) installed all over the world which will capture this information for the future. However, there are many acousticians working from home with access to a sound level meter that can be used to capture the soundscape from their balcony or from their garden and compare the before and after the restrictions.
The IYS 2020 committee has provided a central contact between a number around the world who were thinking similarly that there would be some benefit in coordination and a little standardization in the capture of the data. Marçal Serra from CESVA has taken a lead to set up a LinkedIn group COVID-19 Noise Reduction (at www.linkedin.com/groups/13844820/) and with hashtag #COVID19NoiseReduction for any posts.
The following is a general structure for those who wish to participate and share their data in the future. But do not break your confinement to report this data!
- Place: Country and city (e.g., Spain village near Barcelona)
- Primary noise source: (e.g., Traffic noise: note number of lanes per direction or Social noise: note if café/bar/restaurant/sporting)
- Noise measuring system: The noise measuring system used to measure Lduring, Lbefore, and Lafter
- Noise level during COVID-19 confinement: Lduring, expressed as a weighted overall level (preferably LAeq,1 hour), spectrum or psychoacoustic metrics as Loudness. It could also be reported as an image of the noise time history or a weekly color map and/or compiled into a report/article/conference paper with the measurement details and the comparison data
- Noise level before & after COVID-19 confinement: Lbefore & Lafter, expressed in the same way as Lduring and over the same time period.
Allahabad, Aug 20 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that no noise pollution rules are violated in the state, saying the breach of decibel limits would be treated as the violation of fundamental rights of citizens.
A bench of justices P K S Baghel and Pankaj Bhatia gave the direction on public interest litigation by one Sushil Chand Srivastava, an Allahabad native.
Srivastava had moved the court alleging that huge LCD screens have been put up all over the city and they emanate sound beyond permissible decibel limits and cause noise pollution since early in the morning till late into the night.
The petitioner submitted to the court that authorities have failed to enforce the law as well as various directions of the Supreme Court on the menace of the noise pollution.
Taking note of the allegations, the court asked authorities to categories the cities in the state into industrial, commercial, residential or silence zone for regulating noise pollution in the state.
The court also entrusted the responsibility of implementing various laws and bylaws, rules and regulations relating to the noise pollution in their jurisdictions to the station house officers of various police stations and the circle inspectors.
The court also directed its registry to send a copy of its order to the state chief secretary for its compliance.
“Any breach of the Noise Pollution Rule, 2000 shall be treated to be the violation of the fundamental right of a citizen,” the court added.
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International Year of Sound 2020
Organisational Structure for the International Year of Sound 2020
The founder of Geonoise Michel Rosmolen will be pro-active in the promotion of the Year of Sound 2020 as member of the steering committee for Asia Pacific, focussing on South-East Asian countries.
An array of exciting events and activities for the International Year of Sound 2020 will originate with the ICA centrally, the ICA Member Societies, groups involved with acoustics, and with La Semaine du Son. These are described in more detail on the Activities page.
Coordination of events will be an important part of the International Year of Sound, to keep everyone informed about what is being done across the world and to publicize the events. In this regard, several committees have been put in place:
- Coordinating Committee with representation from all ICA Member Societies and International Affiliates
- Liaison Committee to provide coordination between the ICA and the Semaine du Son organisations
- Steering Committee to coordinate all activities of the IYS 2020 which will include events managed by the Coordinating Committee and the Liaison Committee
Additionally, activities organised by other groups (Affiliated Groups) will be publicized.
Coordinating Committee
The IYS Coordinating Committee is comprised of representatives from each ICA Member Society and ICA International Affiliate. Each member organisation/society is asked to nominate a coordinator to be the primary contact with the ICA IYS steering committee The coordinator will discuss with the organization/society the events/activities that can be undertaken during 2020 and will help to promote one or more aspects of acoustics. The list of representatives, so far, is:
| Organisation | Representative |
|---|---|
| Acoustical Society of America (ASA) | Keeta Jones |
| Belgian Acoustical Society (ABAV) | Secretary of ABAV |
| Canadian Acoustical Association (CAA) | Jérémie Voix |
| Acoustical Society of China (ASC) | Li Fenghua |
| Acoustical Society of Croatia (HAD) | Kristian Jambrošić |
| German Acoustical Society (DEGA) | Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp |
| Intl. Commission on Biological Effects of Sound (ICBEN) | Mark Brink |
| Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA) | Patricia Davies |
| Acoustical Society of India (ASI) | V.R. Singh |
| Iranian Society of Acoustics and Vibration (ISAV) | Mahoud Golzari |
| Acoustical Society of Italy (AIA) | Sergio Luzzi |
| Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ) | Akio Ando |
| Acoustical Society of Korea (ASK) | Sung-Hwan Shin |
| Acoustic Society of the Netherlands (NAG) | Erik Roelofsen |
| Acoustical Society of Singapore (SAS) | Woon Siong Gan |
| Sociedad Espanola de Acústica (SEA) | Antonio Pedrero |
| Turkish Acoustical Society (TAKDER) | Konca Saher |
Liaison Committee
The International Year of Sound is working closely with La Semaine du Son (LSdS) with the goal to expand the opportunities for the activities of LSdS following coordination with more national organisations and will provide the opportunity for the expansion and continuation into the coming decades. The ICA and LSdS have created a Liaison Committee to coordinate the IYS 2020.
ICA: Michael Taroudakis and Marion Burgess
LSdS: Christian Hugonnet, Jean-Dominique Polack and Nicolas Lounis
Steering Committee
An ICA-IYS 2020 Steering Committee will be formed to coordinate all the activities of the IYS 2020, which will include events managed by ICA Member Societies and supporting Organisations. Members of this Committee will be representatives from all the ICA Regions.
Coordinators: Marion Burgess and Michael Taroudakis
Regional responsibility:
Europe/Africa: Michael Vorländer, Antonino di Bella, Antonio Perez-Lopez
Asia/Pacific: Jeong-Guon Ih, Kohei Yamamoto, Michel Rosmolen
Americas: Mike Stinson, Fausto Rodrigues, Julio Cordioli
The next ICA President, Vice President, and Treasurer will join the Committee after their election in September 2019.
Affiliated Groups
Does your group, committee, or organisation wish to hold an outreach or educational event during IYS 2020 to help raise awareness of the importance of sound in our lives? Let us know via the Event Form and we can include your events in our Calendar of Events.
- United Kingdom Acoustics Network (UKAN)
contact: Charlotte Swain