Noise map Total Ghent

Strategic noise map for the city of Ghent concerning total according to RL 2002/49/EC. The reference year of these dates is 2016. The sound card indicates how much noise the environment is exposed. The noise is expressed in the parameter Lden. The Lden level is a weighted annual average sound pressure level over the meal where evening and night levels relatively heavier weight, which corresponds to the finding that noise in the evening and at night is usually more annoying it’s being experienced. As a result, European research shows that a relatively good predictor of the extent to which residents are inconvenient you could experience it. These noise maps are updated every 5 years.