Population noise exposure modelling using large scale multi-agent simulationShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Forum Acusticum 2023 - 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023, European Acoustics Association, EAA , 2023Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Modelling the noise exposure for a given population is essential in order to assess its potential environmental health issues and to guide authorities in their urban planning or transportation policies. This paper introduces a new method for evaluating noise exposure of large-scale populations based on MATSim, an open- source agent-based transportation simulator. A list of agents, i.e. a synthetic population, is generated using available census and travel surveys, and are used in the transport simulation. The description of the agents includes their socio-professional profile. The resulting vehicle movements are then used in NoiseModelling, an open-source CNOSSOS-EU implementation for noise emission and propagation, to compute the noise levels every time step, typically every 15mn. Agents are then followed in their daily schedule and a noise level is assigned to them every time step. The result is a 24h noise level time history for every agent. Opportunities for analysis are discussed, such as the detailed population exposure assessment and the investigation of environmental justice issues. A case study is presented and some use cases are explored. Finally, a similar coupling for air pollutants (CO2, NOx, ...) using the HBEFA emission database and the SIRANE dispersion model is under development that will enable multi-exposure assessments.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
European Acoustics Association, EAA , 2023.
Keywords [en]
exposition, matsim, multi-agent, noisemodelling, pollution
National Category
Other Environmental Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-349838Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85191227159OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-349838DiVA, id: diva2:1881597
Conference
10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023, Torino, Italy, Sep 11 2023 - Sep 15 2023
Note
Part of ISBN 9788888942674
QC 20240703
2024-07-032024-07-032024-07-03Bibliographically approved