Noise reduction strategies and results in the city of Firenze by Arnaldo Melloni

Noise reduction strategies and results in the city of Firenze

Arnaldo Melloni

Environment Department City Council of Florence

European Symposium on Air Quality, Noise and Health Effects on Urban Aglomerations 2015 – Barcelona 5 June 2015

http://www.comune.fi.it/

Noise Actions

• Planning – Noise Classification Plan of the City

• Clean up – Noise Action Plan and Noise Reduction Plan

• Prevention – meeting with stakeholders • Authorization – for temporary activities

(concerts, public performaces, events …) and enduring activities (restaurant, pub, bar …)

• Control – respect noise limits (Classification Plan)


Planning

• Noise Classification Plan of the City: estabilish the noise limits in all the city;

• Noise Action Plan: describe the actions in large-scale to clean up (for example in Florence there are 6 areas of intervention);

• Noise Reduction Plan: describe all the interventions to clean up;

European Projects LIFE+

• HUSH – Harmonization of Urban Strategies for Homogeneus Action Plans.

www.hush-project.eu

• QUADMAP - QUiet Areas Definition and Management in Action Plans.

www.quadmap.eu


PARTNERS

COORDINATING BENEFICIARY:

City of Florence

ASSOCIATED BENEFICIARIES:

Vie En.Ro.Se. Ingegneria, Florence

University Florence - Dept. Of Mechanical and Industrial Technology

ARPAT (Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region)

ISPRA (National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research)

LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386


Budget and Duration

€ 1.827.15,00 Co-financing UE: 49,86%

Start: January 2010

End: June 2013


The project develops in 3 phases: 1) the comparison and the analysis of the current existent laws at regional, national

and European level in order to identify and solve eventual normative contradictions and to propose efficient solutions and procedures, able to fulfil the requirements of the different laws concerning the sound recovery, not always coherent between them;

2) the definition of a new procedure for data collection and elaboration system in

order to realize Action Plans foreseen by the European directive 2002/49/EC, that is to plan the necessary actions and strategies to optimize the management of the acoustic climate. The aim is to define a data model adequate for the city of Florence, but also replicable and exportable to other similar contexts;

3) results and data elaboration in order to propose European and national legislative

updates.

Project Phases


IN BOTH PILOT CASES SELECTED IN HUSH PROJECT A PROCESS OF PARTICIPATORY DESIGNING WITH STAKEHOLDERS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO DEFINE NOISE REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS

DON MINZONI SCHOOL Don Minzoni Primary School is located in Via Reginaldo Giuliani. The main problem of this area is noise generated by road (cars and buses) traffic of the street, identified in Florence Action Plan as a hotspot.

BROZZI QUARACCHI AREA The urban area of Brozzi-Quaracchi includes the historical quarters of Brozzi and Quaracchi, in the north-west of Florence. The area is delimited by two major roads. Noise annoyance to the population, is mainly caused by the flow of vehicles crossing the area between the two main roads using local streets rather than the road system outside the quarter

HUSH PROJECT


Pilot cases

PILOT CASE STUDY 1 - Don Minzoni School


Children contributed to the survey with illustrations about their ideal new garden

QUESTIONNAIRES AND DATA COLLECTION Grado di importanza degli aspetti ambientali

Attrezzature

Aria pulita

Pulizia

Sicurezzza

Vegetazione

Quiete

Equipment, air quality, cleaning, security,

green and soundscapeare considered

almost equally important.


The adopted solutions combine noise mitigation goals with preferences derived

by non-acoustic surveys.

• a visually non intrusive

integrated noise barrier,

enjoyed by the children during

playtime;

• provision of games with

educational purposes;

• amphitheatre to have lesson

in the garden.


Don Minzoni school


PILOT CASE STUDY 2 area Brozzi-Quaracchi


Non-acoustic data collection for Brozzi-Quaracchi urban

area was focused on:

a) people perception of traffic related problems

b) satisfaction rating on green areas.

Looking at questionnaire results, a huge percentage (about

60%) of respondents, consider road traffic as a very

annoying noise and only 21% consider it tolerable.

Among noise reduction interventions suggested in the

questionnaire, the respondents expressed favorable

opinions towards changing the viability and creating low-

speed zones (30 km/h).


GREEN AREAS RIQUALIFICATION


Guideline for an harmonized urban noise action planning

• Proposals for revision Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC; • Proposals for revision of Italian Legislation; • Integrated Action Plan; • Information to the public: National and Regional Land Registry for

Noise Sources; • Measurement procedure in pilot areas; • Areas of intervention; • Quiet Areas:noise indicators and their identification; • Hotspots; • Noise mapping for action planning into agglomerations:

criticalities and technical solutions; • Information and consultation of the community: participatory

design; • A proposal for the revision of the regional legislation on noise in

Tuscany Region


QUADMAP PROJECT Coordinating beneficiary: • University of Florence, Department of Industrial

Engineering of Florence (DIEF, previously DMTI) Associated beneficiaries: • DCMR Environmental Protection Agency (DCMR EPA) -

ROTTERDAM • Area de Obras y Servicios, Ayuntamiento de Bilbao

(BILBAO) • TECNALIA - BILBAO • VIE EN.RO.SE. Ingegneria S.r.l. (VIE EN.RO.SE.) - FIRENZE • Comune di Firenze (FIRENZE) • BRUITPARIF - PARIS


QUADMAP OBJECTIVES

• The main objective of this project is to develop a harmonized methodology for selection, assessment (combining quantitative and qualitative parameters) and management (noise mitigation, increasing of usability of areas and users satisfaction) of Quiet Urban Areas (QUAs), the aim being to overcome the current impasse.

• Quadmap Project has met the challenge of defining a methodology to select, analyse and manage Quiet Urban Areas (QUAs) which has been tested in 10 Pilot Areas located in Florence (6 school yards), Bilbao (a square and a green corridor) and Rotterdam (2 public parks).


QUADMAP – Pilot areas selected in FLORENCE

In Florence it has been decided to apply the methodology in 6 schoolyards (De Filippo, Paolo Uccello, Manzoni, Dionisi, Vamba, Fedi) selected according to:

-the Action Plan of the city of Florence which recognises schoolyards as Quiet Areas

-the P.C.R.A. (Noise Reduction Plan) of the city of Florence which recognises the six schools as critical

-selecton criteria defined by the QUADMAP methodology (noise map/use and function)


PA # 1 “P. Uccello” School

Golubovich Street, Florence - ITALY Affected by aircraft noise and road noise: Pistoiese Street and Golubovich Street Users: 287

PA # 2

“A. Manzoni” School Sgambati Street, Florence - ITALY Affected by road noise: Gemignani Street and Sgambati Street Users: 291

PA # 3

“F. Dionisi” School Aretina Street, Florence – ITALY Affected by road noise: Aretina Street Users: 54

PA # 4

“E. De Filippo” School Bassi Street, Florence – ITALY Affected by road noise: Argingrosso Street and Bassi Street Users: 201

“Vamba-Montessori” School Giardini della Bizzarria Street, Florence – ITALY Affected by road noise: Torre degli Agli Street and Giardini della Bizzarria Street Users: 460

PA # 5 “P. Fedi” School Pio Fedi Street, Florence - ITALY Affected by road noise: Pio Fedi Street and Argingrosso Street Users: 100

PA # 6


PILOT AREAS

• MANZONI SCHOOL

• DE FILIPPO

PILOT AREAS

• DIONISI SCHOOL

• VAMBA MONTESSORI

PILOT AREAS

De Filippo School

PILOT AREAS

Manzoni School

PILOT AREAS

Dionisi School

Thanks for your attention!

Arnaldo Melloni

www.comune.fi.it