Nighttime Road Traffic Noise Contours for Zuid-Holland Province, 2022

Noise contours Lnight mapped road sections in relation to the EU Environmental Noise Directive. The data for the calculation of noise contours for road traffic are based on the data provided by the province of Zuid-Holland. All acoustic calculation models have been drawn up in accordance with the 2006 Noise nuisance Decree.

Use Cases

• Modeling nighttime noise exposure for population health studies based on the Lnight metric.
• Assessing compliance with the EU Environmental Noise Directive for provincial road networks.
• Visualizing spatial noise pollution patterns for urban planning and mitigation strategies.
• Calibrating acoustic models using the DGMR Geoenvironment software version referenced.

Strengths

• Data is aligned with a specific regulatory framework, the EU Environmental Noise Directive.
• Acoustic models were created using a specified software version, DGMR Geoenvironment 1.91.
• Calculation methodology follows the 2006 Noise nuisance Decree.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, based on data from the province of Zuid-Holland.

Collection Method

Calculated using DGMR Geoenvironment version 1.91 software, following the 2006 Noise nuisance Decree.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Data is for the year 2022; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

Province of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.