USING GIS TECHNIQUES FOR MODELING OF ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE PROPAGATION GENERATED BY A CHAINSAW IN FOREST HARVESTING

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dc.authorid0000-0001-6558-9029
dc.contributor.authorAkay, Abdullah E.
dc.contributor.authorAcar, H. Hulusi
dc.contributor.authorKalkan, Buse
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T21:05:06Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T21:05:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractNoise is an environmental pollution that negatively affects human health and reduces the performance of employees. Forest harvesting activities are one of the working environments where noise effect is intense. The most common equipment used in forest operations is chainsaw whose noise affects not only the operator but also the wildlife in the territory. The noise maps showing noise propagation can be effectively used in evaluating and controlling the noise effects. In this study, it was aimed to measure the anthropogenic noise levels resulting from the chainsaw used in tree felling and to map its noise propagation with SPreAD-GIS (System for Prediction of Acoustic Detectability) which is a GIS (Geographical Information Systems) based noise prediction software. The study was conducted in Karacabey Flooded Forest within the city of Bursa in Tiirkiye. The results indicated that the average noise level from the chainsaw was above the danger limit (90 dBA) that causes increased physiological reactions and headache on the workers. According to the noise propagation map, the noise exposure of the employees exceeded the warning limit (85 dBA) and the maximum noise level was 95.96 dBA during the harvesting activity. In some parts of the study area, the noise level was 45 dBA or above, causing negative effects on bird species. It can be concluded that the noise maps can be effectively used to determine noise propagation generated by a chainsaw and evaluate the noise effects on the operators and as well as on the bird species in the perimeter.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) [119O736]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) with the project number 119O736.
dc.identifier.doi10.31298/sl.146.7-8.5
dc.identifier.endpage344
dc.identifier.issn0373-1332
dc.identifier.issn1846-9140
dc.identifier.issue7-8
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85139664318
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage333
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.31298/sl.146.7-8.5
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/6802
dc.identifier.volume146
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000854907300006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCroatian Forestry Soc
dc.relation.ispartofSumarski List
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260212
dc.subjectanthropogenic noise
dc.subjectnoise propagation map
dc.subjectSPreAD-GIS
dc.subjectchainsaw
dc.titleUSING GIS TECHNIQUES FOR MODELING OF ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE PROPAGATION GENERATED BY A CHAINSAW IN FOREST HARVESTING
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