BCNDataset: Description and Analysis of an Annotated Night Urban Leisure Sound Dataset

Acoustic pollution has been associated with adverse effects on the health and life expectancy of people, especially when noise exposure happens during the nighttime. With over half of the world population living in urban areas, acoustic pollution is an important concern for city administrators, espe...

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Autores: Vidaña Vila, Ester, Duboc, Leticia, Alsina-Pagès, Rosa Ma, Polls, Francesc, Vargas Barrantes, Harold
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repositorio:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
OAI Identifier:oai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/3500
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3500
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198140
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Soroll urbà
Ciutats -- Sons
Circulació -- Soroll
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Resumo:Acoustic pollution has been associated with adverse effects on the health and life expectancy of people, especially when noise exposure happens during the nighttime. With over half of the world population living in urban areas, acoustic pollution is an important concern for city administrators, especially those focused on transportation and leisure noise. Advances in sensor and network technologies made the deployment of Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks (WASN) possible in cities, which, combined with artificial intelligence (AI), can enable smart services for their citizens. However, the creation of such services often requires structured environmental audio databases to train AI algorithms. This paper reports on an environmental audio dataset of 363 min and 53 s created in a lively area of the Barcelona city center, which targeted traffic and leisure events. This dataset, which is free and publicly available, can provide researchers with real-world acoustic data to help the development and testing of sound monitoring solutions for urban environments.