Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia

In recent decades, there have been abundant time series studies that suggested the air and noise pollution was associated with poor academic performance of students. Therefore, Kampar town has been selected as study area to evaluate the air and noise pollution level around school areas, and to deter...

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Main Author: Foong, Jun Ming
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2015
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description In recent decades, there have been abundant time series studies that suggested the air and noise pollution was associated with poor academic performance of students. Therefore, Kampar town has been selected as study area to evaluate the air and noise pollution level around school areas, and to determine the behavioural effects on the exposed school children. In this study, air and noise monitoring together with survey research were done to discover the findings. The results showed that the average concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2) were not in compliance to the Malaysian Ambient Air Quality Guidelines (MAAQG); while the other air pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ground – level ozone (O3) were all well below the guidelines. The average noise levels of the selected schools have also exceeded the 50 dB (A) daytime limit from time to time as indicated by Department of Environment (DOE). On top of that, the majority of students have expressed that annoyance and stress were the main negative behavioural effects as a result of air and noise pollution.
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spelling utar-17362019-08-23T11:13:20Z Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia Foong, Jun Ming GE Environmental Sciences TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering In recent decades, there have been abundant time series studies that suggested the air and noise pollution was associated with poor academic performance of students. Therefore, Kampar town has been selected as study area to evaluate the air and noise pollution level around school areas, and to determine the behavioural effects on the exposed school children. In this study, air and noise monitoring together with survey research were done to discover the findings. The results showed that the average concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2) were not in compliance to the Malaysian Ambient Air Quality Guidelines (MAAQG); while the other air pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ground – level ozone (O3) were all well below the guidelines. The average noise levels of the selected schools have also exceeded the 50 dB (A) daytime limit from time to time as indicated by Department of Environment (DOE). On top of that, the majority of students have expressed that annoyance and stress were the main negative behavioural effects as a result of air and noise pollution. 2015-09-15 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/1736/1/Evaluation_of_Air_and_Noise_Pollution_and_Behavioural_Effects_on_Exposed_School_Children_Case_Study_in_Kampar%2C_Malaysia.pdf Foong, Jun Ming (2015) Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/1736/
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Foong, Jun Ming
Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia
title Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia
title_full Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia
title_fullStr Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia
title_short Evaluation of Air and Noise Pollution and Behavioural Effects on Exposed School Children: Case Study in Kampar, Malaysia
title_sort evaluation of air and noise pollution and behavioural effects on exposed school children: case study in kampar, malaysia
topic GE Environmental Sciences
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/1736/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/1736/1/Evaluation_of_Air_and_Noise_Pollution_and_Behavioural_Effects_on_Exposed_School_Children_Case_Study_in_Kampar%2C_Malaysia.pdf