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

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 COLLECTIONGrado 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
Argingrosso Street and Bassi Street
Users: 201
“Vamba-Montessori” School
Giardini della Bizzarria Street,
Florence – ITALY
Torre degli Agli Street and Giardini della
Bizzarria Street
Users: 460
PA # 5
“P. Fedi” School
Pio Fedi Street, Florence - ITALY
Pio Fedi Street and Argingrosso Street
Users: 100
PA # 6

PILOT AREAS
• MANZONI SCHOOL
• DE FILIPPO

PILOT AREAS
• DIONISI SCHOOL
• VAMBA MONTESSORI

Thanks for your attention!
Arnaldo Melloni
www.comune.fi.it

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