Noise Costs from Road Transport

Building and improving road infrastructure in Slovakia is currently influenced by the amount of state funding. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the effectiveness of each proposed solution of road project, which is based on life-cycle costs. Besides capital costs, social costs are also importa...

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Published inCivil and environmental engineering (Berlin) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 12 - 20
Main Authors Margorínová, Martina, Trojanová, Mária, Decký, Martin, Remišová, Eva
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sciendo 01.06.2018
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Economic efficiency
Environmental costs
Noise costs
Road communication
Social external costs
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Summary:Building and improving road infrastructure in Slovakia is currently influenced by the amount of state funding. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the effectiveness of each proposed solution of road project, which is based on life-cycle costs. Besides capital costs, social costs are also important, which valued the negative impacts due to road construction and operation on road users, the environment, and the population living in the affected area. Some components of social costs have shortcomings in quantifying and valuating, which need to be resolved. The one of important components which affects human health and the value of an area, and have some shortcomings are noise costs. Improvement of this component will lead to more accurate valuation of economic efficiency of roads.
ISSN:1336-5835
2199-6512
DOI:10.2478/cee-2018-0002