Title: Miljökonsekvensbeskrivning med stöd av geografiska informationssytem (GIS) : bullerstudie kring Malmö-Sturup flygplats
Abstract: An activity or a measure might have a great impact on people, animals, plants, soil, water,
air, climate and landscape. In order to describe the direct and indirect effects an intended
activity might have an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) must be carried out. This
demand is regulated in Swedish legislation and makes it possible to achieve as small impact
on the environment as practicable. An EIA is critical when permission is to be given for a
specific activity. Airports are included by the demand of EIA.
The overall aim of this study is to show how Geographical Information System (GIS) can be a
tool for supporting EIA. To exemplify this, noise from aircrafts at Malmo-Sturup airport in
Scania were studied. Some of the analyses were carried out according to the guidelines of the
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvardsverket) and others were freely invented.
Maps describing noise levels generated from aircrafts at Malmo-Sturup Airport were used as
input for the analyses. Interference with people, nature conservation areas, areas of cultural
interest, areas important for recreation, estates, the potential for expansion for affected builtup
areas etc. was investigated for different take-off directions. Comparison was made
between the aircrafts McDonell Douglas MD80 and McDonell Douglas DC9. Also an
integrated study for southern Scania with noise from aircrafts and noise from car traffic was
carried out in order to find silent areas. Noise from car traffic was generated in the software
ArcView running a script with the Nordic calculation model.
Results show that it is easy in a GIS to simulate and compare the consequences of the
different take-off directions for MD80 and DC9. When DC9 is removed from the market in
2003 the interference is expected to slightly decrease. However in the future it is most likely
that the interference will increase considering the continuing growing amount of passengers.
Silent areas are above all represented in the eastern part of southern Scania where noise
from aircrafts is absent or diminutive. The Nordic calculation model for noise from car
traffic is inadequate when describing silent areas due to the low noise levels and the fact that
the model is only valid up to 300 meters from the road. This means that the results regarding
silent areas must be looked upon with caution. The Oresund link will have a negative impact
on silent areas in southern Scania with heavier car traffic in the region and an increasing
pressure on Malmo-Sturup Airport.
A general conclusion is that GIS can accept and manage different types of spatial data both
in digital and analog form. This makes GIS to an idealistic tool for supporting EIA.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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