Noise Pollution at School Environment Located in Residential Area
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v12.15636Abstract
Noise pollution around the educational area can negatively affect the
performance of both teachers and students. The noise level should be around the
range of 35 dBA to 55 dBA in the school area. Little attention has been given by
individuals or government concerning noise pollution in schools' surrounding. A
study of this problem is presented in this paper by doing some measurement on
the noise level at schools located in residential areas case study at Sekolah
Kebangsaan Sri Skudai, Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Universiti IV and Sekolah
Menengah Taman Universiti has been conducted to measure noise level in its
surrounding. The results from this study shows that the rate of noise level in
Sekolah Kebang
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