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Environmental Noise Pollution at Selected School Located in Residential
Area with Different Population Density due to Traffic Volume
Muhammad Fikrilhakim bin Azman
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marzuki bin Ismail
Co. Supervisor: Dr. Samsuri bin Abdullah
Bachelor of Technology (Environment)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Majority of schools in Malaysia are situated close to the roadside, thus bring along the
problem of noise pollution. Previous studies have found that noise pollution reduced
the performance of students. The increasing population at an area induces the usage
of motor vehicles which then increase the noise level. This study was carried out to
evaluate the environmental noise level at three primary schools with different
population density. Data was measured for six days at each schools comprising three
school days and three non-school days from 0700 hours to 2200 hours. The traffic
was counted based on classes of motor vehicles as stated by Malaysian Standard using
tally system method. The result shows that there is significant different (P