Modeling of Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep highway-induced noise pollution within the scope of Adana city and estimated the affected population

Subject to the volume of traffic on TAG Highway, it was designated that noise distribution indicated higher scores during summer period in comparison to winter period for the entire set of time-zones. It was found that 63% of the land area of the research area (0.5% of the land area of the Adana city center) exceeds the threshold of 68 dB(A) during daytime in summer. Nearly 5% of the population in Adana city center (16.5% of the population in research area) is exposed to noise levels greater than 68 dB(A). At the night time, 12.5% of the population in Adana city center (45.3% of the population in research area) is exposed to 58 dB(A) or higher noise levels. Comparing the noise level obtained in this study to the standard level, it can be obviously concluded that the noise levels are higher than that of acceptable levels in most parts of the research area.