Rintakasari Vitri Ayuningtyas
One of the topics of city health that is important to be appointed into the arena of research and community service is about environmental health for sound pollution or noise. The area that has the highest level of vulnerability to sound pollution can be found in the settlement environment around the airport. Community Service Activities are located around the Husein Sastranegara Airport area, especially in Cicendo District and Andir District, Bandung City which is included in the area Noise Level II and III Husein Sastranegara Airport. The purpose of this community service activity is to provide assistance and socialization of noise level risks due to Husein Airport activities Sastranegara to support the creation of a healthy urban settlement environment. The series of activities consist of secondary and primary data collection include the noise area map Husein Sastranegara Airport and facilities in the level area Noise I, II. and III, then followed by making a pocket book " Mitigation of the noise area in Around the Airport Husein Sastranegara ", and a series of activities are closed with the socialization of mitigation of noise areas. Socialization activities are carried out in a luring in the Cicendo District Office, attended by representatives From the government, the village, and community representatives affected by noise from the activities of Husein Sastranegara Airport.
In the socialization activity, the community service team informed the existence of 37 Educational facilities and 4 health facilities in the noise area level II, as well as 53 educational facilities and 2 health facilities located in the noise area level III. These facilities are estimated to be affected by noise due to airport activities and it is necessary to make mitigation efforts so as not to interfere with the comfort of its users. There are some recommendations for mitigation efforts that can be carried out by the manager of educational facilities, health facilities, and the community, including is closing the gaps of the door and window, using soundproof walls, placing large objects like bookshelves near the wall, and installing curtains to break down sound waves so that they do not enter the room. In addition, the local government and airport managers can also reduce vibrations from outdoors by planting trees around the noise source or making a mound garden in the form of an elongated pyramid capable of working as a sound damper as done by Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.
Mitigation of noise areas can also be done through spatial planning. That areas that have airports need to consider noise areas so that the placement of spatial or spatial in accordance with the designation and provisions and is advised not to place educational and health facilities in the noise area of level II and III in accordance with the determination of legislation. These efforts can be supported by providing & nbsp; Signs that can be understood by the public regarding noise frequency information and noise area boundaries. 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "> in the session Discussion, participants were very enthusiastic about the efforts that had been made to reduce the noise including planting trees around the house. On the other hand, the community also realizes that there has been an adaptation process that allows them to live side by side with noise sources. However, the community hopes that noise can be reduced so that it does not interfere with their activities and health in the future. Serif; Color: RGB (0, 0, 0); Background-Color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-assian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position : normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve; ">
Provide assistance and socialization of noise level risks due to Husein Sastranegara Airport activities to support the creation of a healthy urban settlement environment
This community assistance activity is expected to be able to establish relations between the community and universities in applying the tangible manifestation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education. The issue of environmental health is one of the topics that are of concern to the field of regional and city planning.