Analyse of Implementat？on Plans in Terms of Impacts of Traff？c No？se Values, Samsun Atakum Region Case Study

The rapid urbanization process having started in 1950’s and continued up to present in our country caused development of a complicated urban pattern involving innumerous environmental problems. The noise pollution constitutes the one of those most significant environmental problems. The purpose of this study is to measure the levels of awareness and knowledge concerning noise pollution and to set out solutions by identifiying the most disturbing noise source in order to diminish the disturbance of the residents of Yenimahalle, Cumhuriyet and Mimarsinan neigbourhoods located in Atakum District of Samsun Province, which were chosen as research areas. In this content in the first part of the research which was conducted in three parts, a survey study was carried out to identify social, demographic and economic structure of neighborhood residents and measure their knowledge level on noise pollution. In the second part of the research, noise maps were prepared by means of modelling transportation noise data obtained from Ismet Inonu Boulevard which crosses through the research area and hosts light rail system (tram) route with SoundPLAN 7.3 software. In the third part of the research, development plan in force of research area was scrutinized by setting out the results of survey study and noise maps and 4 different noise barriers were recommended to diminish transportation noise