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Impact of Air Transport on the Noise Level in the City of Sofia

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Aviation is one of the fastest growing global industries. Today, the sector has grown remarkably, with passengers and cargo being carried no less than 49 billion kilometers annually, or 10 times the distance from Earth to Neptune. With over 1400 scheduled airlines, 26,000 aircraft in service, 3900 airports, and 173 air navigation services providers, aviation has established an unmatched global network at the service of travelers and businesses in every corner of the world.

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Notes

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    http://eea.government.bg/bg/dokladi/threemonth/.

  2. 2.

    http://plovdiv.riosv.com/files/file/noise/Naredba6.pdf.

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    https://www.caa.bg/bg/category/292/statisticheska-informaciya.

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    According to the National Census conducted in 2011.

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    http://eea.government.bg/bg/soer/2014/noise/index.

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    Stela Todorova

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Todorova, S., Haralampiev, K. (2020). Impact of Air Transport on the Noise Level in the City of Sofia. In: Walker, T., Bergantino, A.S., Sprung-Much, N., Loiacono, L. (eds) Sustainable Aviation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28661-3_8

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