**1.5 Importance of monitoring**


**125**

*Acoustic Filters for Sensors and Transducers: Energy Policy Instrument for Monitoring…*

• It promotes better resource planning both at the individual level and at the

• It gives a continuous feedback during project implementation thus ensuring

• Monitoring is therefore an essential aspect of noise systems resource planning

As stated by Odum (1983), the term ecosystem means 'systems of the environment'. Thus, the physical environment in a given area or unit, with all the living components there, together with the network of interactions among these people

The first part in noise systems monitoring study is to define a geographical area of the holy place where the study is to be conducted. Once the study area is selected, some important background information about this region needs to be collected in order to plan and conduct a scientific study on noise systems monitoring. This information is mainly on two aspects of the chosen study area, namely the socio-

Given below is a list of background information that may be collected from the

• Historical and cultural information about the area (e.g. changes in soil quality,

• Information on social, economic, educational, demographic (local and transit

water quality and its availability, traditional spiritual practices etc.);

• Facts on water resources, rainfall, solar and temperature pattern;

• Information on acoustic filters use pattern and their topography.

• It helps in evaluating real-time data base of noise systems;

**1.6 Noise systems monitoring methods: an ecosystem approach**

and with their physical environment constitutes an ecosystem [32].

• It provides an information base for future projects;

• It furnishes information for decision makers;

*1.6.1 Collection of essential information on the ecosystem*

economic features and acoustic filters use patterns.

population), health and development activities;

• Data on all the households in the noise ecosystem;

ecosystem of holy places and their habitants:

• Maps of the land;

• Soil conditions;

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81949*

community level;

and management.

quality;

• It identifies the needs of the community;

• It helps in evaluating people's own actions;

*Acoustic Filters for Sensors and Transducers: Energy Policy Instrument for Monitoring… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81949*

• It identifies the needs of the community;

*Energy Policy*

turbine.

**1.3 Possible solutions**

**1.4 Micro-planning**

be more effective.

**1.5 Importance of monitoring**

level planning;

understanding of the noise systems at these places.

in very distinct resource use patterns that are area specific.

participatory management and appropriate conservation strategies.

interference (EMI) with respect to mega-watt wind turbines. Possibilities of measuring all types of electromagnetic interference were explained with emphasis on a GSM transmitter mounted on a mega-watt wind turbine. Karpat and Karpat [31] reviewed and discussed electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) for a wind

The need of the hour is to conserve these holy places and their habitants. This however requires long term planning and judicious management, developed on the basis of sound scientific knowledge on the status and dynamics of the different holy places and their habitants along with their interaction with the environment and their physical agents. Such information is few and far apart, resulting in a poor

It is essential therefore to generate a global data base on the present condition of the different noise system parameters at these places. Developing such an information bank, is not easy task, for at following reasons: (i) the existing diversity in noise systems at these places, because of wide variations in climate, topography, land use patterns, noise types, life forms and human societies makes this task immense; and (ii) this diversity in noise systems and human societies, have resulted

The data when generated could be used for local specific planning of holy sites,

Micro-planning also referred to as local or decentralized planning is probably necessary for efficient use, management and conservation of holy places [32]. The best source of such information would be the local communities who regularly use these holy places for their basic survival needs, though very little has been learnt from them. Local specific data is therefore scarce, and collecting them is not easy job. One method of achieving this goal would be, to promote studies on monitoring noise system data parameters at these holy places. Involving the literate local communities, youth and non-governmental organizations, in the task of monitoring, could be one way of solving this problem. Local people with collaboration of experts monitoring their own local habitants as well as monitoring their data would

• Monitoring is a tool, that could be used for developing a data base for micro

• Monitoring is a process of inventory repeated at regular intervals of time, which can be used for building ongoing or continuous data base of noise

• The first study on a given parameter may be used as the baseline data or information used for comparisons with the periodically monitored information;

• Monitoring gives an in depth understanding of the status and dynamics of the

systems parameters at holy places and their habitants;

noise data resources in the ecosystem;

**124**


#### **1.6 Noise systems monitoring methods: an ecosystem approach**

As stated by Odum (1983), the term ecosystem means 'systems of the environment'. Thus, the physical environment in a given area or unit, with all the living components there, together with the network of interactions among these people and with their physical environment constitutes an ecosystem [32].

### *1.6.1 Collection of essential information on the ecosystem*

The first part in noise systems monitoring study is to define a geographical area of the holy place where the study is to be conducted. Once the study area is selected, some important background information about this region needs to be collected in order to plan and conduct a scientific study on noise systems monitoring. This information is mainly on two aspects of the chosen study area, namely the socioeconomic features and acoustic filters use patterns.

Given below is a list of background information that may be collected from the ecosystem of holy places and their habitants:

