scholarly journals Implementation of the EU environmental noise directive: Lessons from the first phase of strategic noise mapping and action planning in Ireland

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 756-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. King ◽  
E. Murphy ◽  
H.J. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Action Planning ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals STRATEGIC NOISE MAPPING AND ACTION PLANNING. EXPERIENCE, PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
BORIS MIHAYLOV
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Past ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
End Set

Based on EU Noise Directive (END - Directive 2002/49/EC) since 2005 started an intensive noise mapping process in EU member states. Some of the countries had a significant tradition in creating noise maps in the past. The END set a new path, and aimed a harmonized global strategic approach to reduce the increasing environmental noise from major sources (causing heavy health impact to EU population).The author has a broad experience in last more than 5 years - creating noise maps and strategic noise plans, mainly in Bulgaria. In the recent paper is presented a short overview of obtained experience and related practical conclusions. The final aim is to determine exact dedicated action plans - based on the strategic noise management (restriction and reduction of the environmental noise impact), and applying set of measures and acoustical planning in short, middle and long terms. Key words:strategic noise map(s), action plan(s), environmental noise.

Integrating environmental noise considerations into public policy: the case of Ireland

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. 3218-3222
Author(s):  
Jon Paul Faulkner ◽  
Enda Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Current Application ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
Irish Case ◽  
Harmful Effects

European Commission Directive (EU) 2020/367 describes how harmful effects from environmental noise exposure are to be calculated for ischemic heart disease (IHD), high annoyance (HA), and high sleep disturbance (HSD) for road, rail, and aircraft noise under the Environmental Noise Directive's (END) strategic noise mapping process. It represents a major development in understanding the extent of exposure from transport-based environmental noise given it is a legal requirement for all EU member states from the 2022 reporting round. It also has the potential to accelerate the development of stronger noise-health policies across the EU. While this development is to be welcomed, there are a number of basic noise-health policy applications that first need to be implemented in the Irish case if the noise-health situation is be accurately assessed and if public health is to be adequately protected. In order to address this requirement the following paper presents concrete policy and practice recommendations as well as an evaluation of the current application of noise management policy in Ireland which is administered to protect the public from the harmful effects of environmental noise. This paper provides guidance on how noise-health considerations can be integrated into key relevant areas of Irish policy including healthcare, the environment, transportation, and planning.

Umgebungslärmrichtlinie in Schleswig-Holstein/Environmental Noise Directive in Schleswig-Holstein

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (06) ◽  
pp. 184-189
Author(s):  
L. Gliesmann ◽  
A. Brückner
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
The Third ◽  
Current List

Die dritte Runde der Umgebungslärmrichtlinie 2002/49/EG [1] wird mit der Lärmkartierung 2017 und der aktuellen, in Schleswig-Holstein (SH) noch nicht vollständig abgeschlossenen Aufstellung der Lärmaktionspläne umgesetzt. Die Zuständigkeit für die Ausarbeitung der Lärmkarten und für die Aufstellung der Aktionspläne liegt in SH gemäß § 47 e Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz [2] bei den Gemeinden. Dem Land obliegt die Berichterstattung an die Bundesregierung.   The third round of the Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/ ED [1] will be implemented with noise mapping 2017 and the current list of noise action plans, which has not yet been completed in Schleswig-Holstein (SH). The responsibility for the development of the noise maps and for the preparation of the action plans lies in SH according to § 47 e Federal Immission Control Act [2] in the municipalities. The country is responsible for the reporting to the Federal Government.

scholarly journals Review of Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks for Environmental Noise Monitoring in Smart Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Alías ◽  
Rosa Ma. Alsina-Pagès
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Acoustic Sensor ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Acoustic Sensor Networks ◽  
Internet Of Things Technology

Nowadays, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Since this proportion is expected to keep rising, the sustainable development of cities is of paramount importance to guarantee the quality of life of their inhabitants. Environmental noise is one of the main concerns that has to be addressed, due to its negative impact on the health of people. Different national and international noise directives and legislations have been defined during the past decades, which local authorities must comply with involving noise mapping, action plans, policing, and public awareness, among others. To this aim, a recent change in the paradigm for environmental noise monitoring has been driven by the rise of Internet of Things technology within smart cities through the design and development of wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs). This work reviews the most relevant WASN-based approaches developed to date focused on environmental noise monitoring. The proposals have moved from networks composed of high-accuracy commercial devices to the those integrated by ad hoc low-cost acoustic sensors, sometimes designed as hybrid networks with low and high computational capacity nodes. After describing the main characteristics of recent WASN-based projects, the paper also discusses several open challenges, such as the development of acoustic signal processing techniques to identify noise events, to allow the reliable and pervasive deployment of WASNs in urban areas together with some potential future applications.

Characterization of environmental noise based on noise measurements, noise mapping and interviews: A case study at a university campus in Brazil

Cities ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 317-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin ◽  
Margret Sibylle Engel ◽  
Paulo Eduardo Kirrian Fiedler ◽  
Fernando Bunn
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Noise ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Noise Measurements

scholarly journals Assessing Health Effects and Soundscape Analysis as New Mitigation Actions Concerning the Aircraft Noise Impact in Small- and Middle-Size Urban Areas in Greece

Environments ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Gerolymatou ◽  
Nicolas Rémy ◽  
Konstantinos Vogiatzis ◽  
Vassiliki Zafiropoulou
Keyword(s):  
Health Effects ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
Population Exposure ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Disability Adjusted Life ◽  
The Impact

In 2013 and 2014, two main International Airports in Greece were evaluated through the European directive on noise environment 2002/49/EC: “Nikos Kazantzakis” International Airport of Heraklion Crete and “Ioannis—Kapodistrias” International Airport in Corfu, both located in highly touristic areas of Greece. Acoustic measurement’s campaign, environmental noise mapping simulations and population exposure to noise were implemented in order to produce a complete Strategic Noise Map. Correlated to this acoustic approach, a comprehensive interview campaign and a detailed soundscape analysis were also conducted in both airports’ adjacent areas (Alikarnassos district in Heraklion and the peninsula of Canoni in Corfu City) in order to understand the impact of aircraft movements on both local residents and tourists, and analyze the perception of the soundscapes. A similar evaluation was also executed in order to assess possible health effects by using the WHO’s DALY’s (Disability Adjusted Life Year) metrics for environmental noise in relation to the exposure of the population. This paper presents the main results of these representative case studies, attempting a combined assessment of both health effects and soundscape characteristics to be used as evaluation tools towards the management and the rehabilitation acoustic environment characterized mainly by aircraft noise in touristic areas.

scholarly journals Soundscape approach integrating noise mapping techniques: a case study in Brighton, UK

Noise Mapping ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Aletta ◽  
Jian Kang
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Sound Level ◽  
Road Traffic Noise ◽  
Sound Sources ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Sound Environment ◽  
Sound Maps

AbstractIn the guidelines about the management of areas of good environmental noise quality recently published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) it is suggested to combine different methodologies, like noise mapping, sound level measurements and the soundscape approach. Such a recommendation has started to be recognised by a number of local authorities in Europe that are gradually integrating a holistic concept into their environmental noise policies. This research aimed to explore and demonstrate the possibility to integrate conventional noise mapping methods and soundscape methods in an actual urban redevelopment project. A case study was made using the Valley Gardens project in Brighton & Hove (UK). Different scenarios of sound-pressure level distributionswere simulated for both traffic sound sources (i.e. noise maps) and natural sound sources (i.e. sound maps). Additionally, individual responses about the sound environment of the place collected during an on-site question survey were used to implement soundscape maps.The overall picture revealed that the road traffic noise should be reduced, but also it is feasible that preferred sounds likewater features or birdsong could be introduced to make the sound environment more appropriate for the place. Generally, within the framework of this research, noise maps, sound maps and soundscape maps were used together to "triangulate" different layers of information related to the acoustic environment and the way it is perceived, providing a possible working procedure to consider for planners and policy-makers in the future.

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