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The contribution of LIFE+ NADIA project on the implementation of the European Directive on Environmental Noise

open access: yesNoise Mapping, 2015
NADIA, acronym of Noise Abatement Demonstrative and Innovative Actions and information to the public, was a European Project funded as part of the announcement Life+ 2009 between October 2010 and June 2014.
Schiavoni Samuele   +2 more
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A Study of the Romanian Framework and the Challenges in Implementing the Noise Mapping Legislation [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Acoustics, 2023
The Environmental Noise Directive (END), published in 2002, was transposed into Romanian local law in 2005, and it was the starting point for the first urban noise mapping exercises, initially conducted in nine Romanian cities.
Diana Ioana Popescu
doaj   +1 more source

Railway noise and vibration: Current European legislation and research and measurements on Serbian railway [PDF]

open access: yesFacta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2010
In this paper certain current European noise legislation, standards and research including the Physical Agents Directive, the Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC and the Technical Specifications for Interoperability are summarized and their ...
Tomičić-Torlaković Mirjana   +1 more
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Underwater Anthropogenic Noise Pollution Assessment in Shallow Waters on the South-Eastern Coast of Spain

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Anthropogenic noise is a growing threat to marine life due to the incrementation of human activity in the marine environment. In Europe, the Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council was published with the aim of establishing a ...
Francisco Javier Rodrigo   +3 more
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Sozialräumliche Unterschiede im Engagement älterer Großstadtbewohner gegen Verkehrslärm? Schlussfolgerungen für eine verteilungs- und verfahrensgerechte Lärmaktionsplanung

open access: yesRaumforschung und Raumordnung, 2023
Exposure to transportation noise is a highly prevalent health burden in urban areas. Social-spatially unequal distributions of transportation noise exposure can contribute to health inequalities (distributional environmental justice).
Natalie Riedel   +5 more
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MODELLING URBAN NOISE IN CITYGML ADE: CASE OF THE NETHERLANDS [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017
Road traffic and industrial noise has become a major source of discomfort and annoyance among the residents in urban areas. More than 44 % of the EU population is regularly exposed to road traffic noise levels over 55 dB, which is currently the ...
K. Kumar   +3 more
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Residential traffic noise exposure assessment: application and evaluation of European Environmental Noise Directive maps [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 2012
Digital noise maps produced according to the European Environmental Noise Directive (END) could provide valuable exposure information in noise and health research. However, their usefulness in epidemiological studies has not been evaluated. The objective of this study was to apply and evaluate Swedish END maps for assessments of residential traffic ...
Charlotta, Eriksson   +4 more
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Strategic directions in implementation of environmental noise directive in international and national legislation [PDF]

open access: yesFacta universitatis - series: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, 2006
Until 1996, the noise policy in Europe had concentrated on the regulations of noise emission from noise sources as road traffic, aircraft and equipment used outdoors. Although noise limits have become increasingly stringent over the years, no corresponding significant reduction in noise emission has been observed.
D. Cvetkovic, M. Prascevic
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LIFE Monza: comparison between ante and post-operam noise and air quality monitoring activities in a Noise Low Emission Zone

open access: yesNoise Mapping, 2020
LIFE MONZA project (Methodologies fOr Noise low emission Zones introduction And management) aims at defining an easy-replicable method for the identification and management of the Noise Low Emission Zones (Noise LEZ), urban areas subject to traffic ...
Silvaggio Rosalba   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Considering ‘non-acoustic factors’ as social and environmental determinants of health equity and environmental justice. Reflections on research and fields of action towards a vision for environmental noise policies

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2021
Despite being an overall objective of European policies, health equity and environmental justice have not yet been systematically implemented in environmental policies.
Natalie Riedel   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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