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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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This paper explores methodological issues and policy implications concerning the implementation of the EU Environmental Noise Directive (END) across Member States. Methodologically, the paper focuses on two key thematic issues relevant to the Directive: (1) calculation methods and (2) mapping methods.
Murphy, Enda, King, Eoin A.
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Residential traffic noise exposure assessment: application and evaluation of European Environmental Noise Directive maps [PDF]
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 +2 more
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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
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The first phase of noise mapping and action planning in Ireland, in accordance with EU Directive 2002/49/EC, is now complete. In total this included one agglomeration, one airport and approximately 600 km of major roads outside the agglomeration. These noise maps describe the level of noise exposure of approximately 1.25 million people. The first phase
H J Rice
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H.U.S.H. “Harmonization of Urban Noise reduction Strate- gies for Homogeneous action plans” is a project co- funded by Life+2008 Program, aimed at giving a contribution to the harmonization of the Italian National and European legislations, regarding urban noise management tools, al- lowing a definition of coherent procedures able to comply the ...
Francesco Borchi +2 more
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A Study of the Romanian Framework and the Challenges in Implementing the Noise Mapping Legislation [PDF]
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
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Railway noise and vibration: Current European legislation and research and measurements on Serbian railway [PDF]
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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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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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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