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Good Practice Guide on Quiet Areas

Introduction

Sound, noise and quiet

Definitions and selection criteria

Health benefits of quiet &  biodiversity 

The economic value of quiet areas

Lessons learned from commitments by MS and other competent authorities

Methods for identifying quiet areas

Recommendations and Conclusions


More on:
- references & useful documents and links
- health effects
- quiet facades
-  protection and monitoring

Disclaimer: this site is based on the published EEA document, but not identical. Over time the differences will increase as more recent material will be added to this site by Chiaramonte Consult. Please send your comments and suggestions for extensions and improvment to info@quietareas.eu.


References and further reading

 
Alvarsson, J.J., Wiens, S., and Nilsson, M.E. (2010). Stress recovery during exposure to nature sound and environmental noise. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7, 1036–1046.

Axelsson, Ö. (2012). The ISO 12913 series on soundscape: An update, May 2012. In Acoustics 2012 Hong Kong. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics (HKIOA). Paper 805.

Axelsson, Ö. (Ed.). (2011). Designing Soundscape for Sustainable Urban Development. Stockholm, Sweden: City of Stockholm.

EC. (1996). Future Noise Policy, European Commission, Green Paper. COM(96) 540. Brussels, Belgium: European Commission.

EC. (2002). Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. Official Journal of the European Communities, 45, 12–25.

European Commission. 2010 Survey on perceptions of quality of life in 75 European cities. Flash Eurobarometer

EC. (2011). Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: on the Implementation of the Environmental Noise Directive in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2002/49/EC. COM(2011) 321. Brussels, Belgium: European Commission.

de Jong, R.G.(1998). Assessment method for quiet areas. Report on survey study (in Dutch). TNO report 98.027, Leiden

Gidlöf-Gunnarsson, A., & Öhrström, E. (2007). Noise and well-being in urban residential environments: The potential role of perceived availability to nearby green areas. Landscape and Urban Planning, 83, 115-126.

Health Council of the Netherlands (2006). Quiet Areas and Health (Stille gebieden en gezondheid). Den Haag.  English Summary

Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15, 169–182.

Kephalopoulos, S., Paviotti, M., and Anfosso-Lédée, F. (2012). Common Noise Assessment Methods in Europe (CNOSSOS-EU). EUR 25379 EN. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

Klaeboe, R. (2011). Environmental exposure -- Annoyance relationships in black and gray urban areas. Icben 2011, London.

Milieu. (2010). Final Report on Task 1, Review of the Implementation of Directive 2002/49/EC on Environmental Noise, May 2010. Brussels, Belgium: Milieu Ltd.

Miller, N.P (2001). Effects of military aircraft noise overflights on recreational users of US national parks. Internoise 2001, The Hague, Netherlands

 Morinaga,M Aono,S Kuwano, S (2004), A study of sound environment in urban parks, ICA2004, Kyoto

Nilsson, M.E. (2007a). A-weighted sound pressure level as an indicator of short-term loudness or annoyance of road-traffic sound. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 302, 197-207.

Nilsson, M.E. (2007b). Soundscape quality in urban open spaces. In Inter-Noise 2007. Istanbul, Turkey: Noise Control Engineering, Paper IN07-115.

Öhrström, E., Skånberg, A., Svensson, H., & Gidlöf-Gunnarsson, A. (2006). Effects of road traffic noise ant the benefit of access to quietness. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 295, 40-59.

Payne, S.R. (2009). Producing a scale to measure the restorativeness of urban park soundscapes. Internoise 2009, Ottawa, Canada. Paper IN09-722

Stansfeld, S.A., Berglund, B., Clark, C., Lopez-Barrio, I., Fischer, P., Öhrström, E., Haines, M.M., Head, J., Hygge, S., van Kamp, I., & Berry, B.F. (2005). Aircraft and road traffic noise and children’s cognition and health: a cross-national study. Lancet, 365, 1942-1949.

Ulrich, R.S. (1984). View through a window may influence recovery from surgery. Science, 224, 420–421.


Van den Berg, G.P.  (2009) The need for quiet in Amsterdam: a survey In: Euronoise 2009. Edinburgh, Scotland. Paper 0064

WHO. (2000). Guidelines for Community Noise. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO. (2011). Burden of Disease from Environmental Noise: Quantification of Healthy Life Years Lost in Europe. Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe.

 


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