Advances in the development of common noise assessment methods in Europe: The CNOSSOS-EU framework for strategic environmental noise mapping

Stylianos, Kephalopoulos; Marco, Paviotti; Anfosso-Lédée, Fabienne; Maercke, Dirk Van; Shilton, Simon; Jones, Nigel

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.031

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“…All European Union (EU) Member States are required to determine the exposure to environmental noise and take actions to reduce the noise pollution according to the European Directive on the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise (2002/49/EC). In addition, EU countries are required to produce noise maps for all major transportation corridors such as major roads, rail, airports, and industry (including port areas if appropriate) on a five-year basis effective from June 2007 [19]. Local authorities use these noise maps to identify priorities for actions to reduce the noise level.…”

Section: Noise Regulation Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

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State-of-the-Art Review on Sustainable Design and Construction of Quieter Pavements—Part 1: Traffic Noise Measurement and Abatement Techniques

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Noise pollution due to highway traffic has drawn the attention of transportation agencies worldwide. Noise pollution is an irritant to residents, especially in urban areas near roads with high traffic volume. In addition to its adverse effects on the quality of life, traffic noise can induce stress that could lead to sleep disturbance and anxiety. Traditionally, noise barrier walls have been used for highways to mitigate traffic noise. However, using barrier walls as a noise abatement measure has proven to be very expensive. In addition to the cost, noise barrier walls are not always effective because they must break the line of sight to work properly, which is not always possible in case of intersections or driveways. Therefore, researchers especially from Europe and USA have been very proactive to reduce the noise at source. A number of research studies show traffic noise can be reduced by using an alternative surface type or changing texture of the pavement while complying with other requirements of sustainability, i.e., safety, structural durability, construction and maintenance costs. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the research conducted on this subject. A review of the tire-pavement noise generation and amplification mechanism, various traffic noise measurement methods and correlation among these methods, in addition to the abatement techniques used by various agencies to reduce pavement noise, is also presented.

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Section: Noise Regulation Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Local authorities use these noise maps to identify priorities for actions to reduce the noise level. This information is also provided to the public so they can be aware of the noise level exposure and efforts undertaken to reduce the noise level [19].…”

Section: Noise Regulation Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

State-of-the-Art Review on Sustainable Design and Construction of Quieter Pavements—Part 1: Traffic Noise Measurement and Abatement Techniques

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“…This has been substantially documented in various studies [2,4,6,12,23,25,[27][28][29][30][31]. Nevertheless, researchers [2,4] suggested a long term monitoring of pavements is required to improve the knowledge in the field.…”

Section: Aging Of Pavement Surfacementioning

confidence: 97%

State-of-the-Art Review on Sustainable Design and Construction of Quieter Pavements—Part 2: Factors Affecting Tire-Pavement Noise and Prediction Models

Şirin

2016

Sustainability

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Traffic noise is a combination of noises produced from a number of sources. Of all the traffic noise sources, tire-pavement noise, which is emitted as a result of the interaction of rolling, slipping, or dragging tires and the pavement surface, is the dominant contributor of overall noise, particularly when vehicles are moving at higher speeds. Therefore, a number of research studies have been conducted to identify and analyze the factors affecting the generation of tire-pavement interaction noise. This helps in identifying and selecting appropriate noise mitigation techniques. In this paper, an extensive literature survey on the factors affecting tire-pavement noise is presented, and different views on the impact of each individual factor are discussed. From the literature survey, it is also evident that there is a potential correlation between pavement's material characteristics and tire-pavement noise. A comprehensive discussion about this correlation is presented in the paper. In addition, this paper discusses various mathematical models for predicting pavement noise, and their advantages and shortcomings.

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“…Regarding noise mapping, the European Commission has decided to harmonise the methodologies that the Member States need to adopt by introducing CNOSSOS-EU (Common Noise aSSessment MethOdS) (Kephalopoulos et al, 2014). This common method should be fully operational for the next round of EU strategic noise mapping in 2017.…”

Section: Noise Control Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Odour control strategies for a sustainable nuisances action plan

Fasolino¹,

Grimaldi²,

Zarra³

et al. 2016

Global NEST Journal

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Different land uses, infrastructures, industrial activities and residential patterns of developed cities expose simultaneously people to several annoying sources.Over recent years, the European Union has provided several tools to harmonize noise mapping methodologies and relative Noise Action Plans through directives. Unfortunately, the same effort has not been made for the harmonization of approaches of other annoying sources such as odours. As a consequence, each European Member State has defined its own direct or indirect approach to limit odour impacts.The most common approach to deal with noise impact is the use of priority indices to highlight areas that are sensitive to both noise and, generally, odour impacts. The aim of the present research is to provide a brief review of the most widely used European strategies in noise action plans as well as try to extend the approaches to the definition of a nuisance action plan, capable of controlling both odour and noise. The analysis underlines that is possible to define the degree of sensitivity of areas according to population, land uses, levels of exposures and/or distance from the annoying sources. Nuisance acceptability levels are then definable according to the sensitivity degree of the locations.

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Advances in the development of common noise assessment methods in Europe: The CNOSSOS-EU framework for strategic environmental noise mapping

Cited by 264 publications

References 4 publications

State-of-the-Art Review on Sustainable Design and Construction of Quieter Pavements—Part 1: Traffic Noise Measurement and Abatement Techniques

State-of-the-Art Review on Sustainable Design and Construction of Quieter Pavements—Part 1: Traffic Noise Measurement and Abatement Techniques

State-of-the-Art Review on Sustainable Design and Construction of Quieter Pavements—Part 2: Factors Affecting Tire-Pavement Noise and Prediction Models

Odour control strategies for a sustainable nuisances action plan

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