Environmental Noise Pollution: Noise Mapping, Public Health, and Policy - Hardcover

Murphy, Enda; King, Eoin A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124115950 ISBN 13: 9780124115958

Publisher: Elsevier, 2014

Synopsis

Environmental Noise Pollution: Noise Mapping, Public Health and Policy addresses the key debates surrounding environmental noise pollution with a particular focus on the European Union. Environmental noise pollution is an emerging public policy and environmental concern and is considered to be one of the most important environmental stressors affecting public health throughout the world.

This book examines environmental noise pollution, its health implications, the role of strategic noise mapping for problem assessment, major sources of environmental noise pollution, noise mitigation approaches, and related procedural and policy implications. Drawing on the authors' considerable research expertise in the area, the book is the first coherent work on this major environmental stressor, a new benchmark reference across disciplinary, policy and national boundaries.

• Highlights recent developments in the policy arena with particular focus on developments in the EU within the context of the European Noise Directive
• Explores the lessons emerging from nations within the EU and other jurisdictions attempting to legislate and mitigate against the harmful effects of noise pollution
• Covers the core theoretical concepts and principles surrounding the mechanics of noise pollution as well as the evidence-base linking noise with public health concerns

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"...an important, unique book that bridges the gap between data and action – between what is known about, and what needs to be done, to reduce noise pollution." --Biz India

From the Back Cover:

Environmental Noise Pollution: Noise Mapping, Public Health, and Policy addresses the key debates surrounding environmental noise pollution with a particular focus on the European Union. Environmental noise pollution is an emerging public policy and environmental concern and is considered to be one of the most important environmental stressors affecting public health throughout the world. This book addresses a distinctive gap in the literature by providing a volume on environmental noise pollution, its health implications, the role of strategic noise mapping for problem assessment, major sources of environmental noise pollution, noise mitigation approaches, and related procedural and policy implications. Environmental Noise Pollution is the first comprehensive work on a major environmental stressor that is a benchmark reference across disciplinary, policy, and national boundaries. It provides a reference guide for all main sources of environmental noise as well as how this noise can be assessed and managed.

Key Features · Highlights recent developments in the policy arena with particular focus on developments in the EU within the context of the European Noise Directive · Explores the lessons emerging from nations within the EU and other jurisdictions attempting to legislate and mitigate against the harmful effects of noise pollution · Covers the core theoretical concepts and principles surrounding the mechanics of noise pollution as well as the evidence-base linking noise with public health concerns

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About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0124115950
• ISBN 13: 9780124115958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 282