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To take noise into account in urban projects

Urban arrangement managers are obliged to take into account all environmental aspects in the various projects they are considering. Among those aspects noise is receiving a constantly growing attention and such a reality is particularly well reflected in the new European Directive relating to the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise (DAMEN). As a matter of fact, including the noise preoccupation in future development projects and assessing the current and projected situation in terms of noise annoyance potential where people live shall present a significant gap at the beginning of the new century.

In order to transform this willingness into an everyday reality decision makers are to be provided with efficient tools to assess the annoyance potential of various origins (noise, air pollution, …) towards urban populations and compare it with respect to the more and more stringent recommendations of economists or sociologists.

These specialists have proved the subtle, fragile but necessary balance we have to assess and respect between all sensitive aspects of the quality of life if we want to maintain major balances in the development of a city. Especially expert works have been recently performed in order to highlight the correlation in each area between economic development, criminality, … and the various annoyance sources.

Answer the requirements of the European Noise Directive 2002/49/CE

This Directive is now transcripted for nearly all members. The influence of  each state member regulation will be determining.

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• TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
• FOLLOWING WORK
• GREATER LYON METHODS
• GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT NOISE