European Academy of the Urban Environment

Noise abatement in European towns and cities
Strategies, concepts and approaches for local noise policy

Table of contents

Foreword
Peter Strieder, Minister for Urban Development, Environmental Protection and Technology of the Federal State of Berlin

Preface

Executive summary

Part 1 - Noise abatement planning in Europe: overview and conclusions

A survey of standards, assessment, planning and implementation of noise abatementin European towns and cities
Christian Popp

Conclusions: priorities for managing and implementing noise abatement planning
at local level
Christoph Rau
Setting a framework for noise abatement policies at local level
Putting into action strategies for noise abatement planning successfully
Raising awareness and public participation in the process of noise abatement planning
Sustaining noise abatement planning at local level

Part 2 - Selected examples of strategies for noise abatement planning in Europe

Experience of demonstration projects in France
Alice Debonnet-Lambert

Noise maps and noise control plans in Austria
Judith Lang

Denmark - Traffic 2005 National Transport Action Plan
Hugo Lyse Nielsen

Noise abatement plans and environmentally compatible urban traffic and transport in Germany
Gertrude Penn-Bressel

Harmonisation of noise regulations in the European Union
Volker Irmer

Part 3 - Noise abatement planning at local and regional level

Development of noise protection policy in the Brussels region
Catherine Bouland

Noise abatement planning in the Linz region
Hannelore Schiller

Linking noise abatement and traffic planning in Lübeck
Beate Hoffmann

A car free suburb in Amsterdam
Ron van Heusden

Noise abatement in the urban development plan for traffic in Berlin
Olaf Gröndahl

Practical financing and implementation of noise abatement measures in Celle
Bernd Skoda

Noise abatement planning in the Federal state of Brandenburg
Ditmar Hunger, Bernd Lehming, Lutz Schaefer

Noise abatement planning as a part of the Agenda 21 process - the example of the city of Heidelberg
Ingolf Op den Berg

Appendix

Opening addresses
Questionnaire
Findings
List of participants

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