European Academy of the Urban Environment

Raising awareness in candidate countries for future EU noise policy

CONTENT

Foreword
Maria Krautzberger

Endre Kovács

Preface
Hanns-Uve Schwedler

Summary

Part I – Questionnaire analysis and conclusions

Analysis of questionnaire
Christian Popp

Conclusions
Christoph Rau

Part II - Future EU noise policy and perspectives for national policies in candidate countries

Reports from EU working groups 1 - 5

EU working group 1: Indicators
Dr. Ian Flindell

EU working group 2:Dose / effects
Dr. Jens Ortscheid

EU working group 3: Computation and measurement
Dr. Dieter Gottlob

EU working group 4: Noise mapping
Christian Popp

EU working group 5: Noise abatement
Werner Talasch

National policies in candidate countries

Perspectives for noise policy in Estonia
Joel Valge

Hans Kuusiku

Perspectives for noise policy in Poland
Dr. Radosław Kucharski

Perspectives for noise policy in Slovenia
Lilijana Kuhelj

Perspectives for noise policy in the Czech Republic
Dr. Miloš Liberko

Perspectives for noise policy in Hungary
Berndt Mihaly

Perspectives for noise policy in Cyprus
Dr. Costas Papastavros

Adaptation of EU legislation to national law
Professor Martin Schulte

 Part III - Noise abatement policy in the European Union and in the EU candidate countries at local level

Noise abatement policy in the European Union – selected examples

Noise abatement in Austria as exemplified by Vienna
Dr. Judith Lang, Vienna

Noise abatement in the Netherlands as exemplified by Leiden
Aad Bezemer

Noise abatement in Denmark as exemplified by Odense
Søren Rasmussen

Noise abatement in France
Didier Soulage

Noise abatement in Germany - local examples
Christian Popp

Berlin pilot noise abatement project - implementation, results and prospects
Horst Wohlfarth von Alm

Noise abatement by means of traffic calming – as exemplified by the Berlin District of Tiergarten
Johann Schilcher

Noise abatement policy in selected candidate countries

Noise policy in Hungary as exemplified by Budapest and Miskolc
Dr. Maria Bite, KTI, Budapest

Noise policy in Hungary as exemplified by Miskolc
Jozsef Lencses, City of Miskolc

Noise policy in Slovenia as exemplified by Ljubljana
Martina Lipnik

Noise mapping in Poland as exemplified by Warsaw
Jacek Skorupski and Marcin Świetlik

Noise policy in the Czech Republic as exemplified by Brno
Zdenka Samankova and Miroslav Stanĕk

Noise policy in Estonia as exemplified by Tallinn
Piret Kiiss, Madis Kõrvits and Linda Madalik

Noise policy in Estonia as exemplified by Tartu
Marti Raamat

Noise policy in Cyprus as exemplified by Nicosia
Dr. Costas Papastavros

Part IV - Current and future EU directives for noise policy relevant for the candidate countries

Introduction to the new directive for noise emission by equipment used outdoors
Dr. Volker Irmer

Implementation of the new directive for noise emission by equipment used outdoors as exemplified by the United Kingdom
Karen Taylor

Introduction to the final version of the draft directive on environmental noise
Christian Popp

Indicators regarding the draft directive on environmental noise
Dr. Ian Flindell

Noise mapping and noise abatement regarding the draft directive on environmental noise
John Hinton

Railways regarding the draft directive on environmental noise
Michael Jäcker-Cüppers

Appendix

Opening addresses by Dr. Manfred Breitenkamp and Brian Ross

List of participants

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