Review of recent EU funded research projects from the perspective of urban sound planning: Do the results cope with the needs of Europe's noise policy?

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Noise pollution is one of the major environmental problems affecting European citizens in urban areas. Although the Environmental Noise Directive is in force since 2002, there is still a gap between defined objectives and outcomes. The EU Seventh Environment Action Programme attempts to achieve the reduction of noise pollution by means of more effective European noise policies. This must be coupled with providing assistance to local administrations on dealing with existing noise problems, for example through Urban Sound Planners. The aim of this paper is to present the results of a systematic review of European projects addressing urban sound planning topics and furthermore an overview of the most relevant research results that can be applied by practitioners. In order to understand the European funding strategy, the most valued research topics (number of projects and funding support) are assessed. A key finding of this review is the disagreement between air trafic noise research funding and its importance on overall noise exposure. Another finding is that the scientific knowledge for urban sound planning exists but it requires adequately dissemination of results, among the policy makers and local authorities, who are usually responsible for policy implementation.

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Alves, S., Scheuren, J., & Altreuther, B. (2016, January 1). Review of recent EU funded research projects from the perspective of urban sound planning: Do the results cope with the needs of Europe’s noise policy? Noise Mapping. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2016-0007

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