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Re: "noise maps" of cities in Europe?

Subject: Re: "noise maps" of cities in Europe?
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:30:52 -0700
Yes. There are several. Most notably in R. Murray Schafer's
publications on noise that refer to the European and UN standards
generally addressed and often followed in the more civilized nations
of Europe.

Bernie

>The current issue of Wired Magazine (May 2004, p.64) has a brief note
>about a European Union mandate to develop "noise maps."  Reportedly
>all European cities with population over 250,000 are required to
>produce maps showing decibel sound pressure levels by 2007.
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>Can anyone provide additional information about this?  Is the goal to
>create a baseline of sound levels for future comparison, or is action
>expected on the basis of these measurements?  Is there a recommended
>methodology for data collection?
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>--oryoki
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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