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T1 LIFE+2010 QUADMAP Project: results obtained from the analysis of data collected during the application of the new methodology to the pilot quiet areas: 												Results obtained from the analysis of data collected during the application of the new methodology to the pilot quiet areas
A1 Bartalucci, Chiara
A1 Borchi, Francesco
A1 Carfagni, Monica
A1 Governi, Lapo
A1 Luzzi, Sergio
A1 Aspuru, Itziar
A1 Gaudibert, Piotr
A1 Wolfert, Henk
AB Since the 90s, quiet areas have commonly been considered as places to be acoustically preserved or where acoustic interventions should be implemented to reduce noise levels. With the enforcement of the Environmental Noise Directive in 2002, a formal definition of a ‘quiet area in agglomeration’ and a ‘quiet area in open country’ was established. However, many Member States complained about the absence of guidelines regarding the identification and management of quiet areas. The LIFE QUiet Areas Definition and Management in Action Plans (QUADMAP) project started in 2011 to contribute to the Directive’s incomplete requirements for quiet areas. The project’s main result has been the introduction of a flexible methodology for the selection, analysis and management of quiet areas in agglomeration in which both acoustic and nonacoustic parameters are evaluated. The current paper illustrates the analyses carried out on the data collected during the application of the selection, analysis and management phases of the developed methodology in the different pilot cases selected during the Project. Mentioned analysis are aimed at verifying the benefits of the proposed complementary selection criteria (‘relative quiet urban areas’ identification criteria and ‘homogeneous urban areas’ subdivision criteria), at defining the measurement periods most representative of the areas and the acoustic and nonacoustic parameters to be considered as the most significant.
SN 2084-879X
YR 2019
FD 2019-01-01
LA eng
NO Bartalucci , C , Borchi , F , Carfagni , M , Governi , L , Luzzi , S , Aspuru , I , Gaudibert , P & Wolfert , H 2019 , ' LIFE+2010 QUADMAP Project: results obtained from the analysis of data collected during the application of the new methodology to the pilot quiet areas : Results obtained from the analysis of data collected during the application of the new methodology to the pilot quiet areas ' , Noise Mapping , vol. 6 , no. 1 , pp. 22-37 . https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2019-0003
NO Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Chiara Bartaluc et al., published by De Gruyter 2019.
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