Accession Number : ADA205280

Title :   Examination of Noise Management Approaches in the United States.

Descriptive Note : Final rept.,

Corporate Author : PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD CARBONDALE IL

Personal Author(s) : Berrens, Robert P. ; DeWitt, Jeffrey S. ; Baumann, Duane D. ; Nelson, Matthew E.

Report Date : DEC 1988

Pagination or Media Count : 213

Abstract : This report is intended to serve as a reference document on noise management approaches used in the United States. Emphasis has been placed on identifying and evaluating the full range of techniques and measures which are available when selecting a noise management strategy. Broadening the range of choice is a first step in moving toward the resolution and prevention of noise/land use conflicts. Awareness of the available options is of critical importance when individual actors in an issue have limited unilateral power to achieve objectives. The first three chapters of the report provide the reader with background material designed to aid in the understanding of noise management issues. A brief description of the noise problem in the U.S. is given, followed by a discussion on conceptual approaches to noise/land use issues. Some basic concepts of sound and the measurement and assessment of noise are reviewed. In addition, the management application of noise descriptors, relating human responses to noise exposure levels, is examined. In Chapter III, a change is made from describing the noise environment, to describe the legal framework of statutory and cause law that shapes management policy. Chapters 4 through 6 are devoted to identifying and evaluating management approaches. Keywords: Land use, Zoning. (kr)

Descriptors :   *NOISE REDUCTION, *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTS, EXPOSURE(GENERAL), HUMANS, INDEX TERMS, LAND USE, LEVEL(QUANTITY), NOISE, POLICIES, SHAPE, SOUND, STRATEGY, UNITED STATES.

Subject Categories : NOISE POLLUTION AND CONTROL

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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