Why Noise Matters - A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems, Policies and Solutions

Informationen zum Autor John Stewart has been campaigning on transport and environment issues for thirty years. He is a former Chair of Transport 2000 and of the road victim charity, RoadPeace. He currently chairs the UK Noise Association and is a Vice Chair of UECNA, the European body which represents airport campaign groups. He headed up the coalition which defeated plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. In 2008 he was voted the UK's most effective environmentalist by the Independent on Sunday. For the last three years from 2008 the Evening Standard nominated him as one of London's 1000 most influential people. Klappentext Across the world, more people are disturbed by noise in their day-to-day lives than by any other pollutant on Earth. From the shanty towns of Mumbai to the smart boulevards of Paris, noise is a problem. It is damaging people's health, costing billions, and threatening the world's natural sound systems in the same way that climate change is altering its eco-systems. Zusammenfassung Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? This book argues that it is, and tells you what you need to know about noise as a social, cultural, environmental and health issue. Drawing on evidence from all over the world, it showcases policies and strategies that have worked to decrease noise pollution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.  Why Noise Matters.  Noise: Widespread and Worldwide.  Hear Me Now! Noise Can Harm Your Health!   Noise: The Neglected Green Issue of our Age?   Noise in the Workplace.  Transport Noise.  Neighbour/Neighbourhood Noise.  Piped Music: The Music You Cannot Turn Off.  Noise and the Law.  Making Change Happen

Product details

• Authors: Arline Bronzaft, Bronzaft Arline, Francis Mcmanus, McManus Francis, Nigel Rodgers, John Stewart, Val Weedon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2011
• EAN: 9781849712569
• ISBN: 978-1-84971-256-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Urban & municipal planning, Environmental policy & protocols, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environmental policy and protocols