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dc.contributor.convenorMatthew Terlich
dc.contributor.authorBrown, AL
dc.contributor.editorDavid J Mee and Ian D.M Hillock
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-12T00:05:20Z
dc.date.available2018-02-12T00:05:20Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-03-12T05:46:54Z
dc.identifier.isbn9781622762699
dc.identifier.refurihttp://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2011/index.htm
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43572
dc.description.abstractNoise generated by surface and air transport is routinely considered in EIA of transport projects. Sophisticated tools are utilised in prediction, noise mitigation, and assessment of noise impacts. These estimate human annoyance - even though there is a well-documented range of health effects of transport noise beyond annoyance. Focus on "annoyance" alone has had two important consequences. Firstly, it tends to have little traction with decision-makers. Secondly, despite the availability of assessment tools at the project level, there has been little consideration of transport noise at strategic levels. The extent of annoyance is a useful criterion in choosing between alternative highway routes at the project level, but not to assess impact of, say, area-wide transport options. This has now changed. Accumulated evidence regarding health effects of environmental noise has been published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe as initial guidance for quantitative risk assessment of environmental noise-based on Environmental Burden of Disease (EBD) methodology and the metric Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY). Synthesized reviews of health effects of environmental noise (cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, annoyance, hearing impairment and tinnitus), and exemplary estimates of the burden of its health outcomes now allow for inclusion of transportation noise in quantitative Heath Impact Assessments at aggregated strategic levels-in regional or national transport planning, and in assessment of policy options such as road pricing, land use planning, energy costs, modal shifts etc. that can influence the exposure of populations to transport noise at strategic levels
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAustralian Acoustical Society
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2011/index.htm
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameAcoustics 2011: Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleAustralian Acoustical SocietyConference 2011, Acoustics 2011: Breaking New Ground
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2011-11-02
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2011-11-04
dc.relation.ispartoflocationGold Coast, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom41
dc.relation.ispartofpageto43
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental assessment and monitoring
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther built environment and design not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode339999
dc.titleStrategic level assessment of the health effects of transport noise
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
dc.description.versionVersion of Record (VoR)
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Australian Acoustical Society. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorBrown, Lex L.


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