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Why Noise Matters

Why Noise Matters

A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems, Policies and Solutions

John Stewart

with Arline L. Bronzaft, Francis McManus, Nigel Rodgers and Val Weedon

First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2011

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Copyright 2011 John Stewart. Published by Taylor & Francis.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Stewart, John.

Why noise matters : a worldwide perspective on the problems, policies, and solutions / John Stewart with Arline Bronzaft [et al.].

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-84971-256-9 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-84971-257-6 (pbk.) 1. Noise pollution. I. Bronzaft, Arline L. II. Title.

TD892.S75 2011

363.74dc22

2011003939

ISBN: 978-1-84971-256-9 hardback

ISBN: 978-1-84971-257-6 paperback

Typeset in Minion and Myriad by Composition and Design Services

Cover design by Rob Watts

Contents

Arline L. Bronzaft

Val Weedon

Nigel Rodgers

Francis McManus

John Stewart is one of the UKs leading campaigners. In 2008 he was voted the countrys most effective environmentalist by the Independent on Sunday. He currently chairs the UK Noise Association and headed up the coalition which defeated plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D. is a Professor Emerita of Lehman College, City University of New York and an Expert Witness on Noise Impacts. She serves on the Mayors GrowNYC, chairing its noise committee, and was also named to this volunteer position by the three previous Mayors. Dr. Bronzaft conducts research, writes and lectures on the adverse effects of noise on our mental and physical well-being. She has written broadly on noise including chapters in environmental books and encyclopedias, published articles in academic journals, and writings for the more popular press. She is frequently quoted in the media in the United States and abroad. In 2007, she assisted in the updating of the New York City Noise Code.

Francis McManus is Professor of Law at Edinburgh Napier University where he specialises in environmental law and the law of delict. He has published widely and has a particular interest in noise law.

Nigel Rodgers is the founder of Pipedown, the Campaign for Freedom from Piped Music, and a writer on history, art and philosophy. Among his recent books, co-authored with Mel Thompson, are Philosophers Behaving Badly (Peter Owen) and Understand Existentialism (Teach Yourself/Hodder.)

Val Weedon, the President of the UK Noise Association, is a leading campaigning journalist, author and lobbyist. She was awarded an MBE in 1997 for her campaigning work with the Right to Peace and Quiet Campaign, which she founded in 1991. Her work has been published widely in newspapers, magazines and journals. Vals book The Quiet Guide was published in April 2007. She also contributes features to the online music and lifestyle magazine Zani.

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ASBO	Anti-Social Behaviour Order
ASOC	Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
CAA	Civil Aviation Authority
CAMRA	Campaign for Real Ale
CDA	Continuous Descent Approach
CWU	Communication Workers Union Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DNL	Day-Night Average Sound Level
EC	European Commission
ECHR	European Convention of Human Rights
EES	Environment Effects Statement
END	Environmental Noise Directive
EPD	Environmental Protection Department
ESIA	Ear Science Institute Australia
EU	European Union
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FEHRL	Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories
FICAN	Federal Interagency Committee
GDP	gross domestic product
HACAN	Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise
HSE	Health and Safety Executive
IMO	International Maritime Organization
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISVR	Institute of Sound and Vibration Research MoD Ministry of Defence
MPA	Maritime Protection Area
NAS	Noise Abatement Society
NHS	National Health Service
NICU	neonatal intensive care unit
NPS	National Park Service
NRDC	Natural Resources Defense Council
ONAC	Office of Noise Abatement and Control
PIL	Public Interest Litigation
RMT	National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
RNID	Royal National Institute for the Deaf
RPQC	Right to Peace and Quiet Campaign
TPS	Town Planning Scheme
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