{"id":300,"date":"2015-12-02T17:51:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2015-12-05T22:17:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T22:17:58","slug":"environmental-noise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/introduction-2\/environmental-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental noise affects very\u00a0large numbers of people throughout the world.\u00a0 Whatever the type of scheme,\u00a0current legislation makes it\u00a0necessary to be able to calculate accurately such things as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how much noise a new\u00a0scheme will make;<\/li>\n<li>how the noise can be reduced, for example by:\n<ul>\n<li>putting the\u00a0scheme in a cutting;<\/li>\n<li>putting up a noise barrier;\n<ul>\n<li>deciding on its length and height;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>moving the\u00a0scheme to a different route;<\/li>\n<li>changing the noise-generating characteristics;<\/li>\n<li>changing the\u00a0operating conditions;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>how close to build noise-sensitive developments ;<\/li>\n<li>how design self-shielding developments;<\/li>\n<li>how to create and preserve\u00a0areas of quiet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where alternatives are being considered, it is necessary to be able to evaluate these in an objective way, for example, by calculating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how many people will be exposed to various levels of noise;<\/li>\n<li>whether any areas will be exposed to excessive levels of noise;<\/li>\n<li>how much noise levels and noise nuisance will change;<\/li>\n<li>economic indicators of noise impact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NoiseMap is designed specifically to deal with all the above issues, on development schemes of all sizes and complexity, involving road, high-speed rail, metro, light rail, construction, energy and other open-air noise sources.<\/p>\n<p>NoiseMap contains many tools to\u00a0assist the development and testing of alternatives. This means that <strong>it can be\u00a0 used as an integral\u00a0part of any design process,<\/strong> rather than merely being a post-design reporting system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental noise affects very\u00a0large numbers of people throughout the world.\u00a0 Whatever the type of scheme,\u00a0current legislation makes it\u00a0necessary to be able to calculate accurately such things as: how much noise a new\u00a0scheme will make; how the noise can be reduced, for example by: putting the\u00a0scheme in a cutting; putting up a noise barrier; deciding on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/introduction-2\/environmental-noise\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Environmental noise<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions\/347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}