Environmental Noise Policy: ways out of the crisis
Regular paper
Royal HaskoningDHV
Wednesday 3 june, 2015, 17:00 - 17:20
0.8 Rome (118)
Abstract:
With the introduction of the Environmental Noise Directive, the political
approach to Environmental Noise in Europe has been widely standardized. Apart
from the applicable limit values, there is a widely supported division of
responsibilities between governmental levels and between the public and
private domain. The intended objective is the reduction of the adverse health
effects of noise, but the actual figures indicate a failure rather than a
success. Recently, with the economic crisis at its peak, the emphasis has been
on other issues than noise. The paper proposes ways out of this crisis,
learning from other policy issues that have been successful. With the current
revision of the END, there is a scope for a more effective policy.