European Guidance

The European Environment Agency has published a new report, Good practice guide on quiet areas, marking International Noise Awareness Day on 30 April 2014. The guidance is aimed at policy makers and authorities to help them to assess and manage environmental noise, in line with the Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC.

This Directive looks at ways to reduce people’s exposure to environmental noise, for example: noise from transport and industrial sources. The guidance makes recommendations for good practice in assessing and managing quiet areas in Europe and is available at: www.eea.europa.eu/publications/good-practice-guide-on-quiet-areas.