Issues of airport noise in Japan early in the 21st century

摘要

This paper discusses issues of airport noise in Japan early in next century. First, it briefly reviews the history of airport noise last 40 years. It also speaks about temporal change in people's complaints toward public nuisances due to environmental factors, as well as in people's attitude toward noise around airports. Next, it surveys construction programs of new airports and additional runways, as well as the possibility of resultant environmental issues relevant to airport noise. It also speaks about air traffic and noise situation around airports early in next century. Finally, it speaks about future policy against airport noise under to the circumstances that a great concern is taken into global issues such as atmospheric conditions and so on.