A Metric Matrix Establishment for Cases Studies on the Effectiveness of the Key Environmental Protection Policies for Transportation Pollution Control

摘要

In a study of the Effectiveness of the Key Environmental Protection Policies for Road Traffic Noise Control, the authors discussed 20 international case studies of road traffic and noise management. Although the key international environmental policies for road traffic noise control in developed countries are very technologically, economically, legally, and sociologically mature, these policies do not always result in compatible land use: roadways and highways are still built too close to existing residential areas, and vice versa. In China these issues are exacerbated due to its rapid urban growth and industrial expansion. In this paper, the authors expand their study to include non-noise policies (air pollution, public participation in the planning process, and other important factors) but the noise & vibration are the first impact metrics (e.g. airport, railway, shipping), and suggest a multi-dimensional matrix for such cases studies. At last, an airport case in China is employed to show the sharpened metric matrix emphasizing the compatible land use, because the noise metric dominates to the other ones in airport transportation construction demonstrating the matrix effectiveness. And the future work would be expanded to all transportation types cases.