Community Noise Assessment Manual: Strategy Guidelines for Developing a Community Noise Control Program

摘要

This report assists communities in determining, in an objective manner, the efficient allocation of funds for reducing the adverse effects of noise in their community. Since the number of possible combinations of noise sources and corresponding countermeasures to reduce their impact can be quite large, a computer-based approach is therefore used to develop optimum scenarios for noise control expenditures. This manual utilizes an optimization computer model, which selects the most cost-effective noise abatement measures and the amount of money which should be spent on each. The primary criterion for optimization is based on economic and acoustical data gathered in the community.