COMMUNITY NOISE COUNTERMEASURES COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

An analytical model of a typical community has been developed for the purpose of carrying out a cost-effectiveness analysis of various outdoor noise countermeasures. The principal elements of the model are (1) A data base describing the community's geography, population distribution, and typical building construction; (2) a data base describing the location and strength of noise sources; (3) energy summation of noise levels from each source at many locations; and (4) use of noise level versus human response transfer functions to determine the number of people adversely affected by this noise level. Summing these for the whole community and dividing by the total population results in a 'Noise Impact Index (NII)' indicating the quality of the noise environment. Three basic types of countermeasures may be applied: (1) source reduction, (2) source rerouting, and (3) path-receiver treatments.

• Corporate Authors:

  Wyle Laboratories

  128 Maryland Street
  El Segundo, CA  United States  90245

  Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Association

  320 New Center Building
  Detroit, MI  United States  48202
• Authors:
  • Rackl, R
  • Sutherland, L
  • Swing, J
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 333 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Communities; Cost effectiveness; Countermeasures; Databases; Environmental impacts; Financing; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Mathematical models; Noise; Noise control; Planning; Public relations; Sound level; Transportation; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Noise reduction; Transportation noise
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Noise sound
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094248
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: WCR-75-2 Final Rpt., MVMA-WYL-74-08
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM