ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF NOISE REDUCTION TREATMENTS. NOISE INTO THE NINETIES; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1988 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY, VICTOR HARBOUR, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NOVEMBER 24-25, 1988

This paper describes a method for modelling a traffic noise barrier, to assess its economic viability. other principal conclusions are that: (1) the value of a decibel rise or fall approximately doubles for each 10dba rise in the initial noise level. (2) the value of any loss of the motorists' view should be taken into account, as this is usually much greater than the cost of providing the barrier. for the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 829724.

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  Australian Acoustical Society

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• Authors:
  • Weatherall, F
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8.1-12
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Australian Acoustical Society
  • Publisher: Australian Acoustical Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economic efficiency; Environment; Evaluation and assessment; Mathematical models; Noise; Roads; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00606136
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-909882-10-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM