Aviation Noise Impact Management: Technologies, Regulations, and Societal Well-being in Europe (Paperback)

Introduction: Understanding the basics of aviation noise.- Status: Noise burden in Europe.- Part I: Regulating and reducing noise today.- Balanced approach to aircraft noise management.- Perspective on 25 years of European aircraft noise reduction technology efforts and shift towards global research aimed at quieter air transport.- Future aircraft and the future of aircraft noise.- Competing agendas for land-use around airports.- Part II: Beyond flying machines, Human beings.- Impact of aircraft noise on health.- Coping with aviation noise: Non-acoustic factors influencing annoyance and sleep disturbance from noise.- Engaging communities in the hard quest for consensus.- Towards innovative ways to assess annoyance.- Towards mapping of noise impact.- ANIMA noise platform and ANIMA methodology: One-stop shop for aviation noise management.- Overall perspectives.