Approaches to environmental noise policy in Australia


Autoria(s): Burgess, Marion; Renew, Warren
Contribuinte(s)

Rinus Boone

Data(s)

01/01/2001

Resumo

Australia is a federation of six states and two territories. Legislation for environmental noise is the responsibility of each of the Australian states and territories. The Federal government has the responsibility for national issues such as aircraft noise and also to encourage harmonisation of the legislation and regulations among the states and territories. For some decades there has been a document on environmental noise produced by Standards Australia but it is up to each state or territory to call up part or all of this Standard. For general environmental noise some states use comparison with background as the criteria while others define the criteria levels based on land use zones. Both approaches have their advantages and drawbacks. This paper will compare and contrast the different legislation and regulations and discuss the issue of 'cross border' disputes.

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:95135

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Inter-Noise 2001

Palavras-Chave #EX #730210 Environmental health #350405 Road and Rail Transportation
Tipo

Conference Paper