3-year noise monitoring and strategic noise mapping in an extended motorway.

It is well known that the quality of the acoustic environment is very often degraded by major environmental interventions such as extended motorways. Considering this, the European Union has imposed relevant legislation on its member states to monitor these environmental changes/interventions and to develop strategic noise maps and action plans, in order to protect the natural and human environment. Egnatia Odos is a major motorway that crosses northern Greece and connects the country with the main European Motorway network.

Strategic Noise Maps and Action Plans for the reduction of population exposure in a Mediterranean port city.

One of the major environmental problems in contemporary societies is noise pollution, as it is well-known that noise adversely affects both the physiological and the psychological human health and well-being. This paper presents the development of Strategic Noise Maps and Action Plans for the "agglomeration of Piraeus", an area with >15% of the total population and almost 12% of the total area of the "Athenian - Piraeus conurbation". In Piraeus different noise sources, such as the railway, port activities, the road network, industrial and logistic activities etc.