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The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Mayor of London 207 Sounds of the city 5.32 Better soundscape management should not be seen as a ‘killjoy’ activity. Sound plays many positive roles in people’s lives. Big cities have buzz, but they also need balance. Awareness-raising needs to be approached carefully in the case of noise. There is some indication that ‘increased sensitivity to noise’ may have been one of the outcomes of the Darlington Quiet Town Experiment. 18 Some forms of noise awareness campaigning could be counter-productive if not cruel, if they increased individual’s sensitivity to noise faster than noise was reduced. 5.33 However, encouraging creative exploration of city soundscapes, such as through cultural projects, could enrich personal experience while helping to create the context for practical improvements in city noise environments. Recognition of the value of cross-disciplinary soundscape work in understanding people’s responses, and engaging people in new approaches to change, is growing. 19 20 Cities need, not just more effective noise control, but more ‘sound-conscious’ design and management. Soundscape quality and diversity need to be enhanced, so that people have more chance to enjoy, rather than neglect or need to escape, their sound worlds. policy 97 The Mayor will encourage arts organisations, sponsors and others to promote creative exploration of city soundscapes, in ways which both enrich personal experience and help create the context for practical improvements.
208 Mayor of London The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy References and notes 1 National Noise Committee of National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection. ‘Towards a Noise Strategy for the UK’ Clean Air, Vol 30(3), NSCA, May/June 2000. 2 The Royal National Institute for Deaf People www.rnid.org.uk and the British Deaf Association www.britishdeafassocation.org.uk can also provide advice on the specific needs of deaf people. The Mayor’s ‘Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance to the London Plan: Accessible London: Achieving An Inclusive Environment’ Greater London Authority, July 2003 gives advice on implementing inclusive design. Such design is further explained in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s good practice guide ‘Planning and Access for Disabled People’ (March 2003) (www.odpm.gov.uk) and in the Disability Rights Commission’s discussion paper ‘What is an inclusive environment and how can it be achieved’ (2002) (www.drc-gb.org.uk). The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) Act 1999 provide powers and means of enforcing rights preventing discrimination against disabled people. Information on many issues is contained on the website http://www.disability.gov.uk/. 3 Maassen M, Babish W, et al. ‘Ear damage caused by leisure noise’ Noise & Health, Vol 4;13, pp 1-16 4 Mitchell S. ‘Neighbour and Neighbourhood Noise - A review of European legislation and practices’ Environmental Resources Management for DEFRA, March 2002. 5 Grimwood C, and Ling M. ‘Domestic Noise Complaints - Furthering our understanding of the issues involved in neighbourhood noise disputes’ BRE Acoustics Centre for DETR, December 1999 6 Mediation UK can be contacted at tel. 0117 904 6661 or www.mediationuk.org.uk 7 NSCA. ‘National Noise Survey 2001’ NSCA, June 2001. 8 Grimwood C and Skinner C. ‘A review of London-related data from the 1990 and 2000 National Noise Incidence Studies’ BRE, May 2002 9 Casella-Stanger. ‘Low Frequency Noise’ Technical Research Support for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Noise Programme, 2001. See http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/noise/casella/index.htm
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