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modelled using standard data for good track. Some measurement and
mapping has been carried out, but there has been no systematic
assessment of railway noise impact in terms of population exposure.
Railway noise issues are considered in Chapter 4B.
2.37 In the ten years up to 2001, the area and population contained within
long term ‘averaged’ aircraft noise contours published by the Government
has fallen, while the number of air transport movements at Heathrow
Airport has increased from 374,000 to 460,000 per year. ‘Noise and
number’ issues and wider effects are considered in Chapter 4C.
References and notes
1 London Plan, GLA, February 2004, paragraph 1.34.
2 London Plan, GLA, February 2004, paragraph 1.42.
3 London Plan, GLA, February 2004, paragraphs 3.7 and 8.
4 Greater London Authority. ‘London’s warming: the impacts of climate
change on London’ Summary report, GLA, October 2002.
5 Berglund B, Lindvall T, Schwela D H (editors). ‘Guidelines for Community
Noise’ World Health Organisation, Geneva, 2000 www.who.int.
6 Porter N D, Flindell I H, Berry B F. ‘Health effect based noise assessment
methods: a review and feasibility study’ National Physical Laboratory
Report CMAM 16. DETR, September 1998
7 Stansfeld S, Haines M, Curtis, S, Brentnall, S, Brown B. ‘Rapid Review on
Noise and Health for London’ Report to inform preparation of Mayor’s
Ambient Noise Strategy, April 2001
8 for example, see Miedema H M E, and Vos H. ‘Exposure-response
relations for transportation noise’ Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, Vol 104 (6), December 1998, pp 3432-3444
9 for example, see Berglund et al. ‘Guidelines for Community Noise’ World
Health Organisation, 2000.
10 Evans G, Hygge S, and Bullinger M. ‘Chronic noise and psychological
stress’ Psychological Science, Vol 6(6), 1995, pp 333-338.