"A Spon book." Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Introduction to traffic noise abatement / Jens Forss?n, Wolfgang Kropp, and Tor Kihlman -- 2. Innovative barriers / J?r?me Defrance, Philippe Jean, Faouzi Koussa, Timothy van Renterghem, Jian Kang, and Yulija Smyrnova -- 3. Acoustic performance of vegetation and soil substratum in an urban context / Kirill Horoshenkov, Amir Khan, Haidj Benkreira, Agnes Mandon, and Ren? Rohr -- 4. Acoustical characteristics of trees, shrubs, and hedges / Timothy van Renterghem, Dick Botteldooren, Jian Kang, Kirill Horoshenkov, and Hong-Seok Yang -- 5. Designing vegetation and tree belts along roads / Timothy van Renterghem, Keith Attenborough, and Philippe Jean -- 6. Noise reduction using surface roughness / Keith Attenborough, Imran Bashir, Toby J. Hill, Shahram Taherzadeh, J?r?me Defrance, and Phillipe Jean -- 7. Porous ground, crops, and buried resonators / Keith Attenborough, Shahram Taherzadeh, Imran Bashir, Jens Forss?n, Bart Van der Aa, and Manuel M?nnel -- 8. Vegetation in urban streets, squares, and courtyards / Jian Kang, Marten Hornikx, Timothy van Renterghem, Yuliya Smyrnova, Jens Forss?n, Cris Cheal, Dick Botteldooren, Hong-Seok Yang, Jin Yong Jeon, Hyung Suk Jang, Shahram Taherzadeh, Keith Attenborough, and Agnes Mandon -- 9. Perceptual effects of noise mitigation / Mats E. Nilsson, Dick Botteldooren, Jin Yong Jeon, Maria R?dsten-Ekman, Bert de Coensel, Joo Young Hong, Julien Maillard, and Bruno Vincent -- 10. Economic analyses of surface treatments, tree belts, green fa?ades, barriers, and roofs -- Ronny Kl?boe and Knut Veisten. "This book is based on research conducted in the research project "HOlistic and Sustainable Abatement of Noise by optimized combinations of Natural and Artificial means" (HOSANNA). The project aimed to develop a set of tools for reducing road and rail traffic noise in outdoor environments by the optimal use of vegetation, soil, other natural materials and recycled materials in combination with artificial elements. The project studied a number of green abatement strategies that might achieve cost-effective improvements using new barrier designs, planting of trees, shrubs, or bushes, ground and road surface treatments, and greening of building facades and roofs. The noise reduction was assessed in terms of sound level reductions, perceptual effects, and cost-benefit analyses"-Provided by publisher.