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Noise perception in Europe
Study - 28/04/2010
The European Union has published a perception survey on the quality of life in 75 European cities.
In each city, 500 citizens aged 15 and older, constituting a representative profile of the wider population, were interviewed.
In most of these cities, more than half of the people consider noise as a major nuisance, 51% in Rotterdam, 95% in Athens, versus 19% in Groningen (Netherlands) and 21% in Oulu (Finland). These results often correspond to the results given for air pollution.
In France, 42% of the respondents consider noise as a major issue, 44% in Bordeaux, 51% in Strasbourg, 57% in Lille, 70% in Marseille and 72% in Paris. It should be noted that for all French cities, the situation has improved compared with the figures of the survey organised in 2006, especially in Bordeaux and in Lille.
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In most of these cities, more than half of the people consider noise as a major nuisance, 51% in Rotterdam, 95% in Athens, versus 19% in Groningen (Netherlands) and 21% in Oulu (Finland). These results often correspond to the results given for air pollution.
In France, 42% of the respondents consider noise as a major issue, 44% in Bordeaux, 51% in Strasbourg, 57% in Lille, 70% in Marseille and 72% in Paris. It should be noted that for all French cities, the situation has improved compared with the figures of the survey organised in 2006, especially in Bordeaux and in Lille.
Read the perception survey
Regulations - 13/12/2011
The European Commission presented last December 9th a proposal...
