Noise Sources And Land Uses: Are They Compatible Edward Gorski

Nois e Source s ~"l d Land Uses : Are They Compatible? by Ed';~ard P. Gorski Associate Me~ber of ~~e ~~erican Institute of Pl~~ners; Member of ~~e &~srican Society of Planning Officials; Employed by the Hetropolitan wasn~.ng~on Cou.."lci l of Gov- e~~~ents as ~"l Environmen~al Planner in ~~e area of Noise Control; Receivec a :a. A. in urb an Affairs f rom ~·Hlkes Coll ege , 'l'lil.kes Barre, Pennsylv ania: Receive~ a Master's of City and Regional Planning from t..l-J.e Cat:..olic Uni~;ersity of .:l.merica, r,Q'ashington, D.C. i n ~1ay, 19 77. . . .l . . . I .. Abstrac-t Ther e are a vari e ty o f techniques avai lab le t o local gover n- ments fa r achi eving noise- comp at ible land uses . The techn iques are of ~..;o types: (1) a~~inistrative techniques, whi ch can be used by local government officials and planners t o re~~ire, or en- courage i mproved naise-cornpatibilityi and ( 2) the physical methods available to ar~~itects, urban designers, developers, and. builders for achieving the desir ed noise L~pact reductions. By expanding his area of concern to include conside=at ions o f s ource path and r ecepti on as they rel ate t o noise , the pl ~~ner can achieve noise-compatibility in concert with achievi ng o~~er environmental and community planning goals. This would allow the planner to further enhance the quality of l ife in his community a.T'ld, simultaneously, to move to the forefront in…

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