Titlebook: A Sound Approach to Noise and Health; Irene van Kamp,Fred Woudenberg Book‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 202

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Introduction, it should include the beneficial effects of sound and insights from the physical, medical, psychological, economic, spatial planning, governance and art disciplines. This chapter puts the issue of noise and health in a broader societal context and gives an outline of the present book.

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Introduction to Acoustics: Measuring, Quantifying, and Understanding Sound,n to acoustics and outlines different ways that acousticians measure, predict and quantify sound to understand its effects. The chapter also contains a glossary of acoustic terminology that is used throughout this book and can be referred to when reading any of the other chapters in the book.

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The Meaning(s) of Sound(s),. Sound events that humans and other animals can hear on earth are usually created by physical movement in the environment. . implies that at least one (direct) relationship exists between the specific acoustic properties, and the perception of a sound, often associated with a second relationship: t

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Economics and Environmental Noise,ght activities producing unwanted noise and other externalities. Monetisation also allows acoustic consequences to be included in economic analyses of infrastructure investments, efforts to reduce noise and efforts to improve the acoustic environment. It is when the external costs of noise are used

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Governance,mes. Governance processes, mechanisms and organizations relevant to sound and health can vary greatly between continents, countries and even regions. In this chapter we present some examples of governance directly relevant to sound and health, from the international to the national level. We then di

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