Hygiena 2025, 70(2):54-57 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1883

Noise reduction action plans – quiet areas

Pavel Junek, Dana Potužníková, Tomáš Hellmuth, Aleš Jiráska
Zdravotní ústav se sídlem v Ostravě, Národní referenční laboratoř pro komunální hluk, Ústí nad Orlicí, Česká republika

This article follows on from previous articles dedicated to strategic noise maps and action plans. In the first article Strategic Noise Maps and Action Plans 2024, we described the process of strategic noise mapping (Hygiena 4/2024), in the second article, we focused on the description of action plans and their significance Noise Reduction Action Plans in Practice (Hygiena 1/2025). In this last article in the series, we would like to focus on quiet areas, i.e. places where noise levels are low and these places can serve as places of relaxation from noise. We will look at how agglomeration action plans deal with quiet areas. We will describe the problems of quiet areas in the open countryside. We will present expert reports that have been written on this topic in Europe.

Keywords: noise, strategic noise maps, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), action plans, quiet areas

Received: May 2025; Accepted: June 3, 2025; Published: June 30, 2025  Show citation

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Junek P, Potužníková D, Hellmuth T, Jiráska A. Noise reduction action plans – quiet areas. Hygiena. 2025;70(2):54-57. doi: 10.21101/hygiena.a1883.
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