Information System for Implementing the European Directive on Environmental Noise in Bavaria

Abstract

The European directive relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise prescribes an integrative, comprehensive approach to assessing and reducing environmental noise and its harmful effects. In this paper, the Bavarian implementation of the directive is described. The Bavarian State Agency for Environment Protection is responsible for the implementation of the law. It is setting up a central database, integrating related source data and the result of acoustic calculations and numeric models. The contents, the technical solutions of the data management, the applications and the evaluation scenarios are presented.