3. Urban and regional planning
| Moderator: | Göran Cars, Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. | |
| Co-moderators: | Max Dixon, Independent Consultant on Community Noise, London, UK. | |
| Torsten Malmberg, Head of Urban Planning, City of Stockholm, Sweden. | ||
We need to deepen our understanding of sound in urban planning. Sound is not equal to noise. An empty street without sound might be considered lifeless and boring, and a street with sounds from people talking and children playing, a church bell ringing are qualities that to most people add value to urban quality.
In urban development planners are frequently faced with a dilemma in which they have to make a trade off between different values at stake. For example, a site with potentials for construction might at the same time be affected by noise. Ultimately the challenge for the planner lies in giving weight to various positives and negatives associated with the construction, e.g. assessing negative impacts such as noise versus positive effects such as demand and good access to services and public transport. Contemporary approaches, tools and methods for assessing these impacts need to be developed.
The objective of this workshop is to discuss sound in urban planning. Ultimately we will discuss how planning can promote positive sounds in the urban fabric, and how unwanted sound can be avoided, masked or at least reduced.
Presentations:
| 1. | “Soundscape and Urban Planning”, Max Dixon, Independent Consultant on Community Noise, London, UK. |
| 2. | “Sound and Urban Planning in Practice”, Torsten Malmberg, Head of Urban Planning, City of Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 3. | “Quiet Urban Areas, Soundscape, and Noise Action Plans”, Miriam Weber, Head of Noise Department, DCMR - Environmental Protection Agency, Netherlands. |
Last updated: September 27, 2010 15:07