Sustainable development in an urbanized world - The noise issue

Three sessions on noise policy developments were held during a one-day workshop at NOISE-CON 05, the 2005 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering. The sessions were held on 2005 October 18 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The purpose of the workshop was to present a summary of the discussions during the workshop, “Technology for a Quieter America,” sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and held in Washington, DC, on 2005 September 13-15. That event was a “project scoping workshop” in preparation for a consensus study on noise to be sponsored by the NAE.