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Environmental noise barriers: a guide to their acoustic and visual design

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Environmental Noise Barriers is a unique one-stop reference for practitioners, whether acoustical engineers, landscape architects or manufacturers, and for highways departments in local and central authorities. This extensively revised new edition is updated in line with UK and EU legislation and international provision of barriers.

Author(s): Benz Kotzen
Publisher: Spon Press
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 282
City: London ; New York

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface to second edition......Page 10
Preface to first edition......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Location of photographs......Page 20
1 Introduction......Page 26
2 Defining the need for barriers......Page 40
3 Acoustic performance of barriers......Page 66
4 Barrier morphology and design......Page 92
5 Types of barrier and barrier materials......Page 160
6 Climbing plants and other plants for use on barriers......Page 234
7 Engineering, safety, environmental and cost considerations......Page 246
8 Contemporary issues, developments and considerations......Page 258
Author Index......Page 276
Subject Index......Page 278