WP A: DATA COLLECTION
The data obtained from the questionnaire that has been sent to some governments in EU Member States is reported to the lead beneficiary. By DCMR a separate document was drafted with the outcomes of the questionnaire that was sent by DCMR. This document can be downloaded here.
WP B: METHODOLOGY
Based on the outcomes of WP A a provisional methodology was defined during two meetings of the project group which have been held in Paris and Brussels (see news). The provisional methodology has been laid down in the state of the art report. This report is available on this website, here. Important elements in the methodology are accessibility, cleaness/maintenance, landscape and use and noise levels occuring in the QUA.
WP C: DEMONSTRATION
By all members a few quiet Urban Areas are selected in order to test the provisional methodology. Selection of these areas was based on the noise maps that have been drafted during the first and the second round of noise mapping according to the Environmentak Noise Directive 2002/49/EC. The following pilot areas have been selected.
Florence has selected six Quiet Urban Areas being school yards of the E. de Filippo school, secondary school P.Uccello, secondary school A. Manzoni, Nursery school Montessory-Vamba, Nursery school P.Fedi and Nursery school F. Dionisi.
Rotterdam selected two parks, the Southern Park (Zuiderpark) and the Spinoza park . Both parks are situated in the southern part of Rotterdam. More information about these parks is given under the sub DISSEMINATION/pilot areas.
Bilbao has selected two Quiet Urban Areas, the urban square General La Torre and Santa Marina, a peri-urban area near the green corridor.
See Pilot Areas for more information on location and the first impressions.
WP D: DISSEMINATION
During the progress of the QUADMAP projects a lot of information has been produced not only being the deliverables. Below presentations could be found and also papers and articles written for journals and congress syllabi. This section also comprises the deliverables.
General overview
- QUADMAP: General presentation.
- Miriam Weber. QUADMAP: Quiet areas definition and management in action plans – Introduction.
- Miriam Weber. Quiet Urban Areas: repositioning local noise policy approaches – questioning visitors on soundscape and environmental quality.
Pilot areas, the first impressions
Papers and presentations from Internoise 2012, August 19-22 New-York city, USA
- Chiara Bartalucci, Francesco Borchi, Monica Carfagni, Lapo Governi. Quiet areas definition and management in action plans: general overview.
- Miriam Weber. Quiet Urban Areas: repositioning local noise policy approaches – questioning visitors on soundscape and environmental quality.
Papers and presentations from Internoise 2013, Innsbruck, Austria
- Chiara Bartalucci, Raffaella Bellomini. LIFE+2010 QUADMAP project (Quiet Areas Definition and Management in Action Plans): the proposed methodology and its application in the pilot cases of Firenze.
- Miriam Weber, Jennie Odink. Assessing impacts of interventions: acoustics and perceptions of low noise road pavement.
- Miriam Weber. Assessing impacts of interventions.
- Igone García et al. APPLICATION OF THE METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS QUIET URBAN AREAS IN BILBAO: CASE PILOT OF QUADMAP.
Papers and presentations from Internoise 2014
- Henk Wolfert. QUADMAP, three pilots and a methodology (paper).
- Henk Wolfert. QUADMAP, three pilots and a methodology (presentation slides).
Harmonic/FONOMOC meeting, Brussel 2014
- Chiara Bartalucci. Life+2010 QUADMAP overview (presentation slides).
Deliverables
- D7-1 Proposal of a harmonized method for selection, analysis, management of Quiet urban areas and applicative Tools.
- D7-2 End-users Questionnaire Procedure – Questionnaire Quiet areas.
- Questionario rivolto agli stakeholders: prime analisi.
- Miriam Weber. Assessing and improving the soundscape of urban parks. ICBEN 2014, presentation.
- Miriam Weber. Assessing and improving the soundscape of urban parks. ICBEN 2014, paper.
- Raffaella Bellomini, Sergio Luzzi, Monica Carfagni, Francesco Borchi, Lapo Governi and Chiara Bartalucci. Life+2010 Quadmap Project (Quiet Areas Definition and Management in Action Plans): The methodology tested and optimized in pilot cases in Florence, Rotterdam and Bilbao. Proc. FORUM ACUSTICUM, Krakow 2014
- Miriam Weber. Stille groene gebieden. CGTL 2014.
- Guidelines for the identification, selection, analysis and management of quiet urban areas.
- Presentaion of project outcomes: guidelines for the identification,selection,analysis and management of Quiet Urban Ares.
- Layman’s report: QUADMAP Quiet areas definition & management in action plans.