Methodology for the identification of economic, environmental and health criteria for road noise mitigation

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to define a method for evaluating infrastructural interventions for the mitigation of noise generated by roads based on multi-criteria analysis which considers a series of parameters (environmental, social, economic and health) that could give broader evaluations than just economic convenience.

Keywords

• transportation noise
• noise mitigation
• sustainability
• health effects
• multi-decision criteria analysis