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Term

noise barrier

Term

Barriers for reducing the propagation of sound: they are widely used in industry and alongside roads and railways to shield receivers from noise sources. Barriers can be made of various materials but they need proper planning in order to be effective.

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EEA Glossary

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Definition source publication

Adapted from: ETC/CDS. General Environmental Multilingual Thesaurus (GEMET 2000)

Publication year

2000

Definition source URL

http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary

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Adapted from: ETC/CDS

Subjects

NOISE

Long definition

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