Noise is one of the most ordinary conflicts of modern life. It enters homes through roads, walls, windows, ceilings, gardens, flight paths, nightlife streets, construction sites, public events, bells, fireworks, and the daily routines of neighbours. What one person hears as celebration, tradition, transport, business, play, or progress may be experienced by another as lost sleep, stress, fear, intrusion, or the slow erosion of peace.
The Noise Around Us: Traffic, Neighbours, Bells, Fireworks, and the Battle for Quiet explores noise as more than a nuisance. In a clear, fact-based narrative, it examines how communities argue over traffic, motorcycles, aircraft, railways, construction, tourism, music, festivals, schools, pets, domestic life, public spaces, and the growing struggle to protect rest in crowded modern environments.
This book explains why noise disputes are often emotional, why law and measurement can be difficult, why quiet is unequally distributed, and why the future of cities, housing, transport, tourism, and public life depends on learning how to share sound more fairly. It is a practical and thoughtful account of one of the most familiar yet underestimated battles of everyday life: the battle for quiet.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. AI (illustrator). Paperback. Noise is one of the most ordinary conflicts of modern life. It enters homes through roads, walls, windows, ceilings, gardens, flight paths, nightlife streets, construction sites, public events, bells, fireworks, and the daily routines of neighbours. What one person hears as celebration, tradition, transport, business, play, or progress may be experienced by another as lost sleep, stress, fear, intrusion, or the slow erosion of peace. The Noise Around Us: Traffic, Neighbours, Bells, Fireworks, and the Battle for Quiet explores noise as more than a nuisance. In a clear, fact-based narrative, it examines how communities argue over traffic, motorcycles, aircraft, railways, construction, tourism, music, festivals, schools, pets, domestic life, public spaces, and the growing struggle to protect rest in crowded modern environments. This book explains why noise disputes are often emotional, why law and measurement can be difficult, why quiet is unequally distributed, and why the future of cities, housing, transport, tourism, and public life depends on learning how to share sound more fairly. It is a practical and thoughtful account of one of the most familiar yet underestimated battles of everyday life: the battle for quiet. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798901947715
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