‘Guidance on the acquisition of data for measuring and describing environmental noise relevant to general land use’ describes methods for the acquisition of data which provide descriptors that enable:

a) a description of the environmental noise in a specified area of land to be made in a uniform
way;

b) the compatibility of any land use activity or projected activity to be assessed with respect to
existing or predicted noise.

Using the data as a basis, authorities may establish a system for selecting the appropriate land use, as far as levels of noise are concerned, for a specified area, or the sources of noise - existing or planned - which are acceptable with respect to land use, existing or planned. This part of the Standard does not deal in detail with calculation methods to obtain data pertinent to land use and does not give guidance on the estimation of the overall uncertainty of the results.

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