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1. Introduction

2. Planning foundations

2.1 The physical terms "sound" and "noise"

2.2 Noise, sound emission and sound immission

2.3 General legal foundations

2.3.1 Pollution control rights

2.3.2 Building law

2.3.3 Civil Code, Criminal Code and Administrative Offences Act

2.4 Acoustic principles

2.4.1 Sound scale

2.4.2 Methods of calculation

2.4.3 Definitions of further terms

2.4.4 Noise measurements

2.4.4.1 The significance of noise measurements

2.4.4.2 The process of measuring

2.4.4.3 Measurement devices and their modes of operation

2.4.4.4 Noise maps

2.5 Summary of noise assessment values based on immission values

3. Traffic noise

4. Industrial noise

5. Noise from leisure and sports facilities

6. Planning indications

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