Preface
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	Significance of noise measurements
2.4.4.2	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
3.1	Road and railway noise
3.1.1	Legal foundations
3.1.2	Calculation and assessment foundations
3.1.2.1	DIN 18005 and its application
3.1.2.2	RLS-90 and its application
3.1.2.3	Schall 03 and its application
3.1.2.4	Traffic Noise Ordinance (16th Federal Immission Control Ordinance) and its application
3.1.2.5	Guidelines for traffic noise protection at federal highways of public easement (VLärmSchR97)
3.2	Aircraft noise
3.2.1	Legal foundations
3.2.2	Assessment foundations
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4.	Industrial noise
4.1	Legal foundations
4.2	Calculation and assessment foundations
4.2.1	DIN 18005
4.2.2	TA Lärm
4.2.3	VDI guideline 2571
5.	Noise from leisure and sports facilities
5.1	Legal foundations
5.2	Calculation and assessment foundations
5.2.1	"Sports and the environment" expert opinion by the Environment Minister of the Land of Lower Saxony
5.2.2	Indications for the assessment of leisure noise
5.2.3	VDI guideline 3770
5.2.4	Ordinance on the Prevention of Noise from Sports Facilities (18th Federal Immission Control Ordinance)
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6.	Planning indications
6.1	Noise abatement plans
6.2	Traffic noise
6.2.1	Road and rail traffic
6.2.1.1	Reduction of emissions
6.2.1.2	Planning of roads and railways (routing)
6.2.1.3	Road and rail track surfaces
6.2.1.4	Traffic volume and traffic calming
6.2.1.5	Driving speed and traffic calming
6.2.1.6	Noise barriers
6.2.2	Air traffic
6.3	Industrial noise
6.3.1	Assessment of noise from industrial and commercial uses and installations
6.3.2	Acoustically sensible structuring of commercial areas and sound allocation
6.3.3	Land development
6.3.4	Constructional noise abatement measures at the source of emission
6.4	Noise from leisure and sports facilities
6.5	Noise as a subject of weighing in city planning
7.	List of literature
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8.	Links
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