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Editorial
Nature 427, 471 (5 February 2004) | doi:10.1038/427471b
Sound thinking
Abstract
For city dwellers, maps of noise pollution are a good example of what science can do to improve quality of life.
A three-dimensional (3D) computer graphic can be worth a thousand words. The European Union's efforts to create 3D noise maps of its cities, railways and airports (see page 480) have given experts the tools both to assess the noise pollution to which its citizens are exposed, and to simulate how it can be muffled by intelligent planning of buildings, acoustic shields and speed limits.
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