Environmental noise is currently becoming one of the most dominant types of environmental pollution. The effects of environmental noise closely correlate with quality of life especially regarding the physical and psychological health of inhabitants, social and economic costs, and thus also impacting the sustainable development of a country. Environmental noise management, therefore, is one of the most necessary and exigent aspects of environmental pollution management governance. The management of noise need to be developed in a comprehensive, integrative and cross-sectorial way, and appropriate methods and approaches for the management of overall noise impacts need to be found to deal with them in the most effective and sustainable manner. Taking into account above mentioned, the aim of this research is to study environmental noise management at a national level, taking into account environmental noise management framework in the European Union (hereinafter – EU). Research mostly focuses on new EU member states that joined EU after the year 2000, including Baltic countries. The objectives of this research are as follows: (1) to justify the need for development of environmental noise management, based on theoretical studies of environmental noise as a comprehensive environmental pollution component; (2) to analyze the established practices for noise management in EU in order to identify the best practice examples; (3) to study and analyse problem situations in Latvia that is chosen as an example of new EU member states; (4) to propose improvements for noise management processes at a national level, based on the analysis of the case. In the scope of the study authors analyze existing legislation and the institutional system for environmental noise management, and provide conclusions from Latvian case studies. The research allows providing suggestions for improvements of a noise management at a national level. Latvian case study allows concluding that necessary improvements are related to following processes: development of legislation, noise policy, environmental noise mapping and action planning, environmental noise control and complaints management, data and information collection, analysis and dissemination, as well as environmental impact assessment. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.11.18133

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欧盟成员国对提高国家级环境噪声管理的建议

当前，环境噪声正成为最主要的环境污染类型之一。环境噪声的影响与生活质量密切相关，特别是在居民的身心健康，社会和经济成本方面，因此也影响一个国家的可持续发展。因此，环境噪声管理是环境污染管理治理中最必要和最迫切的方面之一。噪声管理需要以一种全面，综合和跨部门的方式来发展，并且需要找到适当的方法和方法来管理总体噪声影响，以便以最有效和可持续的方式处理它们。考虑到上述情况，本研究的目的是在国家层面上研究环境噪声管理，同时考虑到欧盟（以下简称“ EU”）中的环境噪声管理框架。研究主要集中在2000年以后加入欧盟的新欧盟成员国，包括波罗的海国家。本研究的目的如下：（1）基于对环境噪声作为环境综合污染成分的理论研究，证明发展环境噪声管理的必要性；（2）分析欧盟现行的噪声管理实践，以找出最佳实践示例；（3）研究和分析拉脱维亚的问题情况，并以此作为欧盟新成员国的榜样；（4）在国家一级提出改进噪声管理程序的建议，根据案例分析。在研究范围内，作者分析了有关环境噪声管理的现行立法和制度体系，并从拉脱维亚的案例研究中得出了结论。该研究可以为改善国家噪声管理提供建议。拉脱维亚的案例研究可以得出结论，认为必要的改进与以下过程有关：立法的制定，噪声政策，环境噪声制图和行动计划，环境噪声控制和投诉管理，数据和信息收集，分析和传播以及环境影响评估。DOI：http：//dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.11.18133 并提供拉脱维亚案例研究的结论。该研究可以为改善国家噪声管理提供建议。拉脱维亚的案例研究可以得出结论，认为必要的改进与以下过程有关：立法的制定，噪声政策，环境噪声图谱和行动计划，环境噪声控制和投诉管理，数据和信息收集，分析和传播以及环境影响评估。DOI：http：//dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.11.18133 并提供拉脱维亚案例研究的结论。该研究可以为改善国家噪声管理提供建议。拉脱维亚的案例研究可以得出结论，认为必要的改进与以下过程有关：立法的制定，噪声政策，环境噪声图谱和行动计划，环境噪声控制和投诉管理，数据和信息收集，分析和传播以及环境影响评估。DOI：http：//dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.11.18133 环境噪声测绘和行动计划，环境噪声控制和投诉管理，数据和信息收集，分析和传播以及环境影响评估。DOI：http：//dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.11.18133 环境噪声测绘和行动计划，环境噪声控制和投诉管理，数据和信息收集，分析和传播以及环境影响评估。DOI：http：//dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.11.18133