The objectives of this study were twofold...
(i) To establish appropriate criteria for the designation of Relatively Quiet Areas, with particular reference to the selection of appropriate locations for the purposes of noise monitoring.
(ii) To establish an outline methodology for noise level monitoring in Relatively Quiet Areas.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=230
Resource Keywords	definition monitoring relatively quiet areas
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	R&D9499
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Environment and Health
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	1
Project Start Date	Saturday 1st January 2000 (01-01-2000)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Thursday 1st June 2000 (01-06-2000)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Thursday 1st June 2000 (01-06-2000)
Published on SAFER	Monday 5th September 2011 (05-09-2011)
Date of Last Edit	Monday 5th September 2011 at 16:48:15 (05-09-2011)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Monday 5th September 2011 at 16:45:38 (05-09-2011)

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Desk Study applicable to Ireland

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