In the afternoon of 17 February (at 19:30pm), the municipality of Bilbao (with the collaboration of Tecnalia) has organized a public event (with citizens of Bilbao) to explain the results of QUADMAP project. Information about this event is available on the websites of Bilbao and TECNALIA. The link to the event in Bilbao municipality’s website can [...]
On 19 and 20 February 2015 the closing conference of the QUADMAP project will be held in Rotterdam. During this closing conference the guideline on identification, delineation and management of quiet urban areas will be presented. Besides the presentation of the guideline also the demonstration projects will be presented by the cities of Florence, Bilbao [...]
At least 110 million people are adversely affected by noise from Europe’s busiest roads alone. People need to escape this pollution and access quiet places to work, relax and live a healthy life. Such ‘quiet areas’ should be protected under EU legislation, but how does this work in practice?
Workshop for the evaluation of the transferability and applicability of experiences carried out as part of the QUADMAP project in France as meant in Action C10, see elsewhere on this website.
This event is directly related to the objective of action C10. The workshop will be moderated by Ms Lucie Echaniz and Mr Piotr Gaudibert, [...]
On 26 November 2014 the project group has held a meeting in Bilbao. During that meeting the outcomes of the ante operam survey in the selected pilot areas was discussed and the also the so called midterm report. All participants have been present during the meeting. After the welcome on behalf of Bilbao the chair [...]
The QUADMAP project group has planned to meet in Bilbao on 26 November 2013. During this meeting the outcomes of the questionnaires (see elsewhere on this weblog) will be presented and discussed together with the results of the noise measurements that have been carried out in the selected pilot areas. The draft agenda that has [...]
On the 23rd of January the QUADMAP team has met in Brussels to continue the discussions that were held during the Paris meeting, see elsewhere on this website. Result of this discussions was a state of the art report that was approved by all members of the QUADMAP team. In this state of the art [...]
The second meeting of the project group is scheduled at 28 November at the office of BruitParif in Paris. This meeting will be held in conjunction with the meeting of Working Group Noise EUROCITIES and the congress “Management and Prevention of Noise in large European Cities”.More information about EUROCITIES and the congress can be obtained [...]
On the 24th of January a symposium will be held about Urban Noise Management. During the morning session seven papers will be presented by a number of speakers, during the afternoon a workshop is organized about state of the art of urban noise life+ projects. Venue is Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Life+ projects that are [...]
On the 23rd of January the second meeting of the Quadmap project group will be held in Florence. During this meeting the progress on the activities will be reported and discussed. The project group also will discuss and approve the final questionnaire that is drafted by the partners. The most important points will be reported [...]