Soundscape exists through human perception of the acoustic environment. This paper
investigates how soundscape currently is assessed and measured. It reviews and analyzes …

Public attitudes anywhere in Europe show moderate to strong support for the
implementation of renewable energy. Nevertheless, planning wind power developments …

Of all the renewable energy sources (RESs)―except direct solar heat and light―wind
energy is believed to have the least adverse environmental impacts. It is also one of the RES …

Each stage in the life cycle of coal—extraction, transport, processing, and combustion—
generates a waste stream and carries multiple hazards for health and the environment …

Installed global wind power increased by 26% during 2003, with US and Europe accounting
for 90% of the cumulative capacity. Little is known about wind turbines' impact on people …

The increasing number and size of wind farms call for more data on human response to
wind turbine noise, so that a generalized dose-response relationship can be modeled and …

PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH: The present government in the Netherlands intends to
realize a substantial growth of wind energy before 2020, both onshore and offshore. Wind …

A narrative review of observational and experimental studies was conducted to assess the
association between exposure to wind turbine sound and its components and health effects …

Wind turbines represent an encouraging option for sustainable energy but their noise
emissions can be an issue for their public acceptance. Noise reduction measures, such as …

Introduction As the global number of wind turbines has increased steadily in recent years, as
has the number of studies about putative health effects in residential settings, it is the review …