The Environmental Noise Directive (END) requires EU member states to assess exposure to noise from key transport and industrial sources with two initial reporting phases: 2007 and 2012. Where the
recommended thresholds for day and night indicators are exceeded, action plans are to be implemented. This country fiche is an Annex to the EEA report ‘Environmental Noise in Europe, 2014’ and
presents data related to END assessments as reported to EEA by 28th August 2013 for the two key END indicators: Lden (day evening and night exposure) and Lnight (night time exposure). Where possible
this is presented for second round assessments reported for 2012 and trends are presented as the change in exposure from 2007 to 2012, for comparable sources only.
AUSTRIA
Noise sources covered by this assessment
First Implementation Round1
Trends on noise exposure 2007 - 2012
Second Implementation Round2
Trends on noise exposure show, for both implementation rounds:
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Number of
agglomerations*
1
5
Major roads*
2453 km
5311 km
Major railways*
604 km
2014 km
Number of major
airports
Name of major
airports
Name of
agglomerations
and number of
inhabitants**
Major airports:
Lden
1
1
Vienna International Airport
Vienna International Airport
Vienna
1 610 578
Vienna
For agglomerations: the relative value of people exposed to more than 55 dB Lden and to more than
50 dB Lnight due to different noise sources (values are expressed in %).
For major airports: total number of people exposed to more than 55 dB L den and to more than 50 dB
Lnight (values are expressed in real numbers).
Second round
First round
Second Round
8800
12300
500
1100
Viena International Airport
1 741 333
Graz
Innsbruck
Lnight
First round
Agglomerations:
Air
(values in %)
Lden
Lnight
First Round
Second Round
First Round
Second Round
Vienna
0,0
0,0
0,0
0,0
Industry
(values in %)
First Round
Second Round
First Round
Second Round
Vienna
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
Railway
(values in %)
First Round
Second Round
First Round
Second Round
Vienna
18,1
16,7
15,7
14,6
Road
(values in %)
First Round
Second Round
First Round
Second Round
Vienna
76
70
46
42
Linz
Salzburg
*Differences observed in the number of agglomerations and in the length of major roads and major
railways is due to a change of the threshold being specified in the END between first and second
period (2005-2009 and 2008-2014 respectively).
**The number of inhabitants is only given for agglomerations that should have been mapped for both
implementation periods
1 END period 2005-2009: noise sources delivered in 2005, and strategic noise maps delivered in 2007.
2 END period 2008-2014: noise sources delivered in 2008 and 2010, and strategic noise maps delivered
in 2012.
Lden
Lnight
Lden
Lnight
Lden
Lnight
N/D: Data not provided or data not suitable to derive trends (e.g. data not applicable in the first implementation round
and values of exposure provided in the second implementation round)
Decrease in population exposed
No change
Increase in population exposed
Decreasing trend in the number of people exposed
No change in trend in the number of people exposed
Increasing trend in the number of people exposed
Number of people exposed to different noise bands per Lden and Lnight (2012)
1600
1400
Lden
Number of people in thousands
1200
1000
800
Lnight
600
400
200
0
Lden
Lnight
Airports
Lden
Lnight
Industry
Lden
Lnight
Railways
Lden
Lnight
Roads
Lden
Lnight
Airports
Agglomeration
Data not provided in 1 agglomeration(s) for industrial noise and in 1 agglomeration(s) for road noise, out of 5 agglomerations.
Noise exposure from major roads is estimated as not complete.
Lden
Lnight
Railways
Major
Lden
Lnight
Roads
Data relating to END mandatory noise contour maps (2012)
Country area (km2)
Km of noise sources reported in spatial format
Area of contour map in the 55-65 dB Lden band (in km2)
Share of area of contour map in the 55-65 dB Lden band per km of noise source reported
Percentage of the country area occupied by contour maps in the 55-65 dB Lden band (in %)
Area of contour map with more than 65 dB Lden (in km2)
Share of area of contour map with more than 65 dB Lden per km of noise source reported
Percentage of the country area occupied by contour maps with more than 65 dB L den (in %)
*N/A: Not applicable. N/D: No data in suitable format to perform the spatial analysis
Major
Roads
83945,01
5310,60
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
Major
Railways
83945,01
2014,40
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
Major
Airports
83945,01
N/A
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
Total number of people exposed inside agglomerations (2012)
Vienna
Salzburg
Major Airports
Airports
Linz
Industry
Railways
Major Railways
Roads
Innsbruck
Major Roads
Graz
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
Thousands
Number of people exposed to Lden > 55 dB
0
0
200
400
600
800
Thousands
Number of people exposed to Lnight > 50 dB
Total number of people exposed to Major Airports outside agglomerations (2012)
55-59
50-54
60-64
55-59
Vienna International Airport
65-69
60-64
70-74
65-69
>75
>70
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
Number of people exposed to Lden
2000
0
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Number of people exposed to Lnight
For futher information about environmental noise in Europe please consult the full report at www.eea.europa.eu/themes/noise or visit the Noise Observation & Information Service for Europe
at http://noise.eionet.europa.eu/ .