The document is also expected to back Johnson's proposal for a new airport on the Thames estuary, which would allow flights to take off and land over water, reducing noise pollution and traffic congestion in west London.
Stockholm was the first city to be named European Green Capital because of the action it took on reducing noise pollution, creating an integrated waste system, and the fact that 95% of the population lives less than 300 metres from green areas.
The city's vegetation effectively plays its role in moderating urban heat island impacts and urban hydrology and air quality and in reducing noise pollution as well as the energy demands (Pauleit and Duhme 2000; Fang 2005; González et al. 2005; Konijnendijk et al. 2005).
Far from adding more noise, the extra capacity at Heathrow would mean flights didn't have to run so late into the night or early in the morning, reducing noise pollution at its most irritating times.
"It's absolutely silent -- which is great for reducing noise pollution, but not so great in my neighborhood where I had to honk my horn last week so three swaggering teenagers walking in the middle of the road noticed me -- but once they did, they smiled and asked me how I like my car".
Strategies involving the adaptation of human behavior therefore may prove to be very effective at reducing noise pollution in the ICU.
