Titre et auteur:

City noise : the report of the commission appointed by Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, Commissioner of Health, to study noise in New York City and to develop means of abating it / edited by Edward F. Brown, E.B. Dennis, Jr., Jean Henry, G. Edward Pendray.

Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] : Noise Abatement Commission, Dept. of Health, City of New York, 1930.

Description:

xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
References on the effect of noise / by Donald A. Laird (pages 301-304) . Includes index.
The Noise Abatement Commission reports to the Commissioner of Health -- Comments from coast to coast -- The experts report -- What noise does to us -- Noise measurement : street noise, indoor noise, automobile horns -- Noiseless progress -- Statement of Board of Transportation on methods for quieting subways -- Practical remedies -- Digest of provisions regarding noise -- Finances -- Radio talks -- Noise as a health problem -- What price noise? -- Is there a quiet spot in New York? -- How noise is measured and why -- What noise does to human beings -- Why a Noise Abatement Commission? -- What we are doing and how -- What can the citizens of New York do about noise? -- Appendix -- The Forum's second report on city noise / by Dr. E.E. Free -- The plague of noise / by Professor Henry J. Spooner -- The measurement of the effect of noise on working efficiency / by Dr. Donald A. Laird.
Also issued online.

Expositions:

Exhibited: "Sensations urbaines = Sense of the city", Centre canadien d'architecture, Oct. 26, 2005-Sept. 10, 2006.

Sujet:

Pendray, G. Edward (George Edward), 1901-
Noise pollution New York (State) New York.
Noise control New York (State) New York.
Noise.
City planning.
City Planning
Pollution par le bruit New York (État) New York.
Bruit Lutte contre New York (État) New York.
Bruit.
Urbanisme.
noise.
urban planning.
Noise control
Noise pollution
City and town life New York (State) New York.
Street life New York (State) New York.
New York (State) New York

Classification/genre:

Reports.

Vedettes secondaires:

Brown, Edward F. (Edward Fisher), 1889-1973.
Dennis, E. B.
Henry, Jean.
Dennis, E. B., Jr.
Pendray, G. Edward (George Edward), 1901-
Laird, Donald Anderson, 1897-1969.
Wynne, Shirley W. (Shirley Wilmott), 1882-1942
New York (N.Y.). Noise Abatement Commission.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 234033
Cote: TD893.3.N68 C5 1930
Statut: Disponible