A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Status of Noise Pollution in Iran and Some Asian Countries.

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Farhad Dabiri ¹ , Parvin Nassiri ² , Noushin Ahan Robaee ³

1 - Department of Environmental Law, Graduate School of Environment and Energy, Science & Research Campus, Islamic Azad University
2 - Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
3 - M.A. in Environmental Law, Science & Research Campus, Islamic Azad University

Received: 2010-04-04 Accepted : 2010-06-14 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: Noise pollution, legal status, laws and regulations,

Abstract :

Generally, the major factors in producing noise especially in large cities are industrialactivities, constructional equipments and machines, motor vehicles, motorcycles, undergrounds andtramways, airplanes, ships and motorboats.Some Asian countries such as China, Turkey, and Japan have adopted legal measures tocontrol and eliminate the noise pollution Since, the Iranian legal system in the area of noise pollutionsuffers insufficiencies and problems, a comparative analysis of the laws and regulations of Iran and afew selected Asian countries can be helpful for finding the shortcomings as to the control of thepollution in Iran and Tehran. This paper is aimed at identifying the above-mentioned defects throughstudying the legal status of noise pollution in Iran as compared to a few other Asian countries.

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