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Examples

This section presents some examples of quiet façades and quiet areas (and non-quiet areas).

From the examples 3-5, a general "picture" of noise in a city emerges (see Fig. 1):

Parks and quiet courtyards are well-known quiet areas in cities. However, quiet residential quarters should not be ignored as important quiet areas in cities. Figure 2 shows an example of a quiet residential quarter in Amsterdam.

Figure 1. General picture of noise in a city.

Figure 1. General "picture" of noise in a city, with noisy areas (red) and quiet areas.

Figure 2. Example of a quiet residential area in Amsterdam (Jordaan).

Figure 2. Example of a quiet residential area in Amsterdam (Jordaan).