SONORUS - The Urban Sound Planner

Sonorus - The Urban Sound Planner, is a project Marie Curie Initial Traning Network (ITN), funded by the European Commission through the Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013 (FP7 People Programme).

The main objective of the project is to train a new generation of researchers able to use a multidisciplinary approach, necessary to reverse the negative trend that characterizes the actual condition of noise pollution in urban areas. this will be possible through the setting up of a network of institutions, research institutes, universities, governments and businesses.

For this purpose it will be introduced the a new profession, the Sound Urban Planner, with technical expertise in the methods of calculation and control of noise, in soundscaping, urban planning and traffic planning and able to develop and interact with these issues in a holistic vision and multidisciplinary approach.

ISPRA is a partner of the project, together with the following institutions: Chalmers Tekniska Hoegskola AB (Chalmers), Sweden, the project coordinator; Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TUE), Netherlands; Second University of Naples (Naples II), Italy ; University of Sheffield (USFD), United Kingdom; Universiteit Gent (UGhent), Belgium; Müller-BBM GmbH (MBBM), Germany; Eidgenoessische Materialpruefungs-und Forschungsanstalt (EMPA), Switzerland; SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (SP), Sweden.