Economics final assignment

1. Beneficial Policy Proposal By: Jenna Brown (Module 6 Project)

2. Lets fix noise pollution! What is noise pollution?! Noise pollution is a type of energy pollution, a high generally unwanted environmental noise. It is made by either people or machines and negatively impacts the life of both humans and animals in the sense that it disrupts communication, work, rest, recreation, and/or sleep.

3. Where does noise Pollution Occur, and who is responsible? The highest frequency of noise pollution occurs in Urban Industrialized areas, the majority of the noise itself is created through construction, transportation, and audio systems

4. How would Taking action be beneficial to the overall community?

5. How to take action? The goal is to find an effective inexpensive long term solution to regress the effect noise pollution is having on our communities. The following chart weighs out the pro’s and con’s of each proposed “solution.”.

7. What are our best options?

8. Educating The Community

10. Small tree business benefits from buying, They’ll charge the government a rate of 5.95$ per tree if your get more than 100 trees.

11. The tree business benefits from sales, Hires more people.

12. The lawn maintenance crews have more plants to tend to, employment rises.

13. Lives are saved because of impact absorption of dense plants over that of cement walls.

14. Cleaner air because of photosynthesis

16. Thank you! Noise is an overlooked topic. Most people tend to not see the negative impact it can have on a community. Furthermore, I’d like to thank you for taking into consideration my idea of reducing noise pollution and methods of doing so.

18. Fast Growing Trees Nursery. http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/emails/2008/August_8_2008/index2.htm (12 December 2010).

19. Lifespy Analyzing Lifestyle. http://www.lifespy.com/2007/how-to-reduce-noise-at-home/ (12 December 2010).

20. n.d. http://pollutionnoise.org/ (11 December 2010).

21. eds. What is Noise Pollution. n.d. http://what-is-what.com/what_is/noise_pollution.html (11 December 2010).