Noise out, quiet communities in!

噪声止,宁静社区来!

Round Table China

社会与文化

2025-04-30

26 分钟
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From smarter urban design to real-time noise monitoring, the mission is clear: quieter nights, better sleep, and healthier communities. We explore the rise of "quiet communities"—and why your restful sleep may soon depend on them. On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Ding Heng
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  • discussion keeps the world turning this is round table China's action against noise is gaining momentum from urban design to noise monitoring.

  • The goal is simple, quiet nights, peaceful sleep and healthier communities.

  • Let's talk about quiet communities and why your sleep might just depend on them.

  • Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.

  • I'm He Yang.

  • For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Ding Heng in the studio.

  • First on today's show.

  • A recent report says China has implemented rules to establish quiet communities to tackle noise pollution.

  • And now there are over 2,000 of them nationwide.

  • April the 30th marks International Noise Awareness Day,

  • a time to reflect on how excessive noise affects not only our environment,

  • but also our health and well-being.

  • So what exactly makes a quiet community in China?

  • Well,

  • a quiet community refers to a residential compound that through noise pollution control measures tries to achieve certain quality standards in terms of the sound environment,

  • for example, and its residents.

  • are generally highly satisfied with the environment in terms of the sound,

  • etc. It provides a peaceful living environment for residents to live, to study, and to work.

  • Now, there are some more specific basic standards, actually, which include, for example,

  • it cannot be in a situation where multiple households time and time again complain about the same noise problem,