A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Status of Noise Pollution in Iran and the World

Subject Areas : environmental management

Farhad Dabiri ¹ ()
Parvin Nasiri ² ()
Nooshin Ahanrobay ³ ()

Received: 2008-05-04 Accepted : 2008-07-04 Published : 2010-12-22

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

Abstract :

Noise Pollution is one of the current problems in large cities such as Tehran, which has harmful effects on people’s physical and mental health in the society. Some countries have adopted legal measures to control and eliminate the noise pollution. Since, there is no conducted research relating to the legal status of noise pollution in Iran, a comparative analysis of the rules and regulations of Iran and a few selected countries can be helpful for finding the shortcomings in order to control the pollution in Iran and Tehran. This paper is aimed at identifying the above-mentioned defects through studying the legal status of noise pollution in Iran which has been compared to a few other countries