No one appreciates the constant rumble in the sky when trying to sleep or relax at home or work. But it is the unfortunate price to pay if you live close to an airport or work near one. One has to deal with similar noise problem near a highway or a busy road too.
While there are many obvious landscape solutions for buildings close to highways which can really block the sound considerably, airports being vast open spaces with runways that extends over many acres of land, no one has thought of actually trying to solve this problem by making physical changes, until now. Many airports in busy cities are considerate and don't let flights land or fly at odd hours. But. a recent article caught my eye about how a busy Schiphol airport in Amsterdam is trying to reduce sound near the airport by innovative solutions created in the landscape around the runways. More on the article here
More on the common noise blockers can be seen here and a great article by the Georgia Forest Commission about Green Buffers for screening and noise reduction can be read here
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