Task: You are a systems thinking specialist who has been approached by a local government for advice on mitigating traffic noise. The specific area they are most concerned about is a light commercial district that fronts on an arterial road, and contains numerous small stores as well as two supermarkets, a service station, a gym, and four restaurants. The arterial road has on and off ramps to a freeway about one kilometer from the shopping center. There are few houses on the arterial road, but there are numerous houses behind the shopping center and on internal small streets. This residential area does extend close to the freeway on-ramps, but is separated from it by a small park. There is also a secondary school in the area; this school is considered high-quality and there is high demand for places in it. The local government area has condensed its discussion into the following questions which you must address. You should use the principles of systems thinking and analysis which you have learned so far, and can refer to the articles included as part of this assignment to see how some similar issues may have been addressed elsewhere. If you wish to refer to additional articles not included here, you may do so as well; use the included articles as an indication of what sorts of things to look for, and make sure that anything you use is referenced appropriately. You do not need to address specific monetary costs or Australian building standards in your responses – you can assume that the details of this will be worked out by the local government once they make a decision, so you can make general comments (“relatively cheap” vs “relatively expensive”, etc.). A number of local residents have complained about increased traffic in recent years, which they associate with the freeway. Do you believe this is the only factor involved here? What other sorts of driving forces are likely to be relevant here, and is there anything we could do to address this? Residents have expressed concern about noise from the freeway, but we have also found that the park between the houses and the on-ramps is popular among locals. One possibility we have looked into is building some sort of a noise-blocking installation in this area of the neighborhood, using at least part of the park’s land to do so. Do you recommend this? Why or why not? Our surveys indicate that many of our local residents shop both at the local stores and in other neighborhoods. How might this be related to our noise problems, and is there anything we could do to address this? Some councilors and parents of children from the secondary school have expressed concern about traffic problems near the school, including speeding, parking in a way that blocks the street, and congestion at drop-off and pick-up times. How might these issues be related to our noise problems, and is there anything we could do to address this? Our council has been in contact with property developers who are interested in redeveloping some local residences as units. Is this likely to impact on our noise problems? What could we do to address this?
Subject Name: Economics
Level: Undergraduate
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