Ricerc@Sapienza

Concern is growing that marine fauna can be affected by noise such as naval sonar, pile driving or geophysicalsurveys, among others. Literature reports a variety of animal reactions to human noise (from apparently null ornegligible to strong). However, conclusive results on its effects on marine mammals at individual and populationlevel are still lacking. In 2015, the Italian Environmental Impact Assessment Commission mandated seismicoperators apply a standard scientific protocol comparing marine mammal presence before, during, and afteroffshore seismic survey.

With reference to the European goals concerning the noise pollution control, the present research aims at verifying the existence and, eventually, determining the influence level of the acoustic component on the selling prices in the residential segment. The analysis has been contextualized to the city of Bari (Southern Italy) and the study sample concerns one-hundred residential units recently sold, for which the main influencing factors in the selling price formation processes have been identified.