Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023

European city centres are experiencing a particular type of noise pollution originated by night-time recreational activities mainly located in the city centers, the so called Movida, It is a complex phenomenon with contradictory effects: benefits due to the commercial activities and interactions, but also threats related to the impacts of alcohol abuse, foulness, vandalism, criminality and, of course, noise disturbance depriving people of sleep. Social behaviors, economic activities, physical conditions of space and noise, individual propensities and health conditions all contribute to the pace and likelihood of these threats and the related social and economic costs. For instance, tensions between residents and nightlife users due to recreational noise are frequent in “Movida” neighborhoods and have led to legal class actions against the local administration. This study develops an interdisciplinary experimental protocol to investigate, from a health and economic perspective, the impacts of leisure noise on the sleep quality of the residents of three “Movida” neighborhoods in Turin (Italy): San Salvario, Vanchiglia, Piazza Vittorio. The experiment under this protocol will quantify, via a counterfactual approach, the neurological and economic impacts of night noise, and look for the correlation between the individual metrics of sleep quality and the physical conditions of noise and noise diffusion.