Participation through knowledge sharing and transfer: noise monitoring & noise risk perception

The LIFE GIOCONDA project aims to provide Local Authorities in Europe with an innovative methodology that supports policies on Environment and Health involving young people. The role of GIOCONDA is to involve young people as the protagonists in a continuous and concrete participative democracy regarding the environment and health. In fact, young people are the most vulnerable subjects of environmental pressure, they are the key-actors in future actions to improve the quality of the environment, and their perception of environmental risk is an important indicator of the attitudes, concerns, and desires of the entire community. In the overall sample, only 5% of students had a very high-risk perception index. The mean RPI was significantly higher in Taranto and Naples samples, compared to the other two areas. No differences of RPI according age class and gender were observed in Taranto and Ravenna samples. The higher perception of females < 14 years and of males > 14 years need to be further investigated.