  The high level of noise pollution affecting the areas between ports and
logistic platforms represents a problem that can be faced from different points
of view. Acoustic monitoring, mapping, short-term measurements, port and road
traffic flows analyses can give useful indications on the strategies to be
proposed for a better management of the problem. A survey campaign through the
preparation of questionnaires to be submitted to the population exposed to
noise in the back-port areas will help to better understand the subjective
point of view. The paper analyses a sample of questions suitable for the
specific research, chosen as part of the wide database of questionnaires
internationally proposed for subjective investigations. The preliminary results
of a first data collection campaign are considered to verify the adequacy of
the number, the type of questions, and the type of sample noise used for the
survey. The questionnaire will be optimized to be distributed in the TRIPLO
project (TRansports and Innovative sustainable connections between Ports and
LOgistic platforms). The results of this survey will be the starting point for
the linguistic investigation carried out in combination with the acoustic
monitoring, to improve understanding the connections between personal feeling
and technical aspects.
