Italy Is Fragile: Soil Consumption and Climate Change Combined Effects on Territorial Heritage Maintenance

Lorenzo Fabian and Mattia Bertin
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Lorenzo Fabian: EPiC Earth and Polis Research Centre, Università Iuav di Venezia, 30123 Venice, Italy
Mattia Bertin: EPiC Earth and Polis Research Centre, Università Iuav di Venezia, 30123 Venice, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-19

Abstract: The article looks for relations between growth of expanding cities, number of catastrophes and reduction of inhabitants in inland regions. The study explores these aspects through cartographic readings aimed at highlighting the relationship between soil consumption, the abandonment of peripheral areas, and environmental risks due to floods, landslides and earthquakes. The research analyzes the whole of Italy as a case study between 1990 and 2019 to get an accurate interpretation of the relations between these phenomena. The conclusions alert us to the need to redirect Italy’s development and its resilience projects. The study outlines the need of a re-living plan for Italian inner areas. It would be the only security process really capable of taking care of the territory.

Keywords: climate change; disaster; soil consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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