Suchergebnisse

The inland and mountain areas are territories characterized by conditions of infrastructural and socio-economic disadvantage, but at the same time rich in environmental and cultural resources. The Italian strategy for inland areas aims to enhance their natural and human capitals. In this context, this work aims to investigate whether and how the territorial forestry plan (PFIT) can be a useful tool to identify the potential of those territories that make up the largest green infrastructure in the country, and to address their development. The question distinctively arises as to how the analyses and interventions provided by the PFITs can stimulate the creation of business networks among the production organizations located in the inland and mountain areas

Le aree interne e montane sono territori caratterizzati da condizioni di svantaggio infrastrutturale e socioe- conomico, ma al contempo ricchi di importanti risorse ambientali e culturali. La strategia nazionale per le aree interne e altre previsioni introdotte recentemente dal legislatore hanno l'obiettivo di valorizzare il capi- tale naturale e umano presente nelle aree interne. In questo contesto, il presente lavoro mira a indagare se e come il piano forestale di indirizzo territoriale (PFIT), introdotto dal recente Testo unico in materia di foreste e filiere forestali, possa costituire un utile strumento per individuare le potenzialità di quei territori (interni e montani) che costituiscono la più grande infrastruttura verde del Paese, e indirizzarne lo svilup- po. In particolare, viene discusso come l'analisi conoscitiva e gli interventi connessi ai PFIT possano stimo- lare la creazione di reti di imprese tra le organizzazioni produttive localizzate nelle aree interne.

The European Union Rural Development Program (RDP) is a major driver of landscape change over time in Europe. In a context of climate and land use changes and consequent fire risk exacerbation, understanding the possible contribution of RDP measures to wildfire risk mitigation could help planning subsidies allocation criteria in a more efficient way for fire prevention. However, little is known on the links between the spatial allocation of RDP subsidies, relevant for wildfires prevention, and the spatial distribution of fire activity. Our study aims to fill this knowledge gap through an exploratory analysis carried out in Italy and based on fire activity indicators of the period 2007–2017, RDP expenditure at municipal level in the period 2017–2013, and a series of ancillary indicators. We selected RDP measures specifically addressing wildfires (direct prevention) and those whose implementation has an impact on fire regime (indirect prevention). Our results suggest a low association between RDP expenditure for fire-related measures and subsequent reduction of wildfire activity. Principal Component Analysis suggests a role of managed rural areas in mitigating fire activity, as well as a spatial mismatch between wildfire prevention expenditure and high fire activity contexts. We claim the need for a deeper integration of territorial planning information within the RDP funding allocation criteria. Also, integrating RDP indirect pre- vention measures within fire management plans would be a cost-effective approach to leverage the impact of public policies on wildfire risk management, by allocating the limited financial resources to high-risk areas.