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In Liguria, the problem of abandoned minor towns and villages has long been present. There are many reasons behind this, one of which could be the specific characteristics and conditions of the land. This study is based on an analysis of both natural and man-made territories, and is carried out with the aim of verifying if the condition of the land can be listed among the main causes for its abandonment, together with the exploitation and abuse of the land caused by man. Due to its geomorphological and geo-hydrological characteristics, Liguria is exposed to recurring dangerous natural phenomena that affect all four provinces in Liguria even if with differing degrees of intensity. Landslides are extremely diffused phenomena, as demonstrated by PRIN 2015, Protecting the Cultural Heritage from water-soil interaction related threats. Studying the area, starting from the Map of the region's unstable zones (2001-2007) and Maps documenting the danger of gravity-driven phenomena (2018), significant issues regarding the land are highlighted, which inevitably affect several towns and villages in Liguria. However, analysis of the conservation state and the general use of the minor towns involved does not seem to show a close connection between abandonment and these natural causes. A naturally unstable territory is not enough to cause the abandonment of small towns, which actually seems to be the result of instability caused by human action alone – often carried out with an improvident, even foolish approach, especially in the last century. Borghi abbandonati in Liguria: cronache da un territorio fragileIn Liguria il problema dei centri minori e dei borghi abbandonati è attualmente in crescita. Ciò ha molteplici ragioni, una delle quali potrebbe essere collegata alle particolari caratteristiche e condizioni del territorio. Lo studio si basa su un'analisi del territorio, naturale e antropizzato, eseguita con l'obiettivo di verificare se le condizioni territoriali, unite all'abuso e allo sfruttamento operato dall'uomo, ...

The organisation of the territory is the outcome of strategies of varying scope, in which a number of agents interact to shape out the areas of operation. The Liguria reality is probed here through four different situations - separated in chronological terms but sharing the poor visibility and limited efficacy of the fortified settlements. These focus on Genoa, both in the definition of its hinterland between the tenth and the eleventh centuries, and in establishing the bulwarks of coastal territorial expansion in the twelfth; the powerful groups of feudal lords who remoulded the rural settlement layout in the thirteenth century; finally, a village of the hinterland explored right through to the modern age. - L'organizzazione del territorio è l'esito di politiche di diverso respiro, in cui interagiscono una varietà di attori che sempre riconfigurano spazi di intervento. La realtà della Liguria è qui sondata attraverso quattro situazioni separate cronologicamente ma accomunate da bassa visibilità e scarsa efficacia dei castelli che vedono protagonisti Genova, sia nel definire il suo circondario tra secolo X e XI sia nel fissare i caposaldi dell'espansione territoriale costiera nel secolo XII; potenti gruppi signorili che nel secolo XIII riplasmano l'assetto insediativo rurale; un villaggio dell'entroterra investigato fino all'età moderna