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Francesco Scorza, "Professor of Urban and Regional Planning" at the School of Engineering of the University of Basilicata. Environmental Engineer and Ph.D. in "Science and Methods for European Cities and Territories" at the University of Pisa, He has conducted research in the fields of Urban and Regional Planning at the Laboratory of Urban and Regional Systems Engineering (LISUT), University of Basilicata, since 2006. His main research interests concern regional development programming and urban and regional planning. In particular, he conducts research on the impact assessment of plans and projects, territorial analysis, participation in planning, advanced knowledge management tools and applied technologies such as DSS.
The work is focused on the integration of space syntax analysis (SSA) in a process of participatory planning focused on a neighbourhood scale where the challenge of promoting pedestrian-friendly regeneration process is a bottom-up priority. The promotion of active mobility is one of the main themes of the urban regeneration project CAST operating on the western part of the city of Potenza (capital of the Basilicata region, Italy). Both the state of the art of the case study area and the potential effects of the intervention proposed on the basis of the participatory process have been assessed by SSA as a walkability assessment method. By measuring a street network’s syntactic parameters, it was possible to further enrich the cognitive framework relating to the current situation and to simultaneously evaluate the effects (in terms of potential movement and social usage) deriving from design interventions. The paper presents a methodology to evaluate the urban pedestrian environment and to provide an insight for walking-related intervention and improvements in neighbourhood-scale planning, according to a participatory approach. The research, based on specific local characteristics, represents a transferable approach to supporting and informing policy-makers and designers engaged in inclusive and participative urban regeneration projects.
Francesco Scorza; Giovanni Fortunato; Raffaella Carbone; Beniamino Murgante; Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi. Increasing Urban Walkability through Citizens’ Participation Processes. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5835 .
AMA StyleFrancesco Scorza, Giovanni Fortunato, Raffaella Carbone, Beniamino Murgante, Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi. Increasing Urban Walkability through Citizens’ Participation Processes. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5835.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Scorza; Giovanni Fortunato; Raffaella Carbone; Beniamino Murgante; Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi. 2021. "Increasing Urban Walkability through Citizens’ Participation Processes." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5835.
Action Plans for Energy and Sustainable Climate (SECAP) represent an operational dimension of urban planning that organizes investments and urban transformation processes outside the traditional urban planning instruments. In this work, a methodological approach for SECAP development is discussed in order to reinforce the links between energy and climate objectives and actions of the SECAP with the territorial dimension assessed through systems and targets from the very beginning of the planning process. This methodology takes into account an analytical/cognitive approach of the application context based on energy-consumption data, morpho-climatic parameters, and environmental data generally available for all municipalities. It produces Systemic interpretation useful to support the decision-making process and the monitoring of SECAP implementation enhancement of a territorial approach in SECAP development leads to the clear identification of the intervention targets and the selection of site-specific actions accompanied by an adequate system of indicators. This represents an innovation proposal in the framework of the NewCOM approach. The application to case study of Potenza Municipality is a component of a wider process of developing the SECAP. It shows how methodological approach suggested, can be considered as a tool to support decisions making and monitoring of actions to be included in the plan.
Luigi Santopietro; Francesco Scorza. A Methodological Framework for the Comprehensive Assessment of Actions and Territorial Target for the “Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan” (SECAP) of Potenza Municipality. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2021, 419 -426.
AMA StyleLuigi Santopietro, Francesco Scorza. A Methodological Framework for the Comprehensive Assessment of Actions and Territorial Target for the “Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan” (SECAP) of Potenza Municipality. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 2021; ():419-426.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuigi Santopietro; Francesco Scorza. 2021. "A Methodological Framework for the Comprehensive Assessment of Actions and Territorial Target for the “Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan” (SECAP) of Potenza Municipality." Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , no. : 419-426.
European climate policy, since the 1990s, has developed incrementally and supported programs, plans and actions for sustainable, clean and secure energy. Additionally, climate-change adaptation issues have been tackled through Mayors Adapt since 2016. The Covenant of Mayors (CoM), a volunteer movement of local administrators established in 2008, set a target of a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020. The CoM has launched a new season on energy planning in Europe based on Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs), defining actions for selected intervention sectors. The aim of the work was to evaluate the state of the Italian CoM signatories, assessing the results achieved in terms of the Municipalities involved (CoM signatories), the SEAPs developed and the Monitoring Reports submitted. Specifically, the analysis of the Monitoring Reports data represents a relevant step needed in order to formulate some critical appraisals concerning the performance level of CoM adoption at a national scale, in terms of the commitment levels, goals achieved and actions completed or in progress. The paper also compares national figures with a regional detailed survey developed for the Basilicata Region. It represents a benchmark useful for interpreting the general results derived from the CoM official data and a marker for pointing out suggestions for improving the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) adoption procedures.
Luigi Santopietro; Francesco Scorza. The Italian Experience of the Covenant of Mayors: A Territorial Evaluation. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1289 .
AMA StyleLuigi Santopietro, Francesco Scorza. The Italian Experience of the Covenant of Mayors: A Territorial Evaluation. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1289.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuigi Santopietro; Francesco Scorza. 2021. "The Italian Experience of the Covenant of Mayors: A Territorial Evaluation." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1289.
In all the disciplines referring to environmental protection, the reference to ecosystem services (ES) is widely increasing. The growing awareness of climate change and the recognized need to secure energy production has been a driving force behind the expansion of the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and their technologies. However, RES has a spatial impact on the landscape and consequently on ES. This paper analyzes some critical aspects of their spatial mutual relationship considering an area of the Basilicata region including 5 municipalities (Cancellara, Pietragalla, San Chirico Nuovo, Tolve and Vaglio Basilicata) with particular reference to the impact that coming from not-regulated wind farms installation. For this approach it’s fundamental integrate the concept of ecosystem services into land management and planning decisions for control the pressures that threaten the ecosystem and their functionality, and “build” a model of governance that preserve their biodiversity and sustainability.
Valeria Muzzillo; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Valentina Santarsiero; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. Impact of Renewable Energy Installations on Habitat Quality. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12253, 636 -644.
AMA StyleValeria Muzzillo, Angela Pilogallo, Lucia Saganeiti, Valentina Santarsiero, Francesco Scorza, Beniamino Murgante. Impact of Renewable Energy Installations on Habitat Quality. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12253 ():636-644.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValeria Muzzillo; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Valentina Santarsiero; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. 2020. "Impact of Renewable Energy Installations on Habitat Quality." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12253, no. : 636-644.
This study analyzes urban street network of the city of Potenza in Basilicata region to provide input for a sustainable urban mobility-based strategy enabling students to reach schools through the use of low-carbon transport modes’ share. The analyses have been carried out by using Place Syntax Analysis in order to identify a network of paths which guarantees pedestrian and bicycle access to schools located in the urban area of Potenza. Within urban space morphology research, combining Space Syntax and GIS-methods, Place Syntax allows to perform analyses of the spatial configuration of streets taking into account both street network layout and the location of spatial opportunities. Urban form (in our analysis, in terms of configurational characteristics) and accessibility to destinations (schools in this study) are essential to increase the share of walking and bicycling as the preferred modes of people’s daily travel. The paper shows the potential integration between active transport modes and public transport in the city of Potenza. Ensuring an easy transition between walking, cycling and public transport (e.g. by designing a widespread and direct network of cycle-pedestrian paths to and from the stations) contributes to create a “Hybrid Oriented Sustainable Urban Development” towards low-carbon settlements characterized by a significant reduction in congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions.
Giovanni Fortunato; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. Hybrid Oriented Sustainable Urban Development: A Pattern of Low-Carbon Access to Schools in the City of Potenza. Algorithms and Data Structures 2020, 12255, 193 -205.
AMA StyleGiovanni Fortunato, Francesco Scorza, Beniamino Murgante. Hybrid Oriented Sustainable Urban Development: A Pattern of Low-Carbon Access to Schools in the City of Potenza. Algorithms and Data Structures. 2020; 12255 ():193-205.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Fortunato; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. 2020. "Hybrid Oriented Sustainable Urban Development: A Pattern of Low-Carbon Access to Schools in the City of Potenza." Algorithms and Data Structures 12255, no. : 193-205.
Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy is the largest movement of local governments committed to going beyond their own national climate and energy objectives, fully in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and climate justice principles. Every signatory develops a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) to mitigate climate change. In the Plan for the Protection of European Water Resources, the European Commission expresses the urgency that EU-members focus on environmentally friendly growth and make the resources used more efficient, including water resources, in order to sustainably overcome the current economic and environmental crisis, adapt to climate change and increase the possibility of strengthening the competitiveness and growth of the European water sector. A component of urban systems affected by climate change is the hydrological one. The leading causes affecting hydrological component are floods. The Floods Directive 2007/60/EC establishes a framework on the assessment and management of flood risk, aiming at the reduction of the potential adverse consequences of flooding for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity. In this work, we propose a first-level framework to identify critical areas for water management in urban contexts. This study involves 13 sub-catchments located in the urban area of the Municipality of Potenza, in Southern Italy. The proposed approach could promote, in the ambit of SECAP (Sustainable Energy Climate Action), the development of mitigation actions and investment sizing for urban water management strategies in critical urban contexts.
Simone Corrado; Benedetta Giannini; Luigi Santopietro; Giuseppe Oliveto; Francesco Scorza. Water Management and Municipal Climate Adaptation Plans: A Preliminary Assessment for Flood Risks Management at Urban Scale. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12255, 184 -192.
AMA StyleSimone Corrado, Benedetta Giannini, Luigi Santopietro, Giuseppe Oliveto, Francesco Scorza. Water Management and Municipal Climate Adaptation Plans: A Preliminary Assessment for Flood Risks Management at Urban Scale. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12255 ():184-192.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimone Corrado; Benedetta Giannini; Luigi Santopietro; Giuseppe Oliveto; Francesco Scorza. 2020. "Water Management and Municipal Climate Adaptation Plans: A Preliminary Assessment for Flood Risks Management at Urban Scale." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12255, no. : 184-192.
The aim of polycentrism, as a policy, is to promote balanced territorial development between urban centres and its hinterland by creating functional integration. In this view, polycentric urban systems are a mean to achieve a more efficient and more sustainable territorial organization than single-centric systems and small dispersed settlements. At regional/local level, an operational objective could be to move from one or two dominant regional centres (polarization) to a network of small and medium-sized centres providing regional services. This process has to be finalized through strategic alliances between cities, particularly where critical mass is lacking, and rural partnerships urban exploring common potential and joint development projects. The idea is to deliver a territorial schema to organize the connection of cities, metropolitan regions and their hinterland through infrastructures and effective services supply distribution. The negative part of this schema represents the territorial insularity effect: it is the case of those in-land areas, considered as the extreme periphery of the polycentric structure, that are not connected, in facts, with any center belonging to the top-level hierarchy adopted in the model. The study for the identification of territorial structures in Basilicata was carried out through the analysis of various variables: the demographic structure, the infrastructure endowment and organizational models that condition the territorial accessibility. In Basilicata three levels of polycentric hierarchy have been identified, according to different levels of concentration of high and medium-level functions. The insularity effect had been mapped. The calculations reveal a large gap between the outermost and the innermost centres of the Region (referring to their geographical position).
Laura Curatella; Francesco Scorza. Polycentrism and Insularity Metrics for In-Land Areas. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12255, 253 -261.
AMA StyleLaura Curatella, Francesco Scorza. Polycentrism and Insularity Metrics for In-Land Areas. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12255 ():253-261.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaura Curatella; Francesco Scorza. 2020. "Polycentrism and Insularity Metrics for In-Land Areas." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12255, no. : 253-261.
Action Plans for Energy and Sustainable Climate (SECAP) represent an operational dimension of urban planning that organizes investments and urban transformation processes outside the traditional urban planning instruments. In this work, a methodological approach for SECAP development is discussed in order to reinforce the links between energy and climate objectives and actions of the SECAP with the territorial dimension assessed through systems and targets from the very beginning of the planning process. This methodology takes into account an analytical/cognitive approach of the application context based on energy-consumption data, morpho-climatic parameters, and environmental data generally available for all municipalities. It produces Systemic interpretation useful to support the decision-making process and the monitoring of SECAP implementation enhancement of a territorial approach in SECAP development leads to the clear identification of the intervention targets and the selection of site-specific actions accompanied by an adequate system of indicators. This represents an innovation proposal in the framework of the NewCOM approach. The application to case study of Potenza Municipality is a component of a wider process of developing the SECAP. It shows how methodological approach suggested, can be considered as a tool to support decisions making and monitoring of actions to be included in the plan.
Luigi Santopietro; Francesco Scorza. A Place-Based Approach for the SECAP of Potenza Municipality: The Case of Green Spaces System. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12255, 226 -234.
AMA StyleLuigi Santopietro, Francesco Scorza. A Place-Based Approach for the SECAP of Potenza Municipality: The Case of Green Spaces System. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12255 ():226-234.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuigi Santopietro; Francesco Scorza. 2020. "A Place-Based Approach for the SECAP of Potenza Municipality: The Case of Green Spaces System." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12255, no. : 226-234.
Green Chemistry, Circular Economy and Sustainability are issues at the center of the modern scientific debate and three major trends in the global market. These three subjects are interconnected and interdependent and represent an affordable set of principles bringing innovations in the management of complex processes connected with anthropic use of resources. Today’s world population requires more natural resources be consumed than in previous decades, thus contributing to making primary resources increasingly scarce and with limited access. Furthermore, an issue that persisted over time to become unsustainable is the waste emergency. It is also linked to the low capacity of operators to recover and re-use scraps of the production processes losing production values and generating environmental pressure. Companies, whose growth is crucial for the economic system, generate waste in all stages of the production processes; although there is an increasing attention and awareness on the issue of waste, we are still in the early stages of the process that will lead SMEs to zero waste production. If we recognize such attribute as a competitive factor, we can identify in advance a critical innovation demand generated by SMEs operating in low competitive areas which has to be supported with technological transfer inn order to result “green” and effective in the short/medium term. This paper presents data and defines there critical innovations domain in order to deliver an effective and scalable innovation transfer concerning circular economy thorough the application of green chemistry principles exploiting territorial factors in order to deliver sustainable local production chains.
Iole Cerminara; Lucia Chiummiento; Maria Funicello; Paolo Lupattelli; Patrizia Scafato; Francesco Scorza; Stefano Superchi. Green Chemistry, Circular Economy and Sustainable Development: An Operational Perspective to Scale Research Results in SMEs Practices. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12255, 206 -213.
AMA StyleIole Cerminara, Lucia Chiummiento, Maria Funicello, Paolo Lupattelli, Patrizia Scafato, Francesco Scorza, Stefano Superchi. Green Chemistry, Circular Economy and Sustainable Development: An Operational Perspective to Scale Research Results in SMEs Practices. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12255 ():206-213.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIole Cerminara; Lucia Chiummiento; Maria Funicello; Paolo Lupattelli; Patrizia Scafato; Francesco Scorza; Stefano Superchi. 2020. "Green Chemistry, Circular Economy and Sustainable Development: An Operational Perspective to Scale Research Results in SMEs Practices." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12255, no. : 206-213.
Social, demographic and economics transformations occurred in Basilicata Region (Italy) since 1950’s, have been developed transformations not always linked to effective and sustainable urban planning tools. A general research gap regards the tools for assessing such effectiveness of planning. In this work we describe the preliminary design of a thematic Atlas presenting Basilicata Region results achieved in previous researches concerning urban growth and consequently land use changes. On the bases of a territorial information system developed by LISUT research group we analyzed urban growth since 1950 comparing it with recent phenomena of RES (renewable energy sources) plants settlement occurred since 2000. Such spatial information, evaluated through fragmentation indexes, are compared with socio-economic data at municipal scale. The results are a comprehensive picture of local settlement development trends that allows to communicate evidences of current planning system including urban planning tools, sectorial planning (operating at regional scale), public investments program evidences. The Atlas will be published for Basilicata Region area (Italy) as a model in order to analyze and compare other European Regions.
Giuseppe Faruolo; Luigi Santopietro; Lucia Saganeiti; Angela Pilogallo; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. The Design of an Urban Atlas to Spread Information Concerning the Growth of Anthropic Settlements in Basilicata Region. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12255, 214 -225.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Faruolo, Luigi Santopietro, Lucia Saganeiti, Angela Pilogallo, Francesco Scorza, Beniamino Murgante. The Design of an Urban Atlas to Spread Information Concerning the Growth of Anthropic Settlements in Basilicata Region. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12255 ():214-225.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Faruolo; Luigi Santopietro; Lucia Saganeiti; Angela Pilogallo; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. 2020. "The Design of an Urban Atlas to Spread Information Concerning the Growth of Anthropic Settlements in Basilicata Region." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12255, no. : 214-225.
GEODESIGN represents an effective framework promoting collaborative planning and decision-making as an incremental process based on robust methodological guidance. In this application, GEODESIGN had been adopted as a tool for training decision makers in “facing planning challenges deriving from ITI Urban Agenda development” according to “sustainability” and “climate responsive principles”. The case study represents a joined activity realized by the Municipality of Potenza (member of the EU Climate Adaptation Partnership) and the LISUT Laboratory (Engineering School at UNIBAS). The results regard the comprehensive approach in terms of participation capacity of decision makers without any background in planning disciplines and unveiled the weaknesses of traditional approach mainly based on “building agreements” without any measurements of spatial evidences or scenarios comparisons.
Francesco Scorza. Training Decision-Makers: GEODESIGN Workshop Paving the Way for New Urban Agenda. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12252, 310 -316.
AMA StyleFrancesco Scorza. Training Decision-Makers: GEODESIGN Workshop Paving the Way for New Urban Agenda. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12252 ():310-316.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Scorza. 2020. "Training Decision-Makers: GEODESIGN Workshop Paving the Way for New Urban Agenda." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12252, no. : 310-316.
In 2018 across 885 urban areas of the EU-28 only 66% of EU cities have, according to Reckien et al. classification a A1 (autonomously produced plans), A2 (plans produced to comply with national regulations) or A3(plans developed for international climate net- works) mitigation plan, 26% an adaptation plan, and 17% a joint adaptation and mitigation plan, while about 33% lack any form of stand-alone local climate plan [1]. Local climate plans are a new emerging field of application for urban planning and, in this sector appropriate geovisualization techniques could be useful tool in supporting make decisions about actions for local energy and climate plans. Geovisualization can help decision makers or researchers to transfer information to stakeholders and people. In this work we discuss geovisualization approach for energy consumptions and renovation scenarios for private and public buildings delivered in a specific case study: Potenza Municipality. This tool allows to visualize energy consumptions at urban scale thorough a geo- database including individual buildings information with several functions: i.e. to identify urban areas where take action with higher priority. The application to case study of Potenza Municipality is a component of a wider process of developing the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP). It shows the potential of geovisualization as a tool to support decisions making and monitoring of actions to be included in the plan.
Luigi Santopietro; Giuseppe Faruolo; Francesco Scorza; Anna Rossi; Marco Tancredi; Angelo Pepe; Michele Giordano. Geovisualization for Energy Planning. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12252, 479 -487.
AMA StyleLuigi Santopietro, Giuseppe Faruolo, Francesco Scorza, Anna Rossi, Marco Tancredi, Angelo Pepe, Michele Giordano. Geovisualization for Energy Planning. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12252 ():479-487.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuigi Santopietro; Giuseppe Faruolo; Francesco Scorza; Anna Rossi; Marco Tancredi; Angelo Pepe; Michele Giordano. 2020. "Geovisualization for Energy Planning." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12252, no. : 479-487.
The production context linked to the agricultural sector in Basilicata is not very competitive, especially in international contexts. In fact, there are few companies that occupy a good market position beyond the border. The reasons are to be found in the high degree of fragmentation, in the high percentage of small businesses, mainly family-run, and a general low propensity to entrepreneurship. The low aptitude of agricultural producers to form consortia or establish any other formal collaboration is a further factor on which to act in order to improve the competitiveness of their respective sectors. The project “Development of an innovative network for the promotion of agro-food enterprises in the Adriatic-Ionian area” (INNOVAGRO) was born with the aim of enhancing existing virtuous models and proposing innovative solutions for the creation of a Transnational Agro-food Network. The aim is the creation of a platform that integrates ICT technologies and eco-sustainable agricultural practices in order to promote the exchange of positive experiences on an intra-regional scale. This platform could subsequently serve as a support for the implementation of new development strategies based on synergies between the tourism and agro-food production sectors. Part of the project concerned the construction of a “best practice guide” containing examples of existing companies in the project partner countries that stand out for their innovative production of agri-food products and for the promotion of SMEs on international markets. This work illustrates the four best practices selected within the context of the Basilicata region.
Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Valentina Santarsiero; Giuseppe Faruolo; Giovanni Fortunato; Carmen Izzo; Rosanna Piro; Alessandro Bonifazi. Best Practices of Agro-Food Sector in Basilicata Region (Italy): Evidences from INNOVAGRO Project. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 1706 -1713.
AMA StyleFrancesco Scorza, Beniamino Murgante, Angela Pilogallo, Lucia Saganeiti, Valentina Santarsiero, Giuseppe Faruolo, Giovanni Fortunato, Carmen Izzo, Rosanna Piro, Alessandro Bonifazi. Best Practices of Agro-Food Sector in Basilicata Region (Italy): Evidences from INNOVAGRO Project. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():1706-1713.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Valentina Santarsiero; Giuseppe Faruolo; Giovanni Fortunato; Carmen Izzo; Rosanna Piro; Alessandro Bonifazi. 2020. "Best Practices of Agro-Food Sector in Basilicata Region (Italy): Evidences from INNOVAGRO Project." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 1706-1713.
In Basilicata region (Italy), the “Lagonegro-Rotonda” cycling route had been realized in the framework of the policy instrument “The Pact” (Basilicata Region Development Pact - DGR 517 of 17 May 2016) managed by Basilicata Region Mobility and Infrastructures department. The realization of this cycling project involved eight Municipalities under leading role of Nemoli Municipality and FAL Ferrovie Appulo Lucane s.r.l., concessionaire of disused railway sections located in the southern part of the region. In the framework of ECO-CICLE project, aimed at reinforcing a European network for the promotion of cycle-tourism in natural areas, the University of Basilicata and Basilicata Region delivered improvement for cycling sector in Basilicata pursuing the objective to make bicycle the most adopted means of transport in accessing natural heritage. Cycling represents a strategic way to foster economic revival of remote and inland areas through a sustainable perspective. Both the improvement of regional operational programs supporting strategic development policies and concrete actions increasing users’ and stakeholders’ awareness represent the focus in order to support cycle-tourism service local chains. This work identifies the main methodological references to be considered in project implementation. It contributes to deliver effective integrated development strategies for active mobility enhancement at urban and territorial scale starting from the evidences of governance actions characterizing Basilicata Region active/green mobility infrastructures policies.
Giovanni Fortunato; Alessandro Bonifazi; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. Cycling Infrastructures and Community Based Management Model for the Lagonegro-Rotonda Cycling Route: ECO-CICLE Perspectives. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 1697 -1705.
AMA StyleGiovanni Fortunato, Alessandro Bonifazi, Francesco Scorza, Beniamino Murgante. Cycling Infrastructures and Community Based Management Model for the Lagonegro-Rotonda Cycling Route: ECO-CICLE Perspectives. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():1697-1705.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Fortunato; Alessandro Bonifazi; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. 2020. "Cycling Infrastructures and Community Based Management Model for the Lagonegro-Rotonda Cycling Route: ECO-CICLE Perspectives." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 1697-1705.
The Natura 2000 network was established as a tool to preserve the biological diversity of the European territory with particular regard to vulnerable habitats and species. According to recent studies, a relevant percentage of Natura 2000 sites are expected to be lost by the end of this century and there is widespread evidence that biodiversity conservation policies are not fully effective in relation to the management plans of the protected areas. This paper addresses the issue by analyzing a specific case in which there is a problem of integration between different competences and sectoral policies that leads to the lack of a monitoring system of territorial management performances. The study area, located in the Basilicata Region (Southern Italy), includes a Site of National Interest (SNI), for which several reclamation projects are still in the submission/approval phase, and a partially overlapping Natura 2000 network site. The tool used to monitor biodiversity in the study area is the degradation map obtained through the “habitat quality and degradation” InVEST tool which is used to assess the current trend and thus define a baseline for comparison with two medium and long-term scenarios applicable to the SNI’s procedure of partial and total remediation. The proposed methodology is intended to be a part of a larger and more complex monitoring system that, developed within the framework of ecosystem services, allows for the overcoming of the limits related to fragmentation and contradictions that are present in land management by offering a valuable support to decision makers and the competent authorities in biodiversity conservation policy design.
Francesco Scorza; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Beniamino Murgante. Natura 2000 Areas and Sites of National Interest (SNI): Measuring (un)Integration between Naturalness Preservation and Environmental Remediation Policies. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2928 .
AMA StyleFrancesco Scorza, Angela Pilogallo, Lucia Saganeiti, Beniamino Murgante. Natura 2000 Areas and Sites of National Interest (SNI): Measuring (un)Integration between Naturalness Preservation and Environmental Remediation Policies. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2928.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Scorza; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Beniamino Murgante. 2020. "Natura 2000 Areas and Sites of National Interest (SNI): Measuring (un)Integration between Naturalness Preservation and Environmental Remediation Policies." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2928.
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) are part of the solution to tackle the global problems of climate change and carbon emissions. Programs and policies at different levels are continuing to promote new RES farms, posing a relevant challenge to regional planners and administrators: how to manage landscape transformation and territorial fragmentation to find a really effective sustainable arrangement for these kinds of technologies? Most effects induced by RES (land-use change, land take, diminishing aesthetic values, loss of habitat quality), without a doubt, depend on the location and the spatial pattern of the plants, the relative distance between them, the extension of secondary infrastructures and their technical characteristics. This work takes part in the debate, originating from the need to establish a monitoring system for this kind of new territorial transformation and discusses the implementation of a sprinkling fragmentation index (SPX) in order to assess the current regional settlement structure of RES farms. Our case study concerns the Basilicata region (in Southern Italy), a very low-density area which over the last decade has undergone a relevant increase in the installation of RES technologies, not supported by an effective planning framework. The evolution of the regional energy system has been strongly influenced both by incentive policies and by (weak) urban and territorial planning policies. This approach could be a valuable contribution both in identifying a fragmentation threshold beyond which the expected negative impacts outweigh the benefits, and in providing a useful procedure for the management of future installations.
Lucia Saganeiti; Angela Pilogallo; Giuseppe Faruolo; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. Territorial Fragmentation and Renewable Energy Source Plants: Which Relationship? Sustainability 2020, 12, 1828 .
AMA StyleLucia Saganeiti, Angela Pilogallo, Giuseppe Faruolo, Francesco Scorza, Beniamino Murgante. Territorial Fragmentation and Renewable Energy Source Plants: Which Relationship? Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):1828.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLucia Saganeiti; Angela Pilogallo; Giuseppe Faruolo; Francesco Scorza; Beniamino Murgante. 2020. "Territorial Fragmentation and Renewable Energy Source Plants: Which Relationship?" Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1828.
Territorial transformations are currently influenced by the combination of multi-scale processes that generate complex change dynamics. In particular, we focus on the emerging conflicts between CO2 reduction policies and the preservation of natural and ecosystem values on a the local scale. Global policies stimulate a generalized effort in promoting the transition towards a low carbon economy, and a relevant component of such a development process is connected with Renewable Energy Sources (RES). Such technological settlement processes in low density areas generate relevant impacts. This paper discusses an ex-post-impact assessment methodology based on cumulative ecosystem services losses in a specific study area: the Melfi municipality in the Basilicata region (Italy). The proposed methodology, starting from a temporal evolution of RES plants, considers the ecosystem services estimation based on InVEST tools in order to deliver spatial multicriteria maps of the resulting territorial impacts. These results allowed to clarified the limits of a local sectorial planning approach and highlighted the opportunities offered by performance-based planning in assessing alternative transformation scenarios. The conclusions regard policy implications towards a multidimensional performance-based planning system where alternative low carbon transition scenarios could be compared in order to take into account territorial specializations and identity assets as a tool to drive decision-making in a sustainable planning perspective.
Francesco Scorza; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Beniamino Murgante; Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi. Comparing the territorial performances of renewable energy sources' plants with an integrated ecosystem services loss assessment: A case study from the Basilicata region (Italy). Sustainable Cities and Society 2020, 56, 102082 .
AMA StyleFrancesco Scorza, Angela Pilogallo, Lucia Saganeiti, Beniamino Murgante, Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi. Comparing the territorial performances of renewable energy sources' plants with an integrated ecosystem services loss assessment: A case study from the Basilicata region (Italy). Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020; 56 ():102082.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Scorza; Angela Pilogallo; Lucia Saganeiti; Beniamino Murgante; Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi. 2020. "Comparing the territorial performances of renewable energy sources' plants with an integrated ecosystem services loss assessment: A case study from the Basilicata region (Italy)." Sustainable Cities and Society 56, no. : 102082.
Geosites, a precious and nonrenewable geosphere resource, constitute a wealth from educational, scientific, naturalistic and cultural points of view, capable of expressing an economic potential proportional to their tourist appeal (Bentivenga 2015). This study is part of an important methodological framework: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA 2005), an international project that defines and quantifies ecosystem services (ES) and assesses changes and their consequences on human well-being. The methodology, which is progressively becoming as a cognitive support aimed at the environmental sizing of territorial policies, is considered particularly effective in assessing the impacts of choices associated with different land use scenarios as well as to protection and/or valorization policies. Adequate tool development for sustainable governance passes through a planning activity based on the integration of ecological, economic and sociopolitical elements within an interdisciplinary framework, to which the ecosystem analysis is able to provide important evaluation elements (Cowell and Lennon Environ Plann C Politics Space 32:263–282, 2014). According to MEA (2005), ES are grouped into four categories: supply, regulatory, support and cultural services. Starting from that, this work contributes to build an interpretative model for the evaluation of a relevant part of the fourth class: the territorial tourist attractiveness of the Basilicata region considering location and spatial distribution of the 113 regional geosites surveyed by ISPRA. Two different GIS-based methodologies have been applied to the context of the Basilicata region: the first based on linear geographical regression and the second through the use of InVEST, an open source suite. Comparing the results is useful to improve regional tourist attractiveness connected with territorial distribution of natural resources.
A. Pilogallo; G. Nolè; F. Amato; L. Saganeiti; M. Bentivenga; G. Palladino; F. Scorza; B. Murgante; G. Las Casas. Geotourism as a Specialization in the Territorial Context of the Basilicata Region (Southern Italy). Geoheritage 2019, 11, 1435 -1445.
AMA StyleA. Pilogallo, G. Nolè, F. Amato, L. Saganeiti, M. Bentivenga, G. Palladino, F. Scorza, B. Murgante, G. Las Casas. Geotourism as a Specialization in the Territorial Context of the Basilicata Region (Southern Italy). Geoheritage. 2019; 11 (4):1435-1445.
Chicago/Turabian StyleA. Pilogallo; G. Nolè; F. Amato; L. Saganeiti; M. Bentivenga; G. Palladino; F. Scorza; B. Murgante; G. Las Casas. 2019. "Geotourism as a Specialization in the Territorial Context of the Basilicata Region (Southern Italy)." Geoheritage 11, no. 4: 1435-1445.
Public transport represents a critical area of intervention for urban development. Assuming UN – HABITAT New Urban Agenda as a reference framework, the experimentation proposed in this work promotes an integrated approach for urban development policies. The main purpose it to implement measures, based on territorial specialization and to design place-based development strategies structured on sustainable mobility: Main objects of the proposed approach are: the infrastructures of new interchange areas; phasing out the obsolete TPL buses to be replaced by Euro6 and electric vehicles for the reduction of polluting emissions; development of an ICT info-mobility project related to further and more incisive actions on mobility technological systems. The synthetical representation is based on land suitability approach delivered according with GEODESIGN methodological framework.
Erika Di Pierro; Serena Serravallo; Francesco Scorza. Integrated Public Transport Planning for Urban Sustainable Development in Potenza Town. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2019, 331 -346.
AMA StyleErika Di Pierro, Serena Serravallo, Francesco Scorza. Integrated Public Transport Planning for Urban Sustainable Development in Potenza Town. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2019; ():331-346.
Chicago/Turabian StyleErika Di Pierro; Serena Serravallo; Francesco Scorza. 2019. "Integrated Public Transport Planning for Urban Sustainable Development in Potenza Town." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 331-346.
An urban characteristic directly connected with the principle of well-being and with sustainability concept is walkability. It influences the way people perceive and experience the city. The objective to increase pedestrian urban mobility in the city of Potenza represents the general purpose of this research. The analytical approach discussed in the paper carried out an assessment of the propensity to walkability of the city of Potenza, focusing on different attributes assigned to the roads and divided into three different groups: road characteristics, comfort and safety. The hypothesized interventions, in view of a strategic and integrated approach to urban planning, are aimed at completing the urban road network infrastructure for active mobility in Potenza and represent a precondition for citizens to implement modal shift from your own vehicle to more sustainable forms of travel in the city.
Giusy Brigante; Maria Carleo; Francesco Scorza. Land Suitability Analysis for New Urban Development Strategies Oriented to ‘Active Mobility’ and Walkability: Potenza Case. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2019, 318 -330.
AMA StyleGiusy Brigante, Maria Carleo, Francesco Scorza. Land Suitability Analysis for New Urban Development Strategies Oriented to ‘Active Mobility’ and Walkability: Potenza Case. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2019; ():318-330.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiusy Brigante; Maria Carleo; Francesco Scorza. 2019. "Land Suitability Analysis for New Urban Development Strategies Oriented to ‘Active Mobility’ and Walkability: Potenza Case." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 318-330.