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Carpobrotus is a genus of succulent Aizoaceae originating from South Africa that has become invasive in the Mediterranean and represents a serious threat in coastal ecosystems. On the small island of San Pietro (Sardinia), Carpobrotus sp. pl. is invading also habitats far from the sea. We surveyed the distribution of Carpobrotus on the island using the transect method and defined two models of potential suitability for this taxon based on a set of variables predicting its occurrence at local scale. Our data corroborate previous evidence about the ecological synanthropy of Carpobrotus sp. pl. Using a representative sample of transects (70,720 m in total length), we obtained evidence of 39 sites of occurrence with a higher linear density along paved roads (with high traffic levels) when compared to unpaved dirt roads (with low traffic levels). When compared to other sites, in sites of occurrence we observed a higher density of urbanization and road infrastructure, both at 100-m and 500-m scales. However, after performing a logistic regression analysis using a set of selected non-autocorrelated variables as covariates, and the occurrence of Carpobrotus sp. pl. as the dependent variable, we observed that distance from the coastline was the main predictor. Suitability models suggest that the actual rate of invasion is likely to increase if disturbance (along particular roads) is not effectively managed and that this island can be at risk from a future wider invasion of this taxon, caused by progressive urbanization.
Corrado Battisti; Francesco Zullo; Giuliano Fanelli. The road to invasion: fine-grained distribution and suitability model for Carpobrotus sp. pl., a plant invader on a small Mediterranean island. Folia Geobotanica 2021, 1 -11.
AMA StyleCorrado Battisti, Francesco Zullo, Giuliano Fanelli. The road to invasion: fine-grained distribution and suitability model for Carpobrotus sp. pl., a plant invader on a small Mediterranean island. Folia Geobotanica. 2021; ():1-11.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCorrado Battisti; Francesco Zullo; Giuliano Fanelli. 2021. "The road to invasion: fine-grained distribution and suitability model for Carpobrotus sp. pl., a plant invader on a small Mediterranean island." Folia Geobotanica , no. : 1-11.
The following work proposes the utilisation of a technical device named “Planning Tool Mosaic” (PTM), defined as a total homogeneous and standardised framework for the principles contained in municipal regulatory plans: the assignment of zoning, legends, and technical rules. The 300,000 km2-broad national territory is divided into nearly 8000 municipalities. Each of them refers to a distinct regulatory plan and then to a distinct regulation on local buildings, infrastructure, and social services. This level of planning tool is the one that has most impact on the territory. This highly fragmented scenario should be driven by upper-level regulation. Although protocols and guidelines are in force, they are almost irrelevant compared to the impact of regulation at the local level. This process is a European example of city planning mismanagement that needs to be brought to the broader attention of the European technical/scientific context. The PTM, though intervening when municipal plans are already in effect, introduces an element of social and political transparency to planning before transformative events occur. It also provides a continuous framework on the probable future of territories, thereby overcoming the current opacity with regard to public cognition of future arrangements.
Lorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Chiara Di Dato; Bernardino Romano. Planning Tool Mosaic (PTM): A Platform for Italy, a Country Without a Strategic Framework. Land 2021, 10, 279 .
AMA StyleLorena Fiorini, Francesco Zullo, Alessandro Marucci, Chiara Di Dato, Bernardino Romano. Planning Tool Mosaic (PTM): A Platform for Italy, a Country Without a Strategic Framework. Land. 2021; 10 (3):279.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Chiara Di Dato; Bernardino Romano. 2021. "Planning Tool Mosaic (PTM): A Platform for Italy, a Country Without a Strategic Framework." Land 10, no. 3: 279.
This paper deals with the challenging issue of illegal building in Italy with a view to clearing up the picture on this subject matter. This phenomenon is scarcely treated from an analytical/scientific point of view, especially in international literature. However, it is very present in the social and journalistic debate. Our research highlights the objective lack of data needed to gauge this offence, which is less endemic than is believed. Furthermore, it proves that existing data are insufficient to produce results, which often range between reality and prejudice, depicting some areas of the country in an extremely negative way. The first part of this paper describes the extreme complexity in acquiring “real” data and the total nation-wide lack of technical-administrative structures and methods capable of producing acceptably reliable information. In the second part, an emblematic case study is presented and its history traced back. We show that the multiform phenomena associated with illegal building create an enormous and rhetorical stratification of actions that ultimately do not lead to any appreciable result. This underscores the powerlessness of the administrative, regulatory and technical apparatus towards this particular infringement of territorial law.
Bernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci. Illegal building in Italy: Too complex a problem for national land policy? Cities 2021, 112, 103159 .
AMA StyleBernardino Romano, Francesco Zullo, Lorena Fiorini, Alessandro Marucci. Illegal building in Italy: Too complex a problem for national land policy? Cities. 2021; 112 ():103159.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci. 2021. "Illegal building in Italy: Too complex a problem for national land policy?" Cities 112, no. : 103159.
The research presented in the paper intends to overcome an information gap on the evolution of urbanized surfaces in Italy which in the studies carried out so far have never been available. The only historical data on this form of land use date back to the 1950s, and were extracted from a national cartography created by the Military Geographic Institute. The next chronological section available was then that of the noughties, already digital. However, much more frequent data were processed by the ten-year censuses by the National Institute of Statistics, but concerning buildings and not urbanized areas. By processing building census data, this study has put together some novel information on land take dynamics between the end of World War II and the year 2000, highlighting the more intensive processes that occurred at an extraordinary rate in the ‘70′s and ‘80′s, obtaining unprecedented information on the speed of transformation of the territory in these decades of economic boom. Through this method, we were able to obtain numerous geographical indications previously lacking on a national scale, highlight the yet significant vigor of this phenomenon and develop an inferential scenario.
Bernardino Romano; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci; Francesco Zullo. The Urbanization Run-Up in Italy: From a Qualitative Goal in the Boom Decades to the Present and Future Unsustainability. Land 2020, 9, 301 .
AMA StyleBernardino Romano, Lorena Fiorini, Alessandro Marucci, Francesco Zullo. The Urbanization Run-Up in Italy: From a Qualitative Goal in the Boom Decades to the Present and Future Unsustainability. Land. 2020; 9 (9):301.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernardino Romano; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci; Francesco Zullo. 2020. "The Urbanization Run-Up in Italy: From a Qualitative Goal in the Boom Decades to the Present and Future Unsustainability." Land 9, no. 9: 301.
After thirty years of the framework legislation for parks, their effect on the territories and social communities that created new national park institutes in 1991 was investigated. Some significant indicators were used, such as demography, the structure of records and income conditions, and it emerged that the National Parks did not lead to a clear separation from the dynamics that were already in effect after World War II, and which are typical of the disadvantaged areas in which they are established, in all of that time. There are undoubtedly many causes for this, and they also differ from park to park. In a country like Italy, these certainly depend on the geographic location, since significant socio-economic differences are found along its latitudinal line.
B. Romano; F. Zullo; L. Fiorini; A. Marucci. “The park effect”? An assessment test of the territorial impacts of Italian National Parks, thirty years after the framework legislation. Land Use Policy 2020, 100, 104920 .
AMA StyleB. Romano, F. Zullo, L. Fiorini, A. Marucci. “The park effect”? An assessment test of the territorial impacts of Italian National Parks, thirty years after the framework legislation. Land Use Policy. 2020; 100 ():104920.
Chicago/Turabian StyleB. Romano; F. Zullo; L. Fiorini; A. Marucci. 2020. "“The park effect”? An assessment test of the territorial impacts of Italian National Parks, thirty years after the framework legislation." Land Use Policy 100, no. : 104920.
Inner areas are the most peripheral Italian municipalities and they are characterized by clear loss of both public and private services. They represent one of the relevant elements in national and regional planning policy and the Italian government has made available a fund (€ 100 million) for small municipalities up to 5000 inhabitants (Law n. 158/2017). These areas have gradually seen an evident process of marginalisation, which is difficult to evaluate because it is the result of several factors. This work describes an applied methodology for this marginality assessment on the Italian inner areas, which was developed through the quantification of eight criteria selected from Law n. 158/2017. The analysis carried out two different simulations for elaborating and mapping territorial disadvantages, with the use of GIS software and MATLAB. The analysis highlights an evident clustering in specific geographic areas. Moreover, this result confirms that there is a significant chaining of some typical issues of the small municipalities. This research represents a first analytical approach to evaluating the intervention priorities of regulatory instruments and national strategies and it is proposed as an innovative approach that introduces a profound change of attitude moving from an equality-based model to an equity-based model.
Alessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini; Chiara Di Dato; Francesco Zullo. Marginality Assessment: Computational Applications on Italian Municipalities. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3250 .
AMA StyleAlessandro Marucci, Lorena Fiorini, Chiara Di Dato, Francesco Zullo. Marginality Assessment: Computational Applications on Italian Municipalities. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3250.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini; Chiara Di Dato; Francesco Zullo. 2020. "Marginality Assessment: Computational Applications on Italian Municipalities." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3250.
In Italy, the transformative predictions of the municipal urban planning instruments are very often far away from the socio-economic dynamics. In fact, the political component considers the oversizing of urban transformative projections as a solution to improve the situation of the territories in crisis for several aspects. This work analyses the projections of the urban planning instruments in force in the coastal municipalities of Emilia-Romagna. The work aims to highlight how the planned urban areas can change the future settlement structure in the case study area.
Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci; Bernardino Romano. Analysis of the theoretical settlement scenario implemented by the municipal plans. the case study of the Romagna coast municipalities. Proceedings e report 2020, 363 -374.
AMA StyleFrancesco Zullo, Lorena Fiorini, Alessandro Marucci, Bernardino Romano. Analysis of the theoretical settlement scenario implemented by the municipal plans. the case study of the Romagna coast municipalities. Proceedings e report. 2020; ():363-374.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci; Bernardino Romano. 2020. "Analysis of the theoretical settlement scenario implemented by the municipal plans. the case study of the Romagna coast municipalities." Proceedings e report , no. : 363-374.
This paper discusses the topic of urban and spatial planning in Italy where decision-making is left almost exclusively to the innumerable, small municipalities present in the country and totaling almost 8000 in number. Projects and actions to transform built areas, infrastructure, and welfare services of all sorts and purposes in a national territory of over 300,000 km2 are supervised by countless mayors, municipal councils, and boards that govern plots of land corresponding to polygons of a few kilometers per side. This is generally achieved by means of town plans developed outside of any general rule or protocol, the contents of which are often ignored as a result of national legislation that weakens them and sometimes makes them uninfluential essentially. This is a European example of urban planning mismanagement that deserves to be brought to the broader attention of the European technical and scientific community, also because the debate developed so far on this topic—even by eminent and authoritative urban planners—has been published almost entirely in Italian only. Public and political attention towards this issue is extremely limited, although the severe effects of “molecular planning” are beginning to be perceived: unjustified overurbanization and highly patchy, energy-intensive, urban patterns that are destructive for ecosystems and at odds with public interests regarding environmental and urban quality. In this paper, we make some comparisons with other European countries and outline some directions—certainly very difficult to follow—to reconsider and recover from the adverse effects produced to date.
Bernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci. Molecular No Smart-Planning in Italy: 8000 Municipalities in Action throughout the Country. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6467 .
AMA StyleBernardino Romano, Francesco Zullo, Lorena Fiorini, Alessandro Marucci. Molecular No Smart-Planning in Italy: 8000 Municipalities in Action throughout the Country. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (22):6467.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci. 2019. "Molecular No Smart-Planning in Italy: 8000 Municipalities in Action throughout the Country." Sustainability 11, no. 22: 6467.
We studied the habitat preferences at three different landscape scales of Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), a bird which recently colonized the Western and Southern Europe, with the aim to corroborate their synanthropic ecology and to propose it as indicator of human-induced landscape change. We carried out this study in a small circum-Sardinian island (Italy) of high conservation concern. Comparing occurrence records with random sites, we observed that sites where this species occur showed significant lower averaged values of distance from nearest buildings, from the largest town, and from the nearest paved roads. Sites of occurrence showed significantly higher values of in urban cover density when compared with random sites where the species is absent: in particular, distance from nearest building being the main predictor using a logistic regression. Predictive models highlighted as a high proportion of the island (24–42%) shows a medium-high suitability for this species. Due to the analogous landscape anthropization of many Mediterranean islands, we suggest as this species could rapidly colonize a large part of them in the next decades. Moreover, this synanthropic species could meet many of the typical criteria requested for a biological indicator of human-induced landscape changes in land use policies.
Corrado Battisti; Francesco Zullo. A recent colonizer bird as indicator of human-induced landscape change: Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in a small Mediterranean island. Regional Environmental Change 2019, 19, 2113 -2121.
AMA StyleCorrado Battisti, Francesco Zullo. A recent colonizer bird as indicator of human-induced landscape change: Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in a small Mediterranean island. Regional Environmental Change. 2019; 19 (7):2113-2121.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCorrado Battisti; Francesco Zullo. 2019. "A recent colonizer bird as indicator of human-induced landscape change: Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in a small Mediterranean island." Regional Environmental Change 19, no. 7: 2113-2121.
This paper describes a critical situation for Italy, which is one of the causes of the overall disorganization of settlement growth in the past decades. Using the data extracted from some institutional databases, we show that a large part of the national territory is managed with highly effective decision-making tools (such as municipal town planning schemes in Italy), which are, however, lagging behind in their conception and fulfilment of scientific, cultural, and political requirements deemed essential today for effective and sustainable land transformation. Municipalities with plans dating back to a quarter of a century ago, or without any plans, are 1445 in number (17% of the total) and involve 6,200,000 ha of territory (1/5 of Italy) with almost 10 million residents. The territorial changes in these geographical areas, mainly concentrated in the south, are managed with tools based on mid-20th century concepts and techniques, although a large proportion of these territories are demographically active and transform substantial portions of land. Thus, for at least 15–20 years, these territories underwent transformations disconnected from town plans and driven essentially by one-off measures or managed through numerous exceptional and negotiated procedures provided for by national legislation. Today, it seems necessary for southern Italy to overcome its extensive delay in territorial planning, and the drive can only come from national government. This would help it finally respond to current environmental sustainability, risk resilience, and territorial security requirements, through appropriate and technically advanced management procedures not envisaged in previous planning procedures.
Bernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini. Vintage Urban Planning in Italy: Land Management with the Tools of the Mid-Twentieth Century. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4125 .
AMA StyleBernardino Romano, Francesco Zullo, Alessandro Marucci, Lorena Fiorini. Vintage Urban Planning in Italy: Land Management with the Tools of the Mid-Twentieth Century. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (11):4125.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini. 2018. "Vintage Urban Planning in Italy: Land Management with the Tools of the Mid-Twentieth Century." Sustainability 10, no. 11: 4125.
This paper sets out the results of a study conducted in the inland areas in central Italy on certain phenomena that, for decades, have evolved separately: urban and socio-economic growth, environmental and cultural conservation and the curbing of seismic risk. The study was carried out by analysing the urban conversion of land in the Italian Apennines over the past 50 years, focusing on areas of varying seismic hazard. Our analysis highlights that territorial planning has failed to tackle this risk in an integrated manner, implementing entirely uncoordinated actions that have produced poor results. Thus, our main goal is to study urban development and its effects on the Apennine system and devise possible strategies to mitigate the seismic risk in this area of significant worth, but made extremely vulnerable by policies and solutions that have never been “nature-based”.
Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini; Bernardino Romano. The Italian Apennines between earthquakes, high naturalness and urban growth. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 2018, 47, 716 -731.
AMA StyleFrancesco Zullo, Alessandro Marucci, Lorena Fiorini, Bernardino Romano. The Italian Apennines between earthquakes, high naturalness and urban growth. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 2018; 47 (4):716-731.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini; Bernardino Romano. 2018. "The Italian Apennines between earthquakes, high naturalness and urban growth." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 47, no. 4: 716-731.
The present paper describes a research that, based on the evolutionary data of the urban settlement over a period of half a century, shows the changes undergone by the various landscape categories of Southern Italy. The regions involved are four (Campania, Basilicata, Puglia and Calabria) and share renowned urban, economic and social issues such as unauthorised development, low income per capita and organised crime. All this has produced profound transformations on some of the most important and rare Italian landscapes, such as coastal plains and coastal carbonate slabs. Uncontrolled urban sprawl has further provoked an environmental crisis and eco-friendly insularisation of the yet numerous and valuable protected areas of this geographical area, thus leading to a high density of buildings and infrastructures even in national parks, breaking European records in this respect. Through finalised indicators, the characteristics of the evolution occurred have been analytically highlighted, and by using the latest generation satellite data, it is shown how such phenomena have continued to take place with significant energy over the last few years. The result is a picture of environmental threats still very prominent in this southern extremity of the peninsula, above all towards those naturalistic qualities and landscapes that are the main attractions of an intense national and international tourism whose income, however, has not been conveyed in a correct and inclusive way to allow high-level socio-economic conditions of the resident population.
L. Fiorini; F. Zullo; A. Marucci; B. Romano. Land take and landscape loss: Effect of uncontrolled urbanization in Southern Italy. Journal of Urban Management 2018, 8, 42 -56.
AMA StyleL. Fiorini, F. Zullo, A. Marucci, B. Romano. Land take and landscape loss: Effect of uncontrolled urbanization in Southern Italy. Journal of Urban Management. 2018; 8 (1):42-56.
Chicago/Turabian StyleL. Fiorini; F. Zullo; A. Marucci; B. Romano. 2018. "Land take and landscape loss: Effect of uncontrolled urbanization in Southern Italy." Journal of Urban Management 8, no. 1: 42-56.
Sealed surfaces greatly influence Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects. In this respect, both the composition and spatial patterns of anthropogenic land use play an important role in local thermal pattern. The urban environments' climate change adaptation strategy needs adequate knowledge systems urban planners can use to organise and design more resistant and resilient urban spaces. This study examined the relationship between Land Surface Temperature (LST) variations and increasing urbanised areas during the period 2001–2011 in the Po Valley, utilising different urban growth spatial patterns (UGSP). Remotely sensed LST data was obtained from MODIS (MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) at a resolution of 1 km/pixel for an 11 year-period, from 2001 to 2011, with urbanisation data from the ISTAT map (nominal scale 1:10,000) respectively for the 2001 and 2011 time sections. The relationship between dependent (mean annual daytime, nighttime and daily values) and independent (urbanised areas) variables were investigated through ANOVA test and post-hoc analysis (p < 0.01) for all defined UGSP. Results showed that there is a decreasing LST range (in all conditions) associated with progressive increase of urbanised areas. Furthermore, clustered patterns urban growth have a statistically significant relationship with daytime, nighttime and daily conditions while dispersed pattern urban growth have the same with nighttime only. The outcomes are helpful for understanding the effects of different UGSP, which have significant implications for urban planning, and identifying the critical territorial sectors in need of sustainable mitigation actions.
Francesco Zullo; Gianluca Fazio; Bernardino Romano; Alessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini. Effects of urban growth spatial pattern (UGSP) on the land surface temperature (LST): A study in the Po Valley (Italy). Science of The Total Environment 2018, 650, 1740 -1751.
AMA StyleFrancesco Zullo, Gianluca Fazio, Bernardino Romano, Alessandro Marucci, Lorena Fiorini. Effects of urban growth spatial pattern (UGSP) on the land surface temperature (LST): A study in the Po Valley (Italy). Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 650 ():1740-1751.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Zullo; Gianluca Fazio; Bernardino Romano; Alessandro Marucci; Lorena Fiorini. 2018. "Effects of urban growth spatial pattern (UGSP) on the land surface temperature (LST): A study in the Po Valley (Italy)." Science of The Total Environment 650, no. : 1740-1751.
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Lorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Bernardino Romano. INDICATOR ENGINEERING FOR LAND TAKE CONTROL AND SETTLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY. Sustainable Development and Planning X 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleLorena Fiorini, Francesco Zullo, Alessandro Marucci, Bernardino Romano. INDICATOR ENGINEERING FOR LAND TAKE CONTROL AND SETTLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY. Sustainable Development and Planning X. 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci; Bernardino Romano. 2018. "INDICATOR ENGINEERING FOR LAND TAKE CONTROL AND SETTLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY." Sustainable Development and Planning X , no. : 1.
This article relates to the concept of urban expansion reduction in limited areas, called “de-sprinkling districts”, and methods of designation of their range, as well as modelling and management of their network. This concept was developed from research concluded in 2016, referring to 50 years of urban evolution in Italy, that investigated and diagnosed the forms of urban growth focusing on the Italian model. For this model, the authors of this paper proposed an alternative definition (urban sprinkling) with respect to the sprawl international standard. Certainly this urban model established in Italy during the mentioned years is due to an inefficient control of peripheral areas and new conurbations’ development, both in forms and functions. The cause is to be searched for in the importance given to single towns’ general plans and the minor role of strategic planning (province and region). The political and social assumption that urban development according to the extreme sprinkling model is no longer feasible is gaining ground. However, implementing de-sprinkling processes will not be easy. In this paper, criteria to create a decision support system (DSS) for administrators and municipalities is illustrated. These criteria aim at dealing, technically and politically, with sprinkling and planning medium-term containment.
Bernardino Romano; Lorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci. Urban Growth Control DSS Techniques for De-Sprinkling Process in Italy. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1852 .
AMA StyleBernardino Romano, Lorena Fiorini, Francesco Zullo, Alessandro Marucci. Urban Growth Control DSS Techniques for De-Sprinkling Process in Italy. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (10):1852.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernardino Romano; Lorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Alessandro Marucci. 2017. "Urban Growth Control DSS Techniques for De-Sprinkling Process in Italy." Sustainability 9, no. 10: 1852.
Bernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci; Serena Ciabò. Land transformation of Italy due to half a century of urbanization. Land Use Policy 2017, 67, 387 -400.
AMA StyleBernardino Romano, Francesco Zullo, Lorena Fiorini, Alessandro Marucci, Serena Ciabò. Land transformation of Italy due to half a century of urbanization. Land Use Policy. 2017; 67 ():387-400.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Alessandro Marucci; Serena Ciabò. 2017. "Land transformation of Italy due to half a century of urbanization." Land Use Policy 67, no. : 387-400.
L. Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Bernardino Romano. Urban development of the coastal system of the Italian largest islands: Sicily and Sardinia. Ocean & Coastal Management 2017, 143, 184 -194.
AMA StyleL. Fiorini, Francesco Zullo, Bernardino Romano. Urban development of the coastal system of the Italian largest islands: Sicily and Sardinia. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2017; 143 ():184-194.
Chicago/Turabian StyleL. Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Bernardino Romano. 2017. "Urban development of the coastal system of the Italian largest islands: Sicily and Sardinia." Ocean & Coastal Management 143, no. : 184-194.
This paper presents research which has defined a new typology of urban patterns (sprinkling), different from the internationally recognized standard urban sprawl, as well as various indicators that have been implemented to measure sprinkling. It is important to highlight that the damage caused to the environment and communities by urban sprinkling is much more serious and irreversible than that notoriously caused by urban sprawl. The paper introduces the difficult methodological and planning aspects of retrofitting (de-sprinkling), a true challenge for land management. We argue that even partial inversion of many negative effects is impossible in the short term. Only medium- to long-term, organized, and politically coordinated programs can tackle the various issues associated with sprinkling.
Bernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Serena Ciabò; Alessandro Marucci. Sprinkling: An Approach to Describe Urbanization Dynamics in Italy. Sustainability 2017, 9, 97 .
AMA StyleBernardino Romano, Francesco Zullo, Lorena Fiorini, Serena Ciabò, Alessandro Marucci. Sprinkling: An Approach to Describe Urbanization Dynamics in Italy. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (1):97.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernardino Romano; Francesco Zullo; Lorena Fiorini; Serena Ciabò; Alessandro Marucci. 2017. "Sprinkling: An Approach to Describe Urbanization Dynamics in Italy." Sustainability 9, no. 1: 97.
Serena Ciabò; Lorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Consuelas Giuliani; Alessandro Marucci; Simona Olivieri; Bernardino Romano. L'emergenza post-sisma a L'Aquila, enfasi di una pianificazione debole. ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI 2017, 73 -96.
AMA StyleSerena Ciabò, Lorena Fiorini, Francesco Zullo, Consuelas Giuliani, Alessandro Marucci, Simona Olivieri, Bernardino Romano. L'emergenza post-sisma a L'Aquila, enfasi di una pianificazione debole. ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI. 2017; (118):73-96.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSerena Ciabò; Lorena Fiorini; Francesco Zullo; Consuelas Giuliani; Alessandro Marucci; Simona Olivieri; Bernardino Romano. 2017. "L'emergenza post-sisma a L'Aquila, enfasi di una pianificazione debole." ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI , no. 118: 73-96.
Valentina Fiordigigli; Lorena Fiorini; Bernardino Romano; Giulio Tambutrini; Francesco Zullo. Il riassetto del suolo urbano italiano: questione di "sprinkling"? TERRITORIO 2015, 146 -153.
AMA StyleValentina Fiordigigli, Lorena Fiorini, Bernardino Romano, Giulio Tambutrini, Francesco Zullo. Il riassetto del suolo urbano italiano: questione di "sprinkling"? TERRITORIO. 2015; (74):146-153.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Fiordigigli; Lorena Fiorini; Bernardino Romano; Giulio Tambutrini; Francesco Zullo. 2015. "Il riassetto del suolo urbano italiano: questione di "sprinkling"?" TERRITORIO , no. 74: 146-153.