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The transition of the European agri-food sector towards a sustainable production and consumption model is a key element of the Green Deal. The new European “Farm to Fork” strategy aims to make the food system fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly. The consolidation and development of the organic model are two of the main objectives. In Italy, this development can be achieved through the Bio-District model. This model, which was born in the last ten years in Italy, is characterized by innovative multi-actor governance. From an explorative perspective, this study analyses the background literature on Bio-Districts and the context of the development of the Etruscan Roman Bio-District to understand the potential and the factors that allow the application of the principles of the Circular Economy. It focuses on multiple comparative analyses by using a qualitative–quantitative approach. The analysis of the context highlights the potential for expansion linked to an integrated short supply chain through three scenarios.
Stefano Poponi; Gabriella Arcese; Enrico Mosconi; Francesco Pacchera; Olimpia Martucci; Grazia Elmo. Multi-Actor Governance for a Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector: Bio-Districts. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4718 .
AMA StyleStefano Poponi, Gabriella Arcese, Enrico Mosconi, Francesco Pacchera, Olimpia Martucci, Grazia Elmo. Multi-Actor Governance for a Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector: Bio-Districts. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4718.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Poponi; Gabriella Arcese; Enrico Mosconi; Francesco Pacchera; Olimpia Martucci; Grazia Elmo. 2021. "Multi-Actor Governance for a Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector: Bio-Districts." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4718.
Being largely diversified along the urban–rural gradient, fertility gaps have demonstrated to fuel metropolitan expansion, contributing to natural population growth and social change. In this direction, population dynamics and economic transformations have continuously shaped urban cycles in Europe. Assuming suburban fertility to be a relevant engine of metropolitan growth, the present study investigates and discusses the intrinsic relationship between fertility transitions and urban expansion, focusing on European metropolitan regions. An average crude birth rate referring to the last decade (2013–2018) was estimated from official statistics at 671 Functional Urban Areas (FUAs, Eurostat Urban Audit definition) of 30 European countries, distinguishing ‘central cities’ from ‘suburban’ locations. Local contexts with a higher crude birth rate as compared with neighboring settlements were identified analyzing differential fertility levels in urban and suburban locations. By providing an indirect, comparative verification of the ‘suburban fertility hypothesis’ in European cities, the results of this study demonstrate how suburbanization has been basically associated to younger and larger families—and thus higher fertility levels—only in Eastern and Southern Europe. Birth rates that were higher in suburbs than in central cities were observed in 70% of Eastern European cities and 55% of Mediterranean cities. The reverse pattern was observed in Western (20%), Northern (25%) and Central (30%) Europe, suggesting that urban cycles in the European continent are not completely phased: most of Western, Central, and Northern European cities are experiencing re-urbanization after a long suburbanization wave. Demographic indicators are demonstrated to comprehensively delineate settlement patterns and socioeconomic trends along urban–suburban–rural gradients, giving insights on the differential metropolitan cycles between (and within) countries.
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Gianluca Egidi; Adele Sateriano; Stefano Poponi; Enrico Mosconi; Antonio Gimenez Morera. Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2181 .
AMA StyleJesús Rodrigo-Comino, Gianluca Egidi, Adele Sateriano, Stefano Poponi, Enrico Mosconi, Antonio Gimenez Morera. Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2181.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJesús Rodrigo-Comino; Gianluca Egidi; Adele Sateriano; Stefano Poponi; Enrico Mosconi; Antonio Gimenez Morera. 2021. "Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2181.
In a context of aging, low fertility, and progressive slowdown of both internal population mobility and international migration at working age, residential mobility at older ages was regarded as an emerging phenomenon in Mediterranean Europe, a region with increasingly attractive retirement places. The present work discusses the socioeconomic processes (and the environmental impacts) associated with an increasing flow of retirees, which decide to settle from ‘Northern’ countries to Southern Europe, concentrating in coastal districts and in rural countryside. Understanding lifestyle preferences and territorial patterns of residential mobility at older ages allows a refined analysis of short- and medium-term impacts of International Retirement Migration (IRM) on population dynamics in economically growing and declining regions. A refined analysis reveals that destinations of IRM are progressively enlarging from strictly coastal places to a broader set of locations in the rural countryside. Mobility choices among retirees may jeopardize the role of spatial planning, which is increasingly asked to provide specific services for an international, elder population, e.g., stimulating re-use of abandoned rural buildings. Taken as an effective option for rural development, an improved planning and management of local districts attracting and hosting intense flows of residential mobility at older ages is urgent in the present socioeconomic context. A convenient set of policies and a refined taxation system may contribute to reconcile demographic shrinkage with local competitiveness and social cohesion.
Gianluca Egidi; Giovanni Quaranta; Luca Salvati; Filippo Gambella; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Antonio Giménez Morera; Andrea Colantoni. Unraveling Causes and Consequences of International Retirement Migration to Coastal and Rural Areas in Mediterranean Europe. Land 2020, 9, 410 .
AMA StyleGianluca Egidi, Giovanni Quaranta, Luca Salvati, Filippo Gambella, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Antonio Giménez Morera, Andrea Colantoni. Unraveling Causes and Consequences of International Retirement Migration to Coastal and Rural Areas in Mediterranean Europe. Land. 2020; 9 (11):410.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianluca Egidi; Giovanni Quaranta; Luca Salvati; Filippo Gambella; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Antonio Giménez Morera; Andrea Colantoni. 2020. "Unraveling Causes and Consequences of International Retirement Migration to Coastal and Rural Areas in Mediterranean Europe." Land 9, no. 11: 410.
The present study analyzes population redistribution across metropolitan regions considering together changes over time in the spatial distribution of resident and present population from census data. Considering population dynamics in Athens, Greece, between 1991 and 2011, the results of this study evidenced how the ratio of present to resident population increases more rapidly in urban than rural areas along the last twenty years. By revealing different expansion processes at the regional and local scales, the present-to-resident ratio of usual population was correlated to selected variables (population density and growth, distance from the inner city and settlement dispersion) with the aim at delineating apparent and latent relationships with the local socioeconomic context. Statistical analysis indicates that the present-to-resident population ratio is reflective of the intense suburbanization observed until the early 1990s in Athens, determining population redistribution and settlement dispersion over larger areas.
Kostas Rontos; Andrea Colantoni; Luca Salvati; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Antonio Giménez Morera. Resident or Present? Population Census Data Tell You More about Suburbanization. Land 2020, 9, 383 .
AMA StyleKostas Rontos, Andrea Colantoni, Luca Salvati, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Antonio Giménez Morera. Resident or Present? Population Census Data Tell You More about Suburbanization. Land. 2020; 9 (10):383.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKostas Rontos; Andrea Colantoni; Luca Salvati; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Antonio Giménez Morera. 2020. "Resident or Present? Population Census Data Tell You More about Suburbanization." Land 9, no. 10: 383.
A complex interplay of socio-ecological drivers of change exists at the different spatiotemporal scales affecting environmental degradation. This is a key issue worldwide and needs to be understood to develop efficient management solutions. One of the most applied theories in the regional analysis is the U-shaped relationship between environmental degradation and the level of income in a given economic system or Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Specifically, the EKC hypothesis underlines the (potentially positive) role of formal responses to environmental degradation grounded on government policies that are usually more ambitious in wealthier economic systems. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the role of space in EKC, arguing that spatial variability in the environment–income relationship may indicate additional targets for integrated socio–environmental policies. We hypothesize that a spatially differentiated response to environmental degradation could better adapt to differentiated local contexts. Therefore, to achieve this goal, we present a multi-scale investigation of degradation processes at the local level, providing a refined knowledge of the environment–economy linkages considering more traditional, cross-country and cross-region exercises. Our results demonstrated that—together with temporal, sectoral, and institutional aspects—space and, consequently, the related analysis’ spatial scales, are significant dimensions in ecological economics, whose investigation requires improvements in data collection and dedicated statistical approaches.
Enrico Maria Mosconi; Andrea Colantoni; Filippo Gambella; Eva Cudlinová; Luca Salvati; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve: The Spatial Interaction between Economy and Territory. Economies 2020, 8, 74 .
AMA StyleEnrico Maria Mosconi, Andrea Colantoni, Filippo Gambella, Eva Cudlinová, Luca Salvati, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve: The Spatial Interaction between Economy and Territory. Economies. 2020; 8 (3):74.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrico Maria Mosconi; Andrea Colantoni; Filippo Gambella; Eva Cudlinová; Luca Salvati; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2020. "Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve: The Spatial Interaction between Economy and Territory." Economies 8, no. 3: 74.
Assuming the importance of a “socioeconomic mosaic” influencing soil and land degradation at the landscape scale, spatial contexts should be considered in the analysis of desertification risk as a base for the design of appropriate counteracting strategies. A holistic approach grounded on a multi-scale qualitative and quantitative assessment is required to identify optimal development strategies regulating the socioeconomic dimensions of land degradation. In the last few decades, the operational thinking at the base of a comprehensive, holistic theory of land degradation evolved toward many different conceptual steps. Moving from empirical, qualitative and unstructured frameworks to a more structured, rational and articulated thinking, such theoretical approaches have been usually oriented toward complex and non-linear dynamics benefiting from progressive and refined approximations. Based on these premises, eleven disciplinary approaches were identified and commented extensively on in the present study, and were classified along a gradient of increasing complexity, from more qualitative and de-structured frameworks to more articulated, non-linear thinking aimed at interpreting the intrinsic fragmentation and heterogeneity of environmental and socioeconomic processes underlying land degradation. Identifying, reviewing and classifying such approaches demonstrated that the evolution of global thinking in land degradation was intimately non-linear, developing narrative and deductive approaches together with inferential, experimentally oriented visions. Focusing specifically on advanced economies in the world, our review contributes to systematize multiple—sometimes entropic—interpretations of desertification processes into a more organized framework, giving value to methodological interplays and specific interpretations of the latent processes underlying land degradation.
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir; Andrea Colantoni; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; Simona Fortunati; Luca Salvati; Filippo Gambella. From Historical Narratives to Circular Economy: De-Complexifying the “Desertification” Debate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 5398 .
AMA StyleRares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, Andrea Colantoni, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Stefano Poponi, Simona Fortunati, Luca Salvati, Filippo Gambella. From Historical Narratives to Circular Economy: De-Complexifying the “Desertification” Debate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (15):5398.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir; Andrea Colantoni; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; Simona Fortunati; Luca Salvati; Filippo Gambella. 2020. "From Historical Narratives to Circular Economy: De-Complexifying the “Desertification” Debate." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 15: 5398.
While urbanization trends have been characterized for a long time by deconcentration of inner cities with expansion of low-density settlements, economic repolarization leading to re-urbanization and recovery of central districts are now counterbalancing population shrinkage in compact urban areas and slowing down suburban growth. In this context, the recent demographic evolution of a large metropolis such as Athens (Greece)—following expansion, crisis, and a more subtle economic recovery—may reveal original relationships between form and functions at the base of recent urban growth. Based on an exploratory analysis of demographic indicators on a metropolitan and urban scale, the present study provides an updated and integrated knowledge framework that confirms and integrates the most recent urban trends in southern Europe. Documenting the emergence of more individualized paths of urban expansion at the local scale (recovery of the historic center, shrinkage of semicentral neighborhoods, ‘reverse gentrification’ of disadvantaged peripheral areas, late suburbanization of accessible peripheral areas), results of the present study justify an ad hoc analysis of metropolitan growth based on demographic indicators as a proxy for sustainable land management and local development.
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir; Gianluca Egidi; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; Ahmed Alhuseen; Luca Salvati. Uncovering Demographic Trends and Recent Urban Expansion in Metropolitan Regions: A Paradigmatic Case Study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3937 .
AMA StyleRares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, Gianluca Egidi, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Stefano Poponi, Ahmed Alhuseen, Luca Salvati. Uncovering Demographic Trends and Recent Urban Expansion in Metropolitan Regions: A Paradigmatic Case Study. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3937.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir; Gianluca Egidi; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; Ahmed Alhuseen; Luca Salvati. 2020. "Uncovering Demographic Trends and Recent Urban Expansion in Metropolitan Regions: A Paradigmatic Case Study." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3937.
Circular Economy represents today a new economic paradigm based on the environment and on the recovery of material. The pursuit of this change can be implemented through different policies with a top-down or bottom-up approach. Following the latter approach Spin-Offs, typically defined as “Science Based” companies, represent an alternative tool to promote technology transfer. In other words, they represent a bridge between the research and the production system. This part of the study is part of a larger and more complex project whose objective is to verify whether the development of research Spin-Offs and in particular academics, operating in the environment sector, or more generally sustainable, facilitate the transition from the classic model of linear economics to the innovative model of circular economics. The aim of the paper is to investigate how spin off enterprises can be a driver for the development of a Circular Business Model and to facilitate the transition from the classical model of linear economy to the new model of Circular Economy. At the methodological level, a multiple compared analysis was made between a sample of firms located in Lazio Region- Italy, that operates in the area of green economy Smart Specialization Strategy (S3). The analysis shows a rapid succession of variables that lead to the identification of four scenarios, deriving from the interconnection of the outcome: “closed loop”, “open loop” and the presence or absence of Circular Economy practices. The result confirms that the Academic Spin-Offs can be a driver of Circular economy, as long as that fall within the IV scenario, characterized by the interconnection of an open loop system that works in a circular approach. The “High valorization of waste” represents the discriminant in this scenario, which allows to activate a cascade system in a multi-stakeholder perspective.
Stefano Poponi; Gabriella Arcese; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Michelangelo Arezzo Di Trifiletti. Entrepreneurial Drivers for the Development of the Circular Business Model: The Role of Academic Spin-Off. Sustainability 2020, 12, 423 .
AMA StyleStefano Poponi, Gabriella Arcese, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Michelangelo Arezzo Di Trifiletti. Entrepreneurial Drivers for the Development of the Circular Business Model: The Role of Academic Spin-Off. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (1):423.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Poponi; Gabriella Arcese; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Michelangelo Arezzo Di Trifiletti. 2020. "Entrepreneurial Drivers for the Development of the Circular Business Model: The Role of Academic Spin-Off." Sustainability 12, no. 1: 423.
Innovations play a significant role in the primary sector (i.e., agriculture, fisheries and forestry), ensuring a greater performance towards bioeconomy and sustainability. Innovation is being progressively applied to examining the organization of joint technological, social, and institutional modernizations in the primary sector. Exploring the governance of actor relations, potential policies, and support structures is crucial in the phase of innovation, e.g., during research activities, often applied at the national or sectorial scale. However, when opposing normative guidelines for alternative systems of agriculture arise (e.g., the industrial agriculture paradigm), modernizations in agricultural and forestry may contribute to outlining more sustainable systems. To date, innovations in the primary sector do not seem as advanced as in other sectors, apart from industrial agriculture, which sometimes appears to be the most encouraged. The present review aims to shed light on innovations that have been identified and promoted in recent years in the primary sector, including agriculture and forestry. The need to pursue sustainable development in this sector requires the inclusion of a fourth dimension, namely energy. In fact, energy sustainability is an issue that has been much discussed in recent years. However, the need for progressive technological progress is indispensable to ensure long-lasting energy efficiency. The aim is to understand what innovations have been implemented recently, highlighting opportunities and limitations for the primary sector.
Ilaria Zambon; Massimo Cecchini; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Andrea Colantoni. Revolutionizing Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems: The Role of Energy. Energies 2019, 12, 3659 .
AMA StyleIlaria Zambon, Massimo Cecchini, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Andrea Colantoni. Revolutionizing Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems: The Role of Energy. Energies. 2019; 12 (19):3659.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIlaria Zambon; Massimo Cecchini; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Andrea Colantoni. 2019. "Revolutionizing Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems: The Role of Energy." Energies 12, no. 19: 3659.
A circular economy has been gaining momentum as the most innovative approach in business. Its proposed model, based on sustainability and new product-driven differentiated strategies of production and organizational exchange, has brought to light the need to better understand the relevance of stakeholders as a critical factor in the creation of new added value in business management. The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate how the B-Corp Certification System could contribute to a process of awareness raising in business organizations. It also focuses on the stakeholders’ commitment, within the framework of circular economy principles, and demonstrates that those companies who are adopting the certification concerning “recycling service and waste management” strongly contribute to the development in the direction of the circular economy. The analysis of the case studies shows two possible scenarios describing the circular approach in business and the different roles of stakeholders in the activation of such a virtuous path. “Social recycling” considers the key role of social participation and contribution in circular-economy related activities of primary and secondary stakeholders, and “highly regenerative recycling” aims to involve qualified stakeholders to start inter-organizational symbioses within the circular process of waste recycling. Key factors, such as industrial symbiosis, tax benefits, financial incentives, legislative harmonization, and the consumers’ behavior, represent the tenets of the circular economy model An awareness-raising perspective and the capacity on the part of companies to understand the relevance of stakeholders and the way to transform their role into the most effective lever to reinforce competitiveness is therefore necessary. Accordingly, the whole system of Benefit Corporation certification could boost business towards new business models involving stakeholders in several directions.
Stefano Poponi; Andrea Colantoni; Sirio R.S. Cividino; Enrico Maria Mosconi. The Stakeholders’ Perspective within the B Corp Certification for a Circular Approach. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1584 .
AMA StyleStefano Poponi, Andrea Colantoni, Sirio R.S. Cividino, Enrico Maria Mosconi. The Stakeholders’ Perspective within the B Corp Certification for a Circular Approach. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (6):1584.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Poponi; Andrea Colantoni; Sirio R.S. Cividino; Enrico Maria Mosconi. 2019. "The Stakeholders’ Perspective within the B Corp Certification for a Circular Approach." Sustainability 11, no. 6: 1584.
This special issue was founded after the creation of a department of excellence at the University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy).
Andrea Colantoni; Danilo Monarca; Massimo Cecchini; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi. Small-Scale Energy Conversion of Agro-Forestry Residues for Local Benefits and European Competitiveness. Sustainability 2018, 11, 10 .
AMA StyleAndrea Colantoni, Danilo Monarca, Massimo Cecchini, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Stefano Poponi. Small-Scale Energy Conversion of Agro-Forestry Residues for Local Benefits and European Competitiveness. Sustainability. 2018; 11 (1):10.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrea Colantoni; Danilo Monarca; Massimo Cecchini; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi. 2018. "Small-Scale Energy Conversion of Agro-Forestry Residues for Local Benefits and European Competitiveness." Sustainability 11, no. 1: 10.
The essence of sharing platforms and their role in the social context is related not only to technology, but especially to the way it is being used today. Ethics, social responsibility and sustainability have become part of this process of development and they stimulate the entrepreneurial mainspring of new market models, that are in evolution. In crowdfunding the “return investment expectancy” plays a key role also in the selection process of innovative ideas, where credibility becomes an essential asset for the business, as well as the need to demonstrate transparency, integrity and responsible governance as priorities. Recently, these platforms are adopting voluntary certification systems, the B Corp certification, to reconcile the need to conduct business under the ethics aspect and raise awareness of stakeholders to adopt guiding values for business, consumption, or the use of services. Our goal is to investigate the role of “ethics”, conducted by the “B Corp” Standard Certification System, on sharing platforms. In particular we analyze how the Kickstarter Platform manages the ethical values of B Corp certification. The areas we analyze are: the community, governance, workers, the environment and customers. The closing chapter highlights the theoretical implications and limits of the analysis.
Stefano Poponi; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Alessandro Ruggieri; Michelangelo Arezzo Di Trifiletti. Ethic Values for Sharing Communities. Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities 2018, 175 -187.
AMA StyleStefano Poponi, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Alessandro Ruggieri, Michelangelo Arezzo Di Trifiletti. Ethic Values for Sharing Communities. Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities. 2018; ():175-187.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Poponi; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Alessandro Ruggieri; Michelangelo Arezzo Di Trifiletti. 2018. "Ethic Values for Sharing Communities." Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities , no. : 175-187.
This article presents empirical results of a multivariate analysis run with the aim to identify (apparent and latent) socioeconomic transformations that shape the distribution pattern of cropland in a metropolitan region of southern Europe (Athens, Greece) over a sufficiently long time interval spanning from 1960 to 2010. The study area is representative of monocentric cities expanding in an unregulated fashion and experiencing sequential cycles of economic growth and recession. Percent share of cropland in total municipal area increased moderately over time. A non-linear relationship with the distance from downtown Athens was also observed, indicating that the highest rates of cropland were observed at a distance ranging between 20 and 30 km from the inner city. A multivariate regression was run by decade at each municipality of the study area using 11 predictors with the aim to identify the factors most associated with cropland decline along urban fringes. Distance from downtown Athens, soil and climate quality, population growth rate, and competing land use were the most relevant factors correlated with cropland expansion (or decline) in the study area. Competing land use was particularly important for cropland decline in a first urbanization phase (1960–1980), while population growth rate—and hence an increased human pressure—was positively associated with agricultural areas in a subsequent phase (1990–2010). In these regards, per capita urban land had a non-linear spatial behavior, being correlated negatively with cropland in 1960 and 1970 and positively in 2010, possibly indicating a moderate change from a monocentric model towards a more dispersed metropolitan configuration impacting distribution of agricultural areas. Empirical findings of this study suggest that effective strategies supporting peri-urban agriculture require a comprehensive knowledge of the local socioeconomic context and relevant biophysical conditions—specifically focusing on the dominant soil and climate attributes.
Andrea Colantoni; Ilaria Zambon; Maria Gras; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Alessandra Stefanoni; Luca Salvati. Clustering or Scattering? The Spatial Distribution of Cropland in a Metropolitan Region, 1960–2010. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2584 .
AMA StyleAndrea Colantoni, Ilaria Zambon, Maria Gras, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Alessandra Stefanoni, Luca Salvati. Clustering or Scattering? The Spatial Distribution of Cropland in a Metropolitan Region, 1960–2010. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (7):2584.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrea Colantoni; Ilaria Zambon; Maria Gras; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Alessandra Stefanoni; Luca Salvati. 2018. "Clustering or Scattering? The Spatial Distribution of Cropland in a Metropolitan Region, 1960–2010." Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2584.
Studying and modeling plants for producing electric power obtained from vegetal wood cellulose biomass can become an opportunity for building a supply chain based on the local fuel-producing capacity. Focusing on energy-producing technologies, such as pyrolysis or gasification, the present work assessed the amount of vegetal biomass that may be used as fuel, both in terms of actual availability and supply price, in the Province of Rieti (Italy). The aim is to draw up a supply plan that has an intrinsic relationship with the local area. The results confirmed a production of 24 MW of project thermal power and 4 MW of project electric power. The ensuing plant was then studied following current norms about renewable energy, environmental consistency, and atmospheric emissions. An economic analysis of the cost investment was also carried out, where the total return is approximately of 19%. The results exposed that plant costs are acceptable only if short-supply chain fuel is purchased. The costs of generating energy from agroforestry biomass are certainly higher; however, the plant represents a significant territorial opportunity, especially for the economic sectors of agriculture and forestry. The employment effect plays a central role in the concession process, which is relevant for the interaction among renewable energy production and agriculture. The environmental impact of a biomass plant from agroforestry residues can be measured exclusively on atmospheric emissions: the plant must be placed in industrial areas without any landscape or naturalistic value.
Flavio Andreoli Bonazzi; Sirio R.S. Cividino; Ilaria Zambon; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi. Building Energy Opportunity with a Supply Chain Based on the Local Fuel-Producing Capacity. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2140 .
AMA StyleFlavio Andreoli Bonazzi, Sirio R.S. Cividino, Ilaria Zambon, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Stefano Poponi. Building Energy Opportunity with a Supply Chain Based on the Local Fuel-Producing Capacity. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (7):2140.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlavio Andreoli Bonazzi; Sirio R.S. Cividino; Ilaria Zambon; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi. 2018. "Building Energy Opportunity with a Supply Chain Based on the Local Fuel-Producing Capacity." Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2140.
The present study investigates changes in the rural landscapes of a Mediterranean country (Greece) over a long time period (1970–2015) encompassing economic expansions and recessions. Using a spatial distribution of 5 basic agricultural land-use classes (arable land, garden crop, vineyards, tree crop and fallow land) derived from official statistics at 6 years (1970, 1979, 1988, 1997, 2006, 2015), a quantitative analysis based on correlation and multivariate techniques was carried out to identify recent changes in the Greek agricultural landscape at prefectural level during different economic waves. Empirical results evidenced both intuitive and counter-intuitive landscape transformations, including: (i) a progressive, spatially-homogeneous reduction of cropland; (ii) a (more or less) rapid decrease in the surface of high-input crops, including arable land, horticulture and vineyards; (iii) a parallel increase in the surface of tree crops, especially olive; (iv) a spatially-heterogeneous decrease of fallow land concentrated in metropolitan and tourism districts, especially in the last decade; and, finally, (v) increasingly diversified landscapes in rural, accessible areas close to the sea coast. Based on a correlation analysis with background socioeconomic indicators, our findings reflect the multiple impacts of urbanization and land abandonment on the composition and diversity of rural landscapes. Changes in agricultural land-use were moulded by multiple drivers depending on latent transformations in rural systems and inherent conflicts with expanding urban regions. Together with market conditions and the Common Agricultural Policy subsidy regime, social contexts and the economic cycle are important when identifying long-term changes in agricultural landscapes, especially in transitional socio-ecological systems.
Ilaria Zambon; Agostino Ferrara; Rosanna Salvia; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Luigi Fici; Rosario Turco; Luca Salvati. Rural Districts between Urbanization and Land Abandonment: Undermining Long-Term Changes in Mediterranean Landscapes. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1159 .
AMA StyleIlaria Zambon, Agostino Ferrara, Rosanna Salvia, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Luigi Fici, Rosario Turco, Luca Salvati. Rural Districts between Urbanization and Land Abandonment: Undermining Long-Term Changes in Mediterranean Landscapes. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):1159.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIlaria Zambon; Agostino Ferrara; Rosanna Salvia; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Luigi Fici; Rosario Turco; Luca Salvati. 2018. "Rural Districts between Urbanization and Land Abandonment: Undermining Long-Term Changes in Mediterranean Landscapes." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 1159.
Sustainability is often explained through three dimensions (society, economy and environment). However, such a definition currently appears to be restricted. Sustainable development often includes the energy issue. An example of realities founded on bioenergy are agro-energy districts. These realities involve all the three dimensions of sustainability, integrating also the energy dimension and fueling a potential circular economy. Based on these premises, the most affluent rural subdivision in Italy is that of wine. The wine sector has experienced a recent growth of its economic market, diverging from other agricultural activities and enlarging its cultivated surface areas. In this sense, the local landscape has also changed. Owing to the strong inclination of the wine sector in adopting sustainable strategies and measures, agro-energy districts can be the following future phase in viticulture realities as a cutting-edge business in the modern agricultural sector, implementing new strategies and opportunities.
Ilaria Zambon; Andrea Colantoni; Massimo Cecchini; Enrico Maria Mosconi. Rethinking Sustainability within the Viticulture Realities Integrating Economy, Landscape and Energy. Sustainability 2018, 10, 320 .
AMA StyleIlaria Zambon, Andrea Colantoni, Massimo Cecchini, Enrico Maria Mosconi. Rethinking Sustainability within the Viticulture Realities Integrating Economy, Landscape and Energy. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (2):320.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIlaria Zambon; Andrea Colantoni; Massimo Cecchini; Enrico Maria Mosconi. 2018. "Rethinking Sustainability within the Viticulture Realities Integrating Economy, Landscape and Energy." Sustainability 10, no. 2: 320.
Anaerobic co-digestion technology is increasingly used to simultaneously treat solid and liquid organic waste to balance nutrient content, to reduce the negative effects of toxic compounds in the process, and to increase biogas yield. The aim of this study was to analyze the economic performance of co-digestion plants fed with agro-industrial wastes as a function of installed power, with a method of discounted cash flow. The study focused on Italian framework conditions concerning payment for electricity produced by anaerobic digestion (AD) plants as well as the production costs. The economic analysis was carried out using three different plant sizes: 100 kW, 500 kW, and 1000 kW, which are representative of biogas plants in Italy. The study showed that the improvement of the break-point is closely linked to the increase in corresponding plant size. Given the assumptions of the simulation, the payback for the 100 kW plant was nine years for both the all-inclusive tariff and the basic feed-in tariff (BFT). Regarding the 500 kW and 1000 kW plants, the payback periods were five and four years, respectively.
Maurizio Carlini; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Sonia Castellucci; Mauro Villarini; Andrea Colantoni. An Economical Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion Plants Fed with Organic Agro-Industrial Waste. Energies 2017, 10, 1165 .
AMA StyleMaurizio Carlini, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Sonia Castellucci, Mauro Villarini, Andrea Colantoni. An Economical Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion Plants Fed with Organic Agro-Industrial Waste. Energies. 2017; 10 (8):1165.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaurizio Carlini; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Sonia Castellucci; Mauro Villarini; Andrea Colantoni. 2017. "An Economical Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion Plants Fed with Organic Agro-Industrial Waste." Energies 10, no. 8: 1165.
The transition to a circular economy bodes well for a future of environmentally sustainable growth and economic development. The implications and advantages of a shift to a circular economy have been extensively demonstrated by the literature on the subject. What has not been sufficiently investigated is how this paradigm can be enabled through the inter-organisational cooperation among different business enterprises. In order to illustrate this point, in this paper we aim to contribute to the circular economy debate by describing and discussing such a meta-model of inter-organisational cooperation. The present study is therefore based on the analysis of three cases from an equal number of industries, from which we identified factors of potential impact for the stimulation of cooperation in a circular economy perspective. Last, but not least, we discuss the relations between the case studies and try to formulate all possible implications for both managers and research.
Alessandro Ruggieri; Alessio Maria Braccini; Stefano Poponi; Enrico Maria Mosconi. A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy. Sustainability 2016, 8, 1153 .
AMA StyleAlessandro Ruggieri, Alessio Maria Braccini, Stefano Poponi, Enrico Maria Mosconi. A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy. Sustainability. 2016; 8 (11):1153.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Ruggieri; Alessio Maria Braccini; Stefano Poponi; Enrico Maria Mosconi. 2016. "A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy." Sustainability 8, no. 11: 1153.
The evolution of the web has produced a broad change in partnerships and collaboration worldwide due to the centrality of internet, a virtual place where actors from different countries can easily meet and exchange in-formation. This new agency model represents the basis for the development of a new entrepreneurial organization where companies can redefine their idea of business in order to make the web instrumental in the creation of a global social network of actors. This model of cooperation is now possible thank to the creation of the new cloud working platforms that have brought about a revolution in the job market. Main objective of the present work is therefore 1. to analyze and compare, on one hand, three main communities of crowdsourcing (Knowledge or Gig economy) in order to show such evolution, and on the other; 2. to analyze and compare the main platforms of cooperation at distance, in order to identify critical success factors.
Alessandro Ruggieri; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; Cecilia Silvestri. Digital Innovation in the Job Market: An Explorative Study on Cloud Working Platforms. Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities 2015, 273 -283.
AMA StyleAlessandro Ruggieri, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Stefano Poponi, Cecilia Silvestri. Digital Innovation in the Job Market: An Explorative Study on Cloud Working Platforms. Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities. 2015; ():273-283.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Ruggieri; Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; Cecilia Silvestri. 2015. "Digital Innovation in the Job Market: An Explorative Study on Cloud Working Platforms." Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities , no. : 273-283.
Enrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; C. Silvestri. Insights into Congestion Costs and Financial Risk Management: The Electricity Market. Procedia Computer Science 2015, 52, 738 -745.
AMA StyleEnrico Maria Mosconi, Stefano Poponi, C. Silvestri. Insights into Congestion Costs and Financial Risk Management: The Electricity Market. Procedia Computer Science. 2015; 52 ():738-745.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrico Maria Mosconi; Stefano Poponi; C. Silvestri. 2015. "Insights into Congestion Costs and Financial Risk Management: The Electricity Market." Procedia Computer Science 52, no. : 738-745.