Lorena Fiorini is a Researcher in Urban Planning and Design at the Department of Civil, Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of L'Aquila. She is actively involved in national and international research projects, often coordinating specific tasks and activities. Her research focuses on sustainable urban development, with expertise in models and techniques for monitoring urban growth, with a focus on settlement dispersion patterns such as urban sprinkling and urban sprawl. Currently, she contributes to the LIFE IMAGINE UMBRIA project (LIFE19 IPE/IT/000015), which explores innovative strategies for sustainable territorial planning, aiming to maintain and enhance the connectivity of the Natura 2000 Network.