The preventive assessment of flood risk is key to understand the costs of hazard scenarios in a changing climate so that adequate adaptation policies can be timely implemented. Italy is a flood-prone country that suffers ...

This doctoral dissertation was inspired by the new possibilities offered by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for strengthening citizen agency to meet the widely recognized need for active public inclusion ...

I rifiuti rappresentano una sfida a livello ambientale, sociale ed economico: se da un lato evocano immagini negative, spesso diffuse dai mass media in relazione a reati ambientali, dall’altro rappresentano una risorsa ...

The thesis is focused on the Russian Arctic and the implications that climate change would have on its governance. Three main “extensive” uses for the Russian Arctic are analyzed: offshore fossil fuel extraction, security ...