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Territori rurali ri-attivati. Multifunzionalità, fruizione e impegno sociale attraverso l’esperienza della Cooperativa Sociale “Lavoro e Non Solo”
2014
La riflessione prende le mosse dai concetti di territorio e paesaggio e dalla consapevolezza che i territori rurali sono frutto di relazioni complesse e di stratificazione sociale, culturale, economica. Si cerca di individuare le cause della crisi dell’agricoltura tradizionale e dell’abbandono delle campagne e quanto influiscono su questa gli stili di vita attuali, l’economia e la concorrenza globale. Ci si interroga su quali responsabilità e su quali possibilità di intervento ha la Pianificazione urbana e territoriale. La multifunzionalità in agricoltura è un principio che pare poter contribuire a restituire valore economico alle aree rurali, a ripopolarle, a renderle nuovamente attrattive…
Paesaggio e ambiente negli strumenti di pianificazione. Una possibile integrazione attraverso la Vas
2014
Considerata l’intima appartenenza del paesaggio e dell'ambiente alla disciplina di governo del territorio, purtroppo negata e passata in secondo piano nella prassi italiana, ci si è posti l’obiettivo di individuare dispositivi atti a ricondurre a unità operativa i differenti approcci con i quali la disciplina urbanistica, la pianificazione paesaggistica e la tutela ambientale hanno affrontato il tema del governo del territorio fino a oggi. Dalla ricerca condotta nell’ambito del dottorato, è stato rilevato che la procedura di Valutazione ambientale strategica, se ben costruita, può dispiegare appieno le sue reali potenzialità ed essere considerata la cerniera ‘trasversale’ che consenta l’int…
Piano di Gestione UNESCO Isole EOLIE
2008
Nel Piano di gestione del sito UNESCO Isole Eolie sono definiti i criteri e le modalità per realizzare contemporaneamente l’obiettivo della tutela di un bene e uno sviluppo locale sostenibile. Il Piano contiene una mappatura dei Beni Culturali e Ambientali e Naturalistici, descrivendo un sistema territorio sotto il profilo economico-ambientale che contiene: - L’inquadramento storico, economico e antropologico del sito, l’uso finora fatto, i fattori di incidenza sui beni ambientali e culturali; - L’inquadramento attuale del sito, attraverso un’analisi degli strumenti legislativi e amministrativi e della loro conformità; - L’analisi dei processi produttivi critici e le relative interazioni co…
Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of Soil Physical Disturbances Caused by Forest Machinery: a Comprehensive Review
2022
Abstract Purpose of Review Ground-based mechanized forest operations can cause severe soil disturbances that are often long lasting and detrimental to the health of forested ecosystems. To reduce these soil disturbances, focus is being increasingly directed at identifying and using appropriate mitigation techniques. This systematic review considered 104 scientific articles and reported the main findings according to four core themes: terrain-related factors, operational planning, machine modifications, and types of amendments used to mitigate machine-induced soil impacts. Recent Findings For terrain-related factors, most severe disturbances occur on machine operating trails exceeding 20% sl…
Contribution to the phytosociological characterization of the forest vegetation of the Sicani Mountains (inland of north-western Sicily).
2016
The results of a phytosociological survey on the main forest vegetation aspects of the Sicani Mountains (inland of north-western Sicily), in turn included in the homonymous Regional Park recently established, are presented. This expansive territory (43,687 hectares), located between the Agrigento and Palermo provinces, is mainly composed by carbonate and silico-carbonate formations of the Sicani Units, whose highest peaks are represented by Mount Cammarata (1578 m a.s.l.), Mount delle Rose (1436 m), Pizzo Cangialoso (1420 m) and Mount Pernice (1393 m). Under the bioclimatic aspect, the area falls within the thermo- and supramediterranean belts, with ombrotype ranging from upper dry (annual …
Rural Gastronomy Events and Visitors’ Attitude
2018
Abstract This paper presents the events meant to promote Sibiu as a European Gastronomic Region. The collection of data from local public authorities and operators from traditional local gastronomy was carried out. The participation in three gastronomic events organized in the countryside allowed us to observe the number of locals involved in events, exhibitors and visitors. Local gastronomy products have also been identified. The sociological survey among 48 visitors allowed us to pinpoint the profile of people who participate in such events.
Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells: From the Crypt to the Clinic
2014
Since their first discovery, investigations of colorectal cancer stem cells (CSCs) have revealed some unexpected properties, including a high degree of heterogeneity and plasticity. By exploiting a combination of genetic, epigenetic, and microenvironmental factors, colorectal CSCs metastasize, resist chemotherapy, and continually adapt to a changing microenvironment, representing a formidable challenge to cancer eradication. Here, we review the current understanding of colorectal CSCs, including their origin, relationship to stem cells of the intestine, phenotypic characterization, and underlying regulatory mechanisms. We also discuss limitations to current preclinical models of colorectal …
A possible evolutionary model of “aligned pockmarks”
2014
Native Waterscapes in the Northern Borderlands: Restoring Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms
2018
ABSTRACT: In her novel Solar Storms (1995) Chickasaw novelist and poet Linda Hogan foresees what political geographers today refer to as waterscapes, that is, water-based environments where a multiplicity of human and other-than-human forces interact with each other producing diverse forms of signification. This essay examines Indigenous experiences of water, geography, and social activism as they intersect in Hogan‘s waterscape narrative. I ground my analysis of this visionary novel in recent geographical studies that look at waterscapes from the perspective of cultural politics and which criticize rationalist conceptions of water that reduce it to the sole function of human commodity. Ch…
An overestimated relationship? Violent political unrest and tourism foreign direct investment in the Middle East
2010
Although the tourism industry is increasingly globalising, empirical research on the accompanying foreign direct investment (FDI) is surprisingly lacking. Furthermore, the nexus of political risk, violent political unrest and tourism FDI has been relatively neglected. Using Egypt as a heuristic case study and adopting a qualitative methodology, this paper explores the question of how political risk and violent political unrest influence tourism FDI. Surprisingly, the results are not able to corroborate a clear relationship between the two. In contrast, these results indicate that the role of stability and security for tourism FDI in developing countries has largely been overestimated in the…