Luca Simone Rizzo
My work has focused mostly on the following areas: a) Economic Geography; b) Tourism Geography and Economics; c) Environmental Geography; d) Territorial planning (also reflecting on the territorial dimension of EU policies - Common Agricultural Policy, Rural Development Policy, and Cohesion Policy, in particular).
In the last few years, my interests have mostly revolved around the challenges posed to regional/territorial development by the evolution of agricultural supply chains and by land-use dynamics linked to major agricultural, infrastructural, residential, touristic, commercial and manufacturing developments. I have carried out work exploring interrelated dimensions, sectorial localized effects and the spatiality produced. Reflections have followed linked to discourses on sustainability, creativity, territorial "smartness" and emergent behaviors (of firms or else public institutions), and of the practical application of GIS.
The main lines of research I am currently focussing on are the following ones:
1. Land-use/land-cover change and its environmental consequences, in particular, landscape-wise and in rural-urban territories (including those at high hydrogeological risk)
2. Cultural tourism and territorial valorization, also in areas affected by natural/anthropogenic geohazards (hydrological, for example) [I now concentrate in particular on 3 lines of work: a) reflections on: the evolution of tourist districts, destination building/management, governance mechanisms of community-type destinations, the technical and economic restructuring of the associated supply chains; b) over-tourism, short-term rentals, impact on cities of art and culture (and on territorial/spatial organization and planning); c) tourist itineraries as driving forces for local development. In view of the complex territorial and socio-economic fabric of the areas I have studied, my work has also sought to evaluate the relationship between tourist routes, heritage and land use (which is often problematic and sometimes provokes significant changes in the landscape, impacting negatively on its potential for being enjoyed in a sustainable manner)].
3. Local/rural development [I studied the evolution of value chains and of industrial districts (e.g. agro-industrial value chains), SME dynamics, the geography of their commercial/productive networks, local territorial implications. My aim was also to analyze the conditions under which SMEs effectively contribute to the competitiveness and dynamic efficiency of the economic environment in which they are embedded].
In the last few years, my interests have mostly revolved around the challenges posed to regional/territorial development by the evolution of agricultural supply chains and by land-use dynamics linked to major agricultural, infrastructural, residential, touristic, commercial and manufacturing developments. I have carried out work exploring interrelated dimensions, sectorial localized effects and the spatiality produced. Reflections have followed linked to discourses on sustainability, creativity, territorial "smartness" and emergent behaviors (of firms or else public institutions), and of the practical application of GIS.
The main lines of research I am currently focussing on are the following ones:
1. Land-use/land-cover change and its environmental consequences, in particular, landscape-wise and in rural-urban territories (including those at high hydrogeological risk)
2. Cultural tourism and territorial valorization, also in areas affected by natural/anthropogenic geohazards (hydrological, for example) [I now concentrate in particular on 3 lines of work: a) reflections on: the evolution of tourist districts, destination building/management, governance mechanisms of community-type destinations, the technical and economic restructuring of the associated supply chains; b) over-tourism, short-term rentals, impact on cities of art and culture (and on territorial/spatial organization and planning); c) tourist itineraries as driving forces for local development. In view of the complex territorial and socio-economic fabric of the areas I have studied, my work has also sought to evaluate the relationship between tourist routes, heritage and land use (which is often problematic and sometimes provokes significant changes in the landscape, impacting negatively on its potential for being enjoyed in a sustainable manner)].
3. Local/rural development [I studied the evolution of value chains and of industrial districts (e.g. agro-industrial value chains), SME dynamics, the geography of their commercial/productive networks, local territorial implications. My aim was also to analyze the conditions under which SMEs effectively contribute to the competitiveness and dynamic efficiency of the economic environment in which they are embedded].
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All’interno del progetto GEONETLAB è responsabile inoltre di un test pilota sull’impiego di GALILEO per la sicurezza dei lavoratori nei cantieri di infrastrutture e in quelli edili. Questo pilot project, unitamente ad altri relativi al monitoraggio di frane e ponti, in base ad ampie consultazioni con professionisti e istituzioni, aiuterà anche a fornire input alla Commissione Europea per la messa a punto di normative. Il progetto MONITOR si inquadra in una più vasta attività di impiego dei metodi satellitari nel rilevamento di reti stradali per l’ingegneria e la geografia, in stretta collaborazione fra le Università di Trieste e di Verona.
EN - The Veneto Region with the DGR n. 838 (28.03.2006) launched the "Programma straordinario di riallineamento delle dichiarazioni delle superfici vitate e di aggiorna-mento delle informazioni dello Schedario Viticolo Veneto". This act implied a significant effort in terms of data collection about vineyards. These data have been imputed in the newborn AVEPA Geographic Information System; this led to the creation of a rich geodatabase that allows extracting thematic mappings on viticulture. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the above-mentioned database using different software, with the aim to examine ongoing territorialization processes. Furthermore, it reflects on the role played by thematic mapping and by Geomatics (seen as a discipline that integrates acquisition, modeling, analysis, and management of spatially referenced data) for the future development both of viticulture and of the territory examined.
worldwide business, we make several considerations regarding the use of infrastructures and the relationships between sites involved in the various phases of the supply chain. A survey of the functional mechanisms of one of the principal global logistics companies specializing in this sector (the Giorgio GORI Group’s Wine & Spirits) is a useful instrument for understanding the logistical and transport dynamics that are peculiar to the wine trade, as well as their effects on the territory
di studio della Regione Veneto caratterizzate da un significativo rischio idrogeologico, nonché dai conseguenti dissesti territoriali. Nello specifico la ricerca propone una nuova modalità di gestione di dati 3D (nuvole di punti, mesh …), di trasmissione e di visualizzazione degli stessi via internet. Si ritiene che tale tecnologia possa essere considerata uno strumento di rapido supporto alle decisioni e al tempo stesso di archiviazione e consultazione ex post dei dati raccolti in fase critica. Il valore aggiunto desumibile dal primo caso test delle provincie di Verona e Vicenza (cfr. esondazioni dei Torrenti Tramigna, Alpone, Aldegà e Chiampo del 2010) risiede nella rapidità di integrazione tra il rilievo 3D dell’area oggetto dell’evento calamitoso e i diversi livelli informativi disponibili
EN - One of the main consequences of climate changes in Italy is the occurrence of meteorological phenomena of outstanding intensity in small areas. In many of them natural disasters (floods and flafloods, for instance) are becoming more frequent. The paper aims at describing a first attempt to apply a high resolution dataset web sharing tool (using LiDAR data) to case study areas located in the Veneto region. Such areas are characterized by a high hydrogeological risk and by territorial
instability. Our research suggests a new way of managing 3D data (point clouds, mesh..) as well as of transmitting and visualizing them via internet. Such a technology represents a flexible tool allowing to rapidly support decisions and store/consult ex-post data obtained in crucial phases of the phenomena studied.
Our research provides a general and enabling methodology for a rapid integration of 3D surveys of areas involved in disasters (in our case the one hit by the autumn 2010 floods caused by the Torrenti Tramigna, Alpone, Aldegà and Chiampo) and different available layers. The added value of our proposal, gathered from the first tests carried out on the Provinces of Verona and Vicenza, lies in this and in the quick interrogation of data and interactions
EN - Nowadays the creation, storage, accessibility, and interoperability of data on the internet are more and more pervasive. Many different kinds of databases and/or geo-databases are published on the internet, along with other forms of information that deal with various topics (e.g. science, medicine, transport and tourism), based on different architectures. These websites can be private or public, and with or without free access. However, the reflection is ongoing on these data (Capineri, 2015). A significantly-sized database is that of the Italian Catholic Church. It concerns an inventory of its movable or immovable property throughout the entire Italian territory. Anyone could be interested in accessing this kind of information (e.g. institutions and individuals). This contribution intends to deal with geographical information focusing on the religious sites in a period in which religious tourism is considered a significant asset for the tourism industry, for regional/ local development, and more (Rizzo L.S., 2016). Databases about religious heritage are investigated in order to understand how they link religious data (e.g. churches, monasteries, sites of pilgrimage, sanctuaries) with geographical and spatial information. Religious subdivisions are different from secular ones: in Italy, for example, dioceses have different boundaries than the Italian provinces, and ecclesiastical regions sometimes differ from administrative regions.
EN - Our contribution focuses on the Veneto Region, which suffers the negative effects of the spreading of businesses, of intensive agriculture and of soil artificialization. In a context of expanding urban areas that show a marked tendency to merge together, one finds increasingly evident risks for the ecological connectivity of the territory as a whole. Further implementing a research carried out the provinces of Verona and Vicenza (Rizzo L.S., Rizzo R.G., Tizzani, 2012), we aimed to gauge whether anthropization places protected areas, ecological corridors and the associated preservation of biodiversity at risk. Employing GIS analysis on CLC data and on time series regarding land use made available by the Veneto Region, we calculated the variation in ecological connectivity of the territory and reflected on the effects that soil consumption has had on ecological systems in the last thirty years (“Habitat” Directive 92/43/EEC; EECONET,1993 (1)). As a whole, our work is in line with research work produced in recent years (Battisti, 2004; Biondi et al., 2007; Gurrutxaga et al., 2010)
rischio e ri-orientare la politica e l’agire sociale). A tal fine si è condotta un’analisi di vicinanza per testare i risultati precedentemente ottenuti sull’area complessiva provinciale e dei bacini (e che avevano avuto come esito la produzione di carte d’uso suolo, della permeabilità e il calcolo di indici vegetazionali come anche della portata dei cambiamenti intercorsi tra il 1984 e il 2011). Tale analisi si innesta sull’elaborazione di carte sulla distribuzione dei beni e del patrimonio culturale e architettonico più in generale nei bacini indagati
EN - Several studies highlight worrying trends at a national level concerning extreme land use and consequent anthropization. Also, many others warn against such an impact in contexts characterized (due to their structure) by a high propensity for environmental risk. Our investigation intends to add more detailed information to research previously carried out at a provincial level (the Provinces of Verona and Vicenza) that underlines trends in land use over the last thirty years. Our aim is to investigate the relationship between land use and cultural and natural heritage, as well as the possible critical areas in their management. Identification and description are in fact elements on which to base different and more thorough policies of conservation and valorisation of both kinds of heritage resources. This case study (due to the paradigmatic peculiarities of the areas examined (the Chiampo and Alpone basins) offers ample proof of the dynamics prevalent in wider contexts, allowing us to confirm the above-mentioned phenomenon. The district examined (lying on the plain, with significant anthropization and a high density of urbanization,
infrastructures and population) was affected in 2010 – but also in the past – by floods (the latest example of water risk that has been badly managed and underestimated over the years). In order to analyse better the risk distribution in these critical areas, concepts such as geographical proximity and distance have been used in the present paper; these provide a framework for interpretation. Using GIS tools, we have sought to show changes in land use, focusing on the effects management of hydro-geological risk and of the district’s natural assets have on the fruition/conservation of cultural heritage sites (convinced as we are that knowledge based on geographical and cartographical/spatial analysis is fundamental for preventing risks and redirecting policy
and social behaviour). To this end, we conducted a proximity analysis to test the results previously obtained in the overall area and in that of these basins. (This also resulted in the production of land use and permeability maps and the calculation of vegetation indexes, as well as displaying the effects of the changes made between
1984 and 2011). Our analysis overlaps with the creation of maps showing the distribution of cultural and architectural heritage sites in the basins under discussion
We devised an itinerary some 300 km long that “expresses” the diverse environmental/cultural/gastronomic realities that have the sanctuaries at their centre.
This itinerary and its sub-routes – created via GIS – cover the central and western parts of the Veneto, as well as the south of the Region. The main route connects the sites in an attempt to link the area under examination, thanks to a ring, to the ancient Via Romea (the subject of research and reclamation as a long-distance route).
L’analisi dei dati censuari permette di focalizzare sui pregressi processi di allargamento per gli anni 2007-2013 e individuare indicatori di multifunzionalità. Simili processi trovano espressione tramite un’ampia gamma di attività. Essi rappresentano cambiamenti nelle pratiche agricole e nell’erogazione di nuovi servizi con un maggiore incontro tra cittadino e i valori della ruralità. Nei documenti Ue è sottolineata, tra l’altro, l’importanza di comprendere le dinamiche del broadening, anche per il contributo che esso può dare ad una più efficiente gestione territoriale
FR - La croissance de la concurrence au niveau mondial remodèle l’agriculture et les relations. La diminution des revenus agricoles poussent les territoires européens à approfondir le processus de diversification; et ce, dans la tentative d’ “esquiver” des formules à long terme visant à la spécialisation et à la standardisation des produits
ainsi qu’à tester des nouveaux modèles de production basés sur les fonctions et les sorties complémentaires de celles qui sont habituellement dévolues à l’agriculture. Au seuil d’une nouvelle période de programmation européenne, il devient donc important d’évaluer l’étendue de la transition qui a eu lieu entre le productivisme et le post-productivisme, en analysant les choix des agriculteurs en termes de
diversification. Nous avons effectué une recherche empirique commanditée par la Région de Vénétie, chargée de l’élaboration du nouveau PDR 2014-2020. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur les processus d’élargissement des activités et sur la période 2007-2013, en utilisant les données du recensement récent et en calculant indicateurs. Les processus d’ “élargissement des activités” englobent un large éventail d’activités. Les recommandations de la C.E. soulignent l’importance de leur analyse, notamment du point de vue de leur contribution potentielle à des pratiques d’aménagement du territoire plus efficaces
EN: This paper focuses on the changes in the EU’s model for regional and local development, demonstrating how a territorial approach has from the very beginning characterized programming and continues to become ever more complex. The now cohesion-based regional policy (which has always been founded on the idea of multi-level governance) seems to be orienting itself towards more profound recognition of the role not only of the regions but also of local actors: these are involved in an increasingly significant manner in the conception of such policies and of the relative development projects, as well as in their implementation. After offering a critical interpretation of the endogenous model for regional development and of the alternative that is now being proposed (a place-based approach, on which many of the new tendencies in EU territorial policies are based), we shall underline certain problematical aspects whose solution is becoming increasingly urgent, in view of
the contents of the “message” associated with a more determinedly place-based approach to development
EN: The Euganean thermal basin – the largest in Europe – has become well established over the course of time, even though it is penalized by the excessive offering of thermal spas increasingly taking the connotations of a holiday place. Indeed, hotel facilities besides medical treatments provide a combination of prevention, wellness, and leisure. An exploratory qualitative case study was carried out to determine whether the Euganean area overall demonstrates liveliness and capacity for strategic planning as well as for designing and/or implementing a policy oriented towards tourist destination management. Our results have that though the old hotel model seems overcome, it resurfaces due also to the weekend component, less prone to explore the territory. This hampers the propensity of operators to act in compliance with the participatory strategic vision outlined by DMO and that they have often signed up to.
FR: Le Bassin thermal euganéen le plus grand d’Europe s’est solidement établi au fil du temps, même s’il a été pénalisé par l’offre excessive de stations thermales qui deviennent de plus en plus souvent des destinations de vacances. Une étude de
cas qualitative et exploratoire a été réalisée afin de déterminer si la région des Monts Euganéens se montrait globalement dynamique et capable de mener une planification stratégique comme de concevoir et/ou de mettre en oeuvre une politique axée sur la gestion des destinations touristiques. Nos résultats mettent en évidence le fait que bien que l’ancien modèle hôtelier semble dépassé, il refait surface en raison aussi de la composant week-end escapade, moins encline à l’exploration du territoire. Cette situation a tendance à freiner la propension des opérateurs à se conformer à la vision stratégique participative exposée de la OMD à laquelle ils avaient souvent souscrit
Books by Luca Simone Rizzo
The subject of landscape analysis and landscape planning has been of interest to geographers since the beginning of the twentieth century. This relatively new area of study, which focuses on the landscape resource patches and spatial interconnections, was first introduced as landscape ecology (Landschaftsoekologie) by Carl Troll, one of
the twentieth century’s most influential physical geographers. Today, landscape studies involve adopting a holistic view of geographic environments and are closely connected to rapidly developing ecosystem, sustainable landscape and ecosystem services approaches.
Modern techniques employing Geographical Information Systems are used to support spatial landscape analyses.