The green economy in the Italian Alps: A geospatial indicator-based territorial assessment

Journal title ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Author/s Francesco Pietro Colelli, Edoardo Croci, Benedetta Lucchitta
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/2
Language English Pages 27 P. 145-171 File size 375 KB
DOI 10.3280/EFE2024-002007
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This paper, through a geospatial multicriteria analysis, evaluates the green economy’s (GE) development in over 2700 Local Administrative Units (LAUs) of Italian Alps, incorporating geographical, environmental, and socio-economic variables). LAUs have been classified across altitude and urbanization to examine how socio-demographic and territorial peculiarities impact GE indexes performance. Results highlight heterogeneous GE domain performance that depend on socio-demographic and territorial conditions. Low-density municipalities score lower in local economic competitiveness, accessibility, GHG reduction, and air pollution. High-density municipalities have lower equality and human well-being scores. Findings suggest regional and province-level regulations’ relevance in driving performance variation, aiding local and national governments in shaping ad hoc policies for territorial advancement.

Keywords: green economy, mountain areas, regional policy, multi-criteria analysis, sustainable development goals.

Jel codes: R11, Q01, Q2

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Francesco Pietro Colelli, Edoardo Croci, Benedetta Lucchitta, The green economy in the Italian Alps: A geospatial indicator-based territorial assessment in "ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT" 2/2024, pp 145-171, DOI: 10.3280/EFE2024-002007