Assessing territorial vulnerability

Testing a multidisciplinary tool in Moncalieri, Italy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1970-9870/9069

Keywords:

Urban resilience, Spatial planning, Vulnerability, Geographical Information Systems, Multi-risk

Abstract

The challenge to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, and resilient, including mitigation and adaptation strategies against disaster, is a central issue in achieving sustainability. This research proposes a tool to measure local vulnerability from a multi-risk approach. The municipality of Moncalieri, Italy, was used as a case study within the research activities of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre from the Polytechnic of Turin to test the vulnerability matrix. The tool consists of a mathematical framework for the territorial vulnerability assessment that integrates multiple indicators clustered into three factors defined as sensitivity, pressures, and hazards, weighted according to a participatory procedure. Space-dependent analyses using the Geographical Information System were developed from the multiple nested indicators to project the vulnerability index onto a homogeneous grid in the territory of interest. Thematic maps referring to the systemic vulnerability by different sensitivity components were generated. The tool not only contributes to increasing the awareness of territorial vulnerability but also offers support to resilience-based decision-making in designing technical measures of policies at a local scale. Further research is required to implement the framework in different scenarios and develop the model's temporal behaviour. 

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Author Biographies

Simone Beltramino, Politecnico di Torino

Ph.D. student in Urban and Regional Development at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) of Politecnico di Torino. His research concerns the topic of energy resilience planning.

Mattia Scalas, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) Polytechnic of Turin

Ph.D. student in Urban and Regional Development at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) of Politecnico di Torino. His research deals with urban resilience planning.

David Javier Castro Rodriguez, Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino

Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering at the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT) of Politecnico di Torino. His research is about industrial risk within territorial resilience.

Grazia Brunetta, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) Polytechnic of Turin

Full Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), and Coordinator of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. Her main research activities are in the field of town and regional planning, with a particular focus on the innovation in the theories, methodologies and approaches for spatial planning in both research and academic teaching activity.

Franco Pellerey, Department of Mathematical Sciences "Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange" (DISMA), Politecnico di Torino

Full Professor in Probability and Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences "Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange" (DISMA), and member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. His research activity concerns the application of mathematics in industry and society.

Micaela Demichela, Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino

Associate Professor in Theory of the Development of Chemical Processes at the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), and member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. She is interested in risk assessment, process safety and environmental protection.

Angioletta Voghera, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino

Full Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), and member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. Her main research activities are in the field of Regional and Landscape and Protected Areas Planning, and Urban Design with reference to European contexts.

Andrea Longhi, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino

Associate Professor in History of Architecture at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), and member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. He is interested in history of the territory and landscape, deepening the relationships between history and knowledge of regional systems of cultural heritage.

Guglielmina Mutani, Department of Energy "Galileo Ferraris" (DENERG), Politecnico di Torino

Associate Professor in Environmental Technical Physics at the Department of Energy "Galileo Ferraris" (DENERG), and member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. Her research activities include models of energy consumption for heating buildings at a district and urban scale.

Ombretta Caldarice, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino

Adjunct Professor at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), and member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. His research activity focuses on the interaction between planning and urban resilience through the lens of urban regulation.

Gaetano Miraglia, Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG), Politecnico di Torino

Research Assistant at the Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG) at Politecnico di Torino. He is interested in seismic monitoring and evaluation of the architectural heritage and dynamic structural identification.

Erica Lenticchia, Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG), Politecnico di Torino

Assistant Professor at the Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG) and member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at Politecnico di Torino. Her research concerns the topic of seismic and structural analysis of existing RC and masonry structures, focusing on structural health monitoring, dynamic identification, and assessment and diagnosis of the structural condition of ancient and modern historic buildings.

Luigi La Riccia, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino

Member of the SDG11LAB at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning at Politecnico di Torino. His research interests include landscape and local planning, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing and participatory GIS.

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Published

30-12-2022

How to Cite

Beltramino, S., Scalas, M., Castro Rodriguez, D. J., Brunetta, G., Pellerey, F., Demichela, M., … La Riccia, L. (2022). Assessing territorial vulnerability: Testing a multidisciplinary tool in Moncalieri, Italy. TeMA - Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 15(3), 355–375. https://doi.org/10.6093/1970-9870/9069

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2022): The city challenges and external agents. Methods, tools and best practices

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