An increasingly fragile Italy
Floods in Emilia-Romagna, landslides in Tuscany, prolonged droughts in the South: in recent years, Italy has learned the hard way how real and increasingly urgent the issue of hydrogeological risk is. Events that we considered exceptional just ten years ago are becoming commonplace. Data from ISPRA and IPCC reports converge: the exposure of Italian territory to water-related hazards has increased significantly, and the coming decades promise an intensification of these phenomena. Understanding where the fragility of the territory lies is no longer a matter for specialists alone, but a question that concerns businesses, administrations, and citizens. Those planning a new facility, managing a production site, or cultivating a plot of land all need to know what their location is exposed to, both now and in the next twenty years.





