WP2
The Quantitative Measurement Pillar

WP2 will measure vulnerability and resilience across territories.
Vulnerability and resilience are considered as interconnected rather than opposing concepts. A municipality can, indeed, be vulnerable and, at the same time, resilient.
Three risks are considered: Hydrogeological (e.g., climate change-related events), Economic-financial (e.g., events such as the Great Recession 2008-2012), and Health risks (e.g., events such as the COVID-19 pandemic).
For each of these risks, the vulnerability and resilience (VaR) of each Italian municipality has been measured through the ESPIVaR Indices.
Each ESPIVaR index is articulated into three sub-indices, corresponding to the three dimensions of territorial vulnerability and resilience: socio-economic, political-institutional, and environmental. These dimensions capture how institutional and political factors, social and economic resources, and geographic-environmental characteristics of a territory shape both its level of risk exposure and its capacity to respond and adapt to adverse events. 

Scientific Outputs

1) Scientific Article on the ESPIVaR index - in progress

2) Dataset of the ESPIVaR Index of the Italian Municipalities on Hydrogeological /Eco-Financial/ Health risk - to be uploaded on a Social science repository upon publication of article 1) - in progress

3) Scientific Article on the impact of local vulnerabilities on electoral participation in Italy - UNDER REVIEW in an international peer-reviewed journal