The paper presents a semi-quantitative methodology developed to help Italian local authorities in... facing multi-risk aspects inside their Land Use Planning practices. The methodology acts as a pre-screening of natural and industrial risks and their possible interactions, with the aim of better addressing the possible LUP interventions to increase the safety.
Following the implementation of international and national regulations and standards pertaining t...he control of risks in different industrial and civil domains, a general increase of the safety knowledge was noticed and recognized in literature (e.g. Lee & Harrison, 2000). Indeed, different campaigns to rise the awareness of the general public were developed and implemented.
The paper presents a semi-quantitative methodology developed to help Italian local authorities in... facing multi-risk aspects in their Land Use Planning practices. The methodology acts as a pre-screening of the risks present on the territory, highlighting the areas more exposed to risk and risk interactions, also taking into account aspects neglected by the sectorial plans.
The paper presents a semi-quantitative methodology at a local scale, developed to increase the ef...ficacy of Land Use Planning related to the Management of risks, in particular as far as it concerns multiple risks impinging on the same territory (Multi-risks). At the moment, each risk is managed through a dedicated sectorial plan, having its proper procedures and scale, and the only “meeting point” for these plans – at least in Italy - are the Municipal city plans.
The deep modifications to climate are currently provoking risks of increasing impact, that can cause unexpected consequences, interacting with other risks. However, the available planning regulations and instruments appear inadequate to face this challenge, most of all at a local scale. This paper presents a semi-quantitative methodology for the assessment of multiple risks, developed for the direct use of the municipality technicians, in order to increase their awareness towards multiple risks and unexpected events that could hit their territory.