Composition of the research groups:

• UNIBA Research group: Angela Stefania Bergantino (Coordinator and Spoke 7 leader); Mario Intini (Grins critical mass); Alessandro Buongiorno (Grins researchers); Antonia Abbasciano, Alessandro Gardelli (Grins post-doc researcher); Marco Fortunato (Grins Ph.D.).
• POLIMI_DAStU Research group: Arturo Lanzani (Grins critical mass - Coordinator); Francesco Curci, Andrea Gritti, Cristina Renzoni (Grins critical mass); Sara Caramaschi, Ettore Donadoni, Marco Voltini (Grins researchers); Maria Aldera, Giacomo Ricchiuto (Grins Ph.D. candidates); Antonio Longo, Cristiana Mattioli, Chiara Nifosì (DAStU professors and researchers).
• UNINA_DiARC Research group: Maria Cerreta, Angela D’Agostino (Grins critical mass); Giovangiuseppe Vannelli (Grins researcher); Nicola Fierro, Maria Somma (Grins post-doc researchers); Teresa Gargiulo (Grins Ph.D. candidate); Giuliano Poli (DiARC researcher); Caterina Mennella, Maria Lucia Raiola, Gennaro Vitolo and Piero Zizzania (DiARC Ph.D. candidates).

The present Interactive Maps on Local Vulnerability constitutes the second Deliverable (D.7.3.2.) of the WP3 Area Specific Planning and is fully within the actions related to the Milestone M.7.3.2. Completion of local data collection and integration to WP1 data for each case study (M18).

The main activities are related to Tasks 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4 and 7.3.7 of the WP3, which were conducted in parallel by the research units of UNIBA, POLIMI, UNINA, UNIBO, UNIVE:

• Task 7.3.1, Integrate data from WP1 with local level data and analysis to define detailed vulnerability maps for specific case studies;
• Task 7.3.2, Identify infrastructures and services digitalization policies to reduce divides between city centers, suburbs, and outskirts;
• Task 7.3.3, Analyze the role of infrastructures and related services on urbanization, residential choices, mobility patterns and choices, firms’ relocation decisions and urban economic integration of inner and marginal areas, also through lab-in-the-field experiments and a design thinking approach involving local actors;
• Task 7.3.4, Estimate the additional costs (network infrastructures, energy, transport) due to insularity or peripherality conditions;
• Task 7.3.7, Design of area-specific strategies for gap/vulnerability reduction and equalization policies.

The work carried out up to the 18th month by the working group was to define, for each selected indicator, the specific object to which a measurable condition of vulnerability is recognized and to identify the type of threats with respect to which vulnerability is defined (i.e. the extent of damage that such threats could cause to the object referred to in the previous point). The reasons regarding the relevance of the selected indicator with respect to the indicated theme are also explained with reference to existing literature, in line with the most consolidated definition of vulnerability.

This document shows 53 vulnerability maps grouped into 9 main themes, each contained in a dossier. For each map represented, the main metadata relating to the simple and composite indicators that make up the map are indicated. There is also a reclassification of these indicators by homogeneous territorial areas, together with methodological indications on the construction of the map and a specific bibliography related to the topic covered.

Each dossier defines the main composite indicators used to describe the specific vulnerability for each topic. It also presents the vulnerability maps at municipal level with the methodologies adopted, in coherence with the main literature.

The research team's choice was to create maps for the entire national territory at municipal level (where data were not available, some maps are at provincial level) to offer a detailed and complete picture of vulnerabilities in Italy.

At the end of the work there is a link to the GIS geopackage in which all the maps are presented in an interactive form that can be queried by the user.