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ArticleEnvironmental research2022

A methodological proposal to evaluate the health hazard scenario from COVID-19 in Italy.

Murgante Beniamino, Balletto Ginevra, Borruso Giuseppe, Saganeiti Lucia, Pilogallo Angela, Scorza Francesco, Castiglia Paolo, Arghittu Antonella, Dettori Marco

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Article in Environmental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Murgante BeniaminoSchool of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy. Electronic address: beniamino.murgante@unibas.it.
Balletto GinevraDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Via Marengo 2, Cagliari, 09123, Italy. Electronic address: balletto@unica.it.
Borruso GiuseppeDepartment of Economics, Business, Mathematics and Statistics «Bruno de Finetti», University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 4/1, Trieste, 34127, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.borruso@deams.units.it.
Saganeiti LuciaDepartment of Civil, Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, 67100, Italy. Electronic address: lucia.saganeiti@univaq.it.
Pilogallo AngelaSchool of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy. Electronic address: angela.pilogallo@unibas.it.
Scorza FrancescoSchool of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.scorza@unibas.it.
Castiglia PaoloDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43, Sassari, 07100, Italy. Electronic address: castigli@uniss.it.
Arghittu AntonellaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43, Sassari, 07100, Italy. Electronic address: arghittu.antonella@gmail.com.
Dettori MarcoDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43, Sassari, 07100, Italy. Electronic address: madettori@uniss.it.
University of Basilicata · ITUniversity of Sassari · ITUniversity of Cagliari · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had a big impact in Italy, mainly concentrated in the northern part of the Country. All this was mainly due to similarities of this area with Wuhan in Hubei Province, according to geographical, environmental and socio-economic points of view. The basic hypothesis of this research was that the presence of atmospheric pollutants can generate stress on health conditions of the population and determine pre-conditions for the development of diseases of the respiratory system and complications related to them. In most cases the attention on environmental aspects is mainly concentrated on pollution, neglecting issues such as land management which, in some way, can contribute to reducing the impact of pollution. The reduction of land take and the decrease in the loss of ecosystem services can represent an important aspect in improving environmental quality. In order to integrate policies for environmental change and human health, the main factors analyzed in this paper can be summarized in environmental, climatic and land management. The main aim of this paper was to produce three different hazard scenarios respectively related to environmental, climatic and land management-related factors. A Spatial Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method has been applied over thirteen informative layers grouped in aggregation classes of environmental, climatic and land management. The results of the health hazard maps show a disparity in the distribution of territorial responses to the pandemic in Italy. The environmental components play an extremely relevant role in the definition of the red zones of hazard, with a consequent urgent need to renew sustainable development strategies. The comparison of hazard maps related to different scenarios provides decision makers with tools to orient policy choices with a different degree of priority according to a place-based approach. In particular, the geospatial representation of risks could be a tool for legitimizing the measures chosen by decision-makers, proposing a renewed approach that highlights and takes account of the differences between the spatial contexts to be considered - Regions, Provinces, Municipalities - also in terms of climatic and environmental variables.

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COVID-19EcosystemHumansItalyPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Ecosystem servicesHazard mapItalyMulticriteria analysisPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Spatial diffusion

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PMID35131320
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