Journal articles: 'Industrial policy – Italy – Emilia-Romagna'

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Bianchi, Patrizio, and Sandrine Labory. "Industrial policy after the crisis: the case of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy." Policy Studies 32, no. 4 (July 2011): 429–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2011.571858.

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Cainelli, Giulio, Roberto Fabbri, and Paolo Pini. "Performance-related pay or pay for participation ? The case of Emilia Romagna." Human Systems Management 21, no. 1 (February 16, 2002): 43–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/hsm-2002-21104.

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The income policy agreement of July 1993 – the so-called Accordo di Luglio – has considerably changed the industrial relations framework in Italy. The adoption of company agreements, linking workers' compensation to company performance, opened up a new phase in bargaining, increasing the growth of decentralised negotiation between workers' trade union organisations and companies. Previous empirical investigations have mainly analysed this phenomenon at national level, focussing on the factors behind this practice. Less attention has been devoted to the investigation of the diffusion of these negotiating practices at local level. The aim of this paper is to analyse this phenomenon at this level, investigating decentralised bargaining carried out in Emilia Romagna, one of the most industrialised and unionised regions of Italy. In particular, company bargaining on performance-related pay (PRP) and/or pay for participation (PFP) is analysed during the period 1994–1997 within this region. First of all, forms of agreement on PRP/PFP are investigated to find out the incentive, risk-sharing, and participation mechanisms as predicted by economic theory and embodied within each contract. Secondly, an econometric investigation is carried out to identify the variables that can explain their introduction.

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Turner, Clara, Marco R. Di Tommaso, Chiara Pollio, and Karen Chapple. "Who will win the electric vehicle race? The role of place-based assets and policy." Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit 35, no. 4 (June 2020): 337–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269094220956826.

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Regional economies are shaped by their economic histories and existing endowments. This paper explores the question: how do a region’s economic history and institutional endowments affect its success and trajectory in an emerging industry? Our case, electric vehicle development and production, is an industry which combines more traditional skilled manufacturing with knowledge-driven innovation activities. We present deep qualitative case studies of two regions, focusing on one firm in each. The case of Tesla in the San Francisco Bay Area examines an electric vehicle firm in a region with a strong tech innovation system, while the case of Maserati in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, examines a firm that builds on a regional history of automotive manufacturing. Across cases, we compare regional skill endowments, institutional coordination, and place-based policymaking. We conclude that, as an emerging industry under a new economic paradigm, electric vehicle manufacturing by Tesla and Maserati represents two different conceptions of the industry and consequently two different location strategies. Yet these two strategies remain rooted in regional contexts, owing both their success to successful exploitations of these, and their struggles to their failure to compensate for regional gaps. This presents a clear opportunity for place-based industrial strategy to evolve and intervene.

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Tamburini, Elena, Mattias Gaglio, Giuseppe Castaldelli, and Elisa Anna Fano. "Biogas from Agri-Food and Agricultural Waste Can Appreciate Agro-Ecosystem Services: The Case Study of Emilia Romagna Region." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (October 12, 2020): 8392. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208392.

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Agro-ecosystems are intensively exploited environments which are both providers and consumers of ecosystem services. The improvement of both provisioning and regulating services in cultivated landscapes is crucial for the sustainable development of rural areas. Among the provisioning services offered, producing biogas from the anaerobic digestion of residual biomass is nowadays a promising option for decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while avoiding the land use conflicts related to the use of dedicated crops. Based on the available quantitative data at a regional level, provisioning and regulating services provided by the use of agri-food waste, livestock waste and agricultural residues were assessed for the case of Emilia Romagna region, the second biggest biogas producer in Italy. One provisioning service, i.e., bioenergy generation, and three regulating services were considered: (i) air quality improvement by the reduction of odors derived from direct use of waste, (ii) regulation of soil nutrients by reducing organic load and digestate spreading, and (iii) global climate regulation by saving GHG emissions. A potential further generation of 52.7 MW electric power was estimated at the regional level. Digestate spreading on fields may reduce odor impact by more than 90%, while containing a higher percentage of inorganic nitrogen, which is readily available to plants. The estimated GHG emission savings were equal to 2,862,533 Mg CO2eq/yr, mainly due to avoided landfilling for agri-waste and avoided replacing of mineral fertilizers for livestock waste and agricultural residues. The results suggest that bioenergy generation from lignocellulosic, livestock and agro-industrial residues may improve some regulating services in agro-ecosystems, while helping to reach renewable energy targets, thus contributing to overcoming the provisioning vs. regulating services paradigm in human-managed ecosystems.

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Ghermandi, Grazia, Sara Fabbi, Giorgio Veratti, Alessandro Bigi, and Sergio Teggi. "Estimate of Secondary NO2 Levels at Two Urban Traffic Sites Using Observations and Modelling." Sustainability 12, no. 19 (September 24, 2020): 7897. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12197897.

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Assessing secondary and primary NO2 in urban areas is important to support carefully designed environmental policies, particularly in areas with recurrent exceedance of NO2 regulatory limits. The share of secondary NO2 was preliminary estimated in intense traffic areas of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Northern Italy) by the combined analysis of regulatory air quality observations at urban traffic and urban background conditions. In addition simulations performed by the Lagrangian particle dispersion models Micro SWIFT SPRAY and the chemical transport model WRF-Chem were performed. The former was applied on the urban area representative of traffic conditions for both cities, in winter. The latter was applied twice in Modena, both with and without urban traffic emissions. Results suggest a large amount of secondary NO2 mainly at the Modena traffic site, and a better representativity of background conditions of the corresponding urban station in Reggio Emilia. NOx levels simulated by WRF-Chem show good results at Modena urban background and performance in line with reference benchmark values in reproducing observed NO2 and NOx concentrations at rural background sites, although a non-negligible bias in simulated urban NO2 remained. Overall the simulation models suggest that contribution to atmospheric NOx by domestic heating or industrial combustion emissions are not as relevant compared to traffic, consistently with the local emission inventory.

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Pracilio, Valerie P., Scott W. Keith, John McAna, Giuseppina Rossi, Ettore Brianti, Massimo Fabi, and Vittorio Maio. "Primary Care Units in Emilia-Romagna, Italy." American Journal of Medical Quality 29, no. 5 (September 4, 2013): 430–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1062860613501375.

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Maio, Vittorio, Elaine Yuen, Carol Rabinowitz, Daniel Louis, Masahito Jimbo, Andrea Donatini, Sabine Mall, and Francesco Taroni. "Using pharmacy data to identify those with chronic conditions in Emilia Romagna, Italy." Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 10, no. 4 (October 1, 2005): 232–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/135581905774414259.

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Background and objectives: Automated pharmacy data have been used to develop a measure of chronic disease status in the general population. The objectives of this project were to refine and apply a model of chronic disease identification using Italian automated pharmacy data; to describe how this model may identify patterns of morbidity in Emilia Romagna, a large Italian region; and to compare estimated prevalence rates using pharmacy data with those available from a 2000 Emilia Romagna disease surveillance study. Methods: Using the Chronic Disease Score, a list of chronic conditions related to the consumption of drugs under the Italian pharmaceutical dispensing system was created. Clinical review identified medication classes within the Italian National Therapeutic Formulary that were linked to the management of each chronic condition. Algorithms were then tested on pharmaceutical claims data from Emilia Romagna for 2001 to verify the applicability of the classification scheme. Results: Thirty-one chronic condition drug groups (CCDGs) were identified. Applying the model to the pharmacy data, approximately 1.5 million individuals (37.1%) of the population were identified as having one or more of the 31 CCDGs. The 31 CCDGs accounted for 77% (E556 million) of 2001 pharmaceutical expenditures. Cardiovascular diseases, rheumatological conditions, chronic respiratory illness, gastrointestinal diseases and psychiatric diseases were the most frequent chronic conditions. External validation comparing rates of the diseases found through using pharmacy data with those of a 2000 Emilia Romagna disease surveillance study showed similar prevalence of illness. Conclusions: Using Italian automated pharmacy data, a measure of population-based chronic disease status was developed. Applying the model to pharmaceutical claims from Emilia Romagna 2001, a large proportion of the population was identified as having chronic conditions. Pharmacy data may be a valuable alternative to survey data to assess the extent to which large populations are affected by chronic conditions.

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Bianchi, Annaflavia, and Patrizio Bianchi. "Keeping Emilia-Romagna strong: an integrated industrial policy approach." Wirtschaftsdienst 99, S1 (April 2019): 65–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10273-019-2434-8.

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Louis, Daniel, Francesco Taroni, Rita Melotti, Carol Rabinowitz, Maria Vizioli, Monica Fiorini, and Joseph Gonnella. "Increasing appropriateness of hospital admissions in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy." Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 13, no. 4 (October 2008): 202–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007157.

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Objectives: The Emilia-Romagna region of Italy has reduced the number of available hospital beds and introduced financial incentives to curb hospital use. The goal of this study was to assess the impact of these policies on changes over time in the number of acute hospital admissions classified in diagnosis related groups (DRGs) that could be treated safely and effectively in alternative, less costly settings. Methods: The assessment of the appropriate site of care was based on analysis of hospital discharge data for all hospitals for the selected diagnosis related groups in the Emilia-Romagna region for 2001 to 2005. The necessity for acute hospital admission was based on the severity of a patient's principal diagnosis, co-morbid diseases and, for surgical admissions, procedure performed. Results: From 2001 to 2005, potentially inappropriate medical admissions of more than one day decreased from 20,076 to 11,580, a 42% decrease. Inappropriate admissions decreased in both public and private hospitals but there remained a higher rate of inappropriate admissions to private hospitals. Potentially inappropriate medical admissions accounted for 128,319 bed-days in 2001 and 68,968 bed-days in 2005, a reduction of 59,351 bed-days. Potentially inappropriate surgical admissions decreased from 7383 in 2001 to 4349 in 2005, a 41% decrease. Bed-days consumed by inappropriate surgical admissions decreased from 23,181 in 2001 to 13,660 in 2005. Conclusions: The Emilia-Romagna region has succeeded in reducing the use of acute hospital beds for patients in selected diagnosis related groups. However, there are still substantial numbers of admissions that could potentially be treated in less costly settings.

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Sani, Daniela, Sara Picone, Augusto Bianchini, Fabio Fava, Patricia Guarnieri, and Jessica Rossi. "An Overview of the Transition to a Circular Economy in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy Considering Technological, Legal–Regulatory and Financial Points of View: A Case Study." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 10, 2021): 596. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020596.

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The circular economy is a growing and strategic topic and has motivated changes and innovations in several segments of research, businesses, financial sectors and public administration. In this context, the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) is considered a pioneer in Italy, due to the efforts taken for the transition towards a circular economy. It was the first Italian region to launch a specific law on the subject besides to have relevant projects. Thus, the objective of this paper is to analyse the efforts aimed at the transition to a circular economy in the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy, considering technological, legal–regulatory, and financial points of view under a market orientation. Complementary, we pointed out the main initiatives related to the circular economy and the areas of interest. To gather data, we conducted applied, descriptive and qualitative research. The data collection was based on documental analysis, and also considering the results of previous questionnaires and interviews. In addition, we applied a dedicated questionnaire and we consider the outcomes of the project Reinwaste—Remanufacture the food supply chain by testing Innovative solutions for zero inorganic waste. The unit of analysis was the project conducted by ART-ER, entitled “Accelerare la transizione verso l’economia circolare in Emilia-Romagna: Uno studio sullo stato dell’arte, le competenze e i bisogni tecnologici e finanziari”. This paper can be useful for researchers and practitioners acting in this field, which can use the results based on public and private policies, investment decisions and further studies.

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Sani, Daniela, Sara Picone, Augusto Bianchini, Fabio Fava, Patricia Guarnieri, and Jessica Rossi. "An Overview of the Transition to a Circular Economy in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy Considering Technological, Legal–Regulatory and Financial Points of View: A Case Study." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 10, 2021): 596. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020596.

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The circular economy is a growing and strategic topic and has motivated changes and innovations in several segments of research, businesses, financial sectors and public administration. In this context, the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) is considered a pioneer in Italy, due to the efforts taken for the transition towards a circular economy. It was the first Italian region to launch a specific law on the subject besides to have relevant projects. Thus, the objective of this paper is to analyse the efforts aimed at the transition to a circular economy in the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy, considering technological, legal–regulatory, and financial points of view under a market orientation. Complementary, we pointed out the main initiatives related to the circular economy and the areas of interest. To gather data, we conducted applied, descriptive and qualitative research. The data collection was based on documental analysis, and also considering the results of previous questionnaires and interviews. In addition, we applied a dedicated questionnaire and we consider the outcomes of the project Reinwaste—Remanufacture the food supply chain by testing Innovative solutions for zero inorganic waste. The unit of analysis was the project conducted by ART-ER, entitled “Accelerare la transizione verso l’economia circolare in Emilia-Romagna: Uno studio sullo stato dell’arte, le competenze e i bisogni tecnologici e finanziari”. This paper can be useful for researchers and practitioners acting in this field, which can use the results based on public and private policies, investment decisions and further studies.

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Greggio, Nicolas, Beatrice Maria Sole Giambastiani, and Marco Antonellini. "INFILTRATION/IRRIGATION TRENCH FOR SUSTAINABLE COASTAL DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT: EMILIA-ROMAGNA (ITALY)." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 17, no. 10 (2018): 2379–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.30638/eemj.2018.236.

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Pellegrini, Emilia, Meri Raggi, Davide Viaggi, and Stefano Targetti. "Building long-term vision for rural areas through multi-actor platforms: a preliminary study in the Emilia-Romagna region." Open Research Europe 1 (May 26, 2021): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.13293.2.

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Developing long-term visions through participatory approaches can be very useful to explore different possible scenarios and pathways to reach desirable futures. This brief report describes a participatory process carried out in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) to develop a long-term vision for rural areas by 2040. This approach consisted of: (i) interviews and a focus group carried out with a multi-actor platform (MAP) composed of experts from science-society-policy sectors, and (ii) an on-line questionnaire addressing a larger number of rural stakeholders of the region. Mixing expert-based consultation through the MAP with a more inclusive consultation approach resulted in an effective method to build long-term visions in the very heterogeneous rural context of the Emilia-Romagna. However, this study only constitutes a preliminary step into a more elaborated backcasting approach.

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Pellegrini, Emilia, Meri Raggi, Davide Viaggi, and Stefano Targetti. "Building long-term vision for rural areas through multi-actor platforms: a preliminary study in the Emilia-Romagna region." Open Research Europe 1 (April 21, 2021): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.13293.1.

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Developing long-term visions through participatory approaches can be very useful to explore different possible scenarios and pathways to reach desirable futures. This brief report describes a participatory process carried out in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) to develop a long-term vision for rural areas by 2040. This approach consisted of: (i) interviews and a focus group carried out with a multi-actor platform (MAP) composed of experts from science-society-policy sectors, and (ii) an on-line questionnaire addressing a larger number of rural stakeholders of the region. Mixing expert-based consultation through the MAP with a more inclusive consultation approach resulted in an effective method to build long-term visions in the very heterogeneous rural context of the Emilia-Romagna. However, this study only constitutes a preliminary step into a more elaborated backcasting approach.

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di Denia, Patrizio, Rita Maria Melotti, Francesca Bova, Vania Basini, and Renata Cinotti. "Experimentation of an Anaestesiologic Incident Monitoring System in Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) Hospitals." Revista de Calidad Asistencial 20, no. 2 (March 2005): 61–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1134-282x(08)74724-9.

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Rivaroli, Sergio, Rino Ghelfi, Aldo Bertazzoli, and Annette Piorr. "Diversification pathways and farming systems: Insights from the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy." Outlook on Agriculture 46, no. 4 (November 14, 2017): 239–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030727017741701.

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The study analyzes and explains on-farm diversification in Emilia-Romagna, a productive and agriculturally intensified region in Italy. The purpose was to contribute to knowledge gaps on the adoption of different diversification strategies in relation to farming system. Based on farm-level census data gathered by the Italian National Institute of Statistics during the sixth general agricultural census, two on-farm diversification pathways were investigated: deepening and broadening. The farmer’s decision to diversify activities and the identification of diversification pathways were analyzed using logit and multinomial logit models. The results show that arable farms adopt broadening strategies, intensive farms opt for deepening ones, and specialized adopters of quality schemes combine both strategies. Furthermore, in contrast to the existing research, the study highlights that intensive farms are more likely than arable farms to diversify. Finally, the findings provide insights to improve analyses in the context of policy and regional strategic support.

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Stagnati, Lorenzo, Giovanna Soffritti, Michelangelo Martino, Alessandra Lanubile, Francesca Desiderio, Adriano Ravasio, Adriano Marocco, Graziano Rossi, and Matteo Busconi. "Morphological and Genetic Characterization of Local Maize Accessions from Emilia Romagna Region, Italy." Sustainability 14, no. 1 (December 22, 2021): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14010091.

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Italian maize germplasm is particularly rich in local materials and each region is characterized by the presence of peculiar local varieties deriving from centuries of adaptation, selection and cultivation. While the introduction of hybrids, during the 1950s, led to the disappearing of many of these varieties, some have been maintained in cultivation by farmers, frequently in marginal areas, as a kind of family heritage. Local varieties were identified throughout field surveys carried out in recent years. The discovery of a traditional popcorn variety over the most common flint and semi-flint materials used for production of polenta was interesting. Since these varieties have never been adequately described and reported in scientific literature, this study was aimed to solve this lack of knowledge on recently discovered local maize populations. Characterization represents the first step of a process focused on the preservation and possible exploitation of important genetic resources. Traditional materials are a useful reservoir of genes for adaptation to local conditions and climate changes. Adequate breeding programs can use such germplasm for developing new and more resilient varieties. These local materials have been characterized at the morphological level highlighting plant, ear and kernel differences. Genetic characterization, carried out on 455 individuals by the use of 10 SSR markers, revealed 62 different alleles ranging from four for markers phi127, phi076 and phi084 to nine for marker p-bnlg176. The landraces are well distinguishable at genetic level since 40% of genetic variability is present among accessions. Five landraces are characterized by the presence of private alleles and heterozygosity levels are generally good. These findings support the possibility to correctly preserve local materials through in situ conservation. Phylogenetic analysis evidenced the presence of varietal clusters, the clearest one formed by three red-pigmented accessions. STRUCTURE analysis revealed that five landraces have a well-defined genetic attribution while the remaining two (EMR04-Mais Rosso di Rasora and EMR10-Mais del Principe di Scavolino) are both constituted by two different backgrounds.

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Gagne, JJ, V. Maio, C. Rabinowitz, and DZ Louis. "PHP17 PREVALENCE OF CLINICALLY IMPORTANT POTENTIAL DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS IN REGIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA, ITALY." Value in Health 10, no. 3 (May 2007): A27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1098-3015(10)68614-7.

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Maio, V., EJ Yuen, KD Novielli, C. Rabinowitz, and DZ Louis. "HP4 POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION PRESCRIBING FOR ELDERLY AMBULATORY PATIENTS IN REGIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA, ITALY." Value in Health 8, no. 3 (May 2005): 238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1098-3015(10)62573-9.

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Vuckovic, Aleksandar. "Valorization of the industrial heritage in Italy on the example of sugar factories in Emilia-Romagna." Arhitektura i urbanizam, no. 38 (2013): 48–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/a-u38-4627.

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Federico, Katia, Alberto Bonora, Gianmarco Di Giustino, Matelda Reho, and Giulia Lucertini. "Spatial Analysis of GHG Balances and Climate Change Mitigation in Rural Areas: The Case of Emilia–Romagna Region." Atmosphere 13, no. 12 (December 8, 2022): 2060. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos13122060.

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This paper aims to analyse the issue of mitigation and the balance of greenhouse gases in the rural contexts of the Emilia–Romagna region (Italy) due to climate change. The approach is based on the experimentation of a methodology, populated by available spatial databases and refined with a series of technical meetings, where it was possible to weigh availability and alternative choices within the identified assessment model. The objective of the research is to create a regional GHG balance map, in order to classify the territory for this specific dynamic. The aim of this approach is supporting policy decisions related to the Common Agricultural Policy at a regional level.

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Cortellazzi, Pilade, Davide Carini, Luana Bolzoni, Evelina Cattadori, and Vanda Randi. "Emilia-Romagna Regional Blood System accreditation as an example of improvement through application of specific requirements: a retrospective analysis." BMJ Open Quality 10, no. 4 (November 2021): e001408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001408.

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BackgroundInstitutional accreditation in Italy represents the license given by a region to a public or private facility to provide services in the name and on behalf of the National Health Service. This study aims to evaluate the improvement of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Blood System and to highlight its unresolved issues, analysing non-conformities observed during accreditation and maintenance inspections between 2013 and 2018.MethodsAll the Emilia-Romagna Regional Blood facilities were invited to participate in this study voluntarily and anonymously. Participants had to access a web application that we developed specifically. For each of the three inspections evaluated in this study, they had to enter data about the state of their organisation branches and non-conformities observed by regional inspectors. All data entered were finally exported from the web application database and analysed with spreadsheets. Statistical analysis was performed using Wilcoxon signed-rank test with continuity correction.Results17 structures took part in the study, with a total of 174 organisation branches. The number of branches changed over the years because of new openings and closures due to reorganisations or non-conformities that were too difficult to correct. Inspectors observed 2381 non-conformities (291 structural, 611 technological and 1479 organisational). As a result of accreditation inspections and consequent improvement actions, non-conformities were reduced by 88%. The most frequent non-conformities concerned the management software and the transportation of blood and blood components.ConclusionAn improvement in the Emilia-Romagna Regional Blood System over time is evident: institutional accreditation certainly pushed it to change and overcome its problems to comply with specific requirements. The remaining non-conformities after the three inspections were mostly organisational and management software was the most critical issue. Despite these non-conformities, all currently active structures are accredited and guarantee high standards of quality and safety of products and services.

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Bartlett, Will, John Cable, Saul Estrin, Derek C. Jones, and Stephen C. Smith. "Labor-Managed Cooperatives and Private Firms in North Central Italy: An Empirical Comparison." ILR Review 46, no. 1 (October 1992): 103–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399204600108.

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The authors analyze the differences between the behavior of private firms and that of producer cooperatives in a matched sample of the two organizational types from the regions of Emilia Romagna and Toscana in North-Central Italy, where producer cooperatives are numerous. Individual firm-level surveys provide new detailed comparative data on key issues such as investment, productivity, wages, employment, and industrial relations. Differences between the two types of firm are found in labor relations, employment, pay, production methods, the relationship to the external market environment, and the level of economic performance. The authors find no significant differences in investment horizons or criteria for finance, despite theoretical assertions to the contrary. The cooperatives apparently have higher productivity, more labor-intensive production methods, lower income differentials, and a more tranquil industrial relations environment than the private firms.

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Gabaldón-Estevan, Daniel, and Ignacio Fernández-de-Lucio. "How does diversity affect district innovation systems? Findings from a comparative study of european ceramics." trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad 10, no. 18 (January 30, 2018): 31–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.22430/21457778.644.

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This research applies Nelson’s (1993) primary typology of enterprises to understand why the propensity for innovation varies across ceramics district innovation systems in Europe. We use innovation systems and industrial district theories to explore the innovation capacity of the two most important ceramic tile industrial districts in Europe—Emilia Romagna in Italy and Castellon in Spain. Our analysis shows that, in both districts, innovation plays a decisive role in allowing companies to maintain competitiveness in a globalizing market. However, by comparing the composition of their district innovation systems, our analysis shows that: (i) although levels of competition in both districts are similar, cooperation is stronger in Italy; (ii) scarce technology and advanced service providers in Spain make it predominantly a follower in the adoption of innovation; (iii) higher innovation intensity in Italy is due to diffusion of technology from firms in neighbouring districts specialized in other industry sectors. We provide strong evidence indicating that differences in the industry mix shape both national and district innovation systems.

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Gallerani, V., M. Raggi, and D. Viaggi. "Pricing irrigation water under asymmetric information and cost recovery constraints." Water Supply 5, no. 6 (December 1, 2005): 189–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2005.0064.

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The objective of this paper is to discuss how policy makers may deal with irrigation water pricing under asymmetric information, positive transaction costs on payments and cost recovery constraints. The issue is dealt with through the development of a principal agent model and its application to a pilot case study in Emilia Romagna, Italy. The results show that using a menu of contracts may improve the overall social welfare derived from irrigation. However, differences in performance among instruments (and hence the choice of the optimal pricing strategy) are critically determined by the amount of the full cost of water and of transaction costs. Moreover, differentiation among farmers may encounter policy obstacles as a potential source of conflicts.

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Formoso, Giulio, Nicola Magrini, and Anna Maria Marata. "Choosing ACE-inhibitors instead of sartans: Encouraging results of an evidence-based policy in Emilia-Romagna, Italy." European Journal of Internal Medicine 26, no. 7 (September 2015): e21-e22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2015.04.006.

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Cattivelli, Valentina. "Planning peri-urban areas at regional level: The experience of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna (Italy)." Land Use Policy 103 (April 2021): 105282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105282.

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De Girolamo, Gianfranco, Carlo A. Goldoni, Rossella Corradini, Orietta Giuliani, Fabio Falcini, Priscilla Sassoli De’Bianchi, Carlo Naldoni, and Stefano Zauli Sajani. "Ambient temperature and FIT performance in the Emilia-Romagna colorectal cancer screening programme." Journal of Medical Screening 23, no. 4 (June 23, 2016): 186–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969141316639618.

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Objective To assess the impact of ambient temperature on faecal immunochemical test (FIT) performance in the colorectal cancer screening programme of Emilia-Romagna (Italy). Methods A population-based retrospective cohort study on data from 2005 to 2011. Positive rate, detection rate, and positive predictive value rate for cancers and adenomas, and incidence rate of interval cancers after negative tests were analysed using Poisson regression models. In addition to ambient temperature, gender, age, screening history, and Local Health Unit were also considered. Results In 1,521,819 tests analysed, the probability of a positive result decreased linearly with increasing temperature. Point estimates and 95% Confidence Intervals were estimated for six temperature classes (<5, 5 |−10, 10 |−15, 15 |−20, 20|−25 and ≥25℃), and referred to the 5|-10℃ class. The positive rate ratio was significantly related to temperature increase: 0.99 (0.97–1.02), 1, 0.98 (0.96–1.00), 0.96 (0.94–0.99), 0.93 (0.91–0.96), 0.92 (0.89–0.95). A linear trend was also evident for advanced adenoma detection rate ratio: 1.00 (0.96–1.04), 1, 0.98 (0.93–1.02), 0.96 (0.92–1.00), 0.92 (0.88–0.96), 0.94 (0.88–1.01). The effect was less linear, but still important, for cancer detection rates: 0.95 (0.85–1.06), 1, 1.00 (0.90–1.10), 0.94 (0.85–1.05), 0.81 (0.72–0.92), 0.93 (0.80–1.09). No association or linear trend was found for positive predictive values or risk of interval cancer, despite an excess of +16% in the highest temperature class for interval cancer. Conclusions Ambient temperatures can affect screening performance. Continued monitoring is needed to verify the effect of introducing FIT tubes with a new buffer, which should guarantee a higher stability of haemoglobin.

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Cutaia, Laura, Claudia Scagliarino, Ugo Mencherini, and Marco La Monica. "PROJECT GREEN SYMBIOSIS 2014 - II PHASE. RESULTS FROM AN INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS PILOT PROJECT IN EMILIA ROMAGNA REGION (ITALY)." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 15, no. 9 (2016): 1949–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.30638/eemj.2016.210.

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Corrao, Giovanni, Federico Rea, Mirko Di Martino, Rossana De Palma, Salvatore Scondotto, Danilo Fusco, Adele Lallo, et al. "Developing and validating a novel multisource comorbidity score from administrative data: a large population-based cohort study from Italy." BMJ Open 7, no. 12 (December 2017): e019503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019503.

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ObjectiveTo develop and validate a novel comorbidity score (multisource comorbidity score (MCS)) predictive of mortality, hospital admissions and healthcare costs using multiple source information from the administrative Italian National Health System (NHS) databases.MethodsAn index of 34 variables (measured from inpatient diagnoses and outpatient drug prescriptions within 2 years before baseline) independently predicting 1-year mortality in a sample of 500 000 individuals aged 50 years or older randomly selected from the NHS beneficiaries of the Italian region of Lombardy (training set) was developed. The corresponding weights were assigned from the regression coefficients of a Weibull survival model. MCS performance was evaluated by using an internal (ie, another sample of 500 000 NHS beneficiaries from Lombardy) and three external (each consisting of 500 000 NHS beneficiaries from Emilia-Romagna, Lazio and Sicily) validation sets. Discriminant power and net reclassification improvement were used to compare MCS performance with that of other comorbidity scores. MCS ability to predict secondary health outcomes (ie, hospital admissions and costs) was also investigated.ResultsPrimary and secondary outcomes progressively increased with increasing MCS value. MCS improved the net 1-year mortality reclassification from 27% (with respect to the Chronic Disease Score) to 69% (with respect to the Elixhauser Index). MCS discrimination performance was similar in the four regions of Italy we tested, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (95% CI) being 0.78 (0.77 to 0.79) in Lombardy, 0.78 (0.77 to 0.79) in Emilia-Romagna, 0.77 (0.76 to 0.78) in Lazio and 0.78 (0.77 to 0.79) in Sicily.ConclusionMCS seems better than conventional scores for predicting health outcomes, at least in the general population from Italy. This may offer an improved tool for risk adjustment, policy planning and identifying patients in need of a focused treatment approach in the everyday medical practice.

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Alcusky, Matthew, David Singer, Scott W. Keith, Sarah E. Hegarty, Marco Lombardi, Elena Saccenti, and Vittorio Maio. "Evaluation of Care Processes and Health Care Utilization in Newly Implemented Medical Homes in Italy: A Population-Based Cross-sectional Study." American Journal of Medical Quality 35, no. 3 (July 4, 2019): 265–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1062860619860590.

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In the Local Health Authority (LHA) of Parma, Emilia Romagna, Italy, 16 medical homes were established between 2011 and 2014. The authors implemented a 1-year (January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015) cross-sectional population-based design to compare utilization and processes of care between medical homes and comparison practices using the Parma LHA administrative health care database. Residents (n = 372 396) attributed to a primary care physician practicing in a medical home as of January 1, 2015, were considered exposed to medical homes. Adjusted rates of emergency department (ED) use (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.86; 95% CI = 0.82-0.90), potentially avoidable ED use (IRR = 0.78; 95% CI = 0.72-0.84), and hospitalization for chronic ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs; IRR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.78-0.97) were lower among patients in medical homes. Performance on process of care measures favored the medical home group; however, associations were generally weak. Receipt of care in medical homes in Parma LHA was associated with lower rates of avoidable ED visits and hospitalizations for chronic ACSCs.

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Tamburini, Elena, Mattias Gaglio, Giuseppe Castaldelli, and Elisa Anna Fano. "Is Bioenergy Truly Sustainable When Land-Use-Change (LUC) Emissions Are Accounted for? The Case-Study of Biogas from Agricultural Biomass in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (April 17, 2020): 3260. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083260.

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Bioenergies are considered sustainable alternatives to fossil energy sources in the European Union (EU) renewable energy targets for 2030. However, their performances in terms of greenhouse gases (GHG) savings may be affected by indirect emissions related to the required land-use-change (LUC) that should be taken into account when modelling their sustainability. The European Renewable Energy Directive (RED) introduced a number of GHG emission criteria, in comparison with fossil fuels, that bioenergy deriving from agricultural biomasses must comply with. The Emilia-Romagna region (North-Eastern Italy), the second largest Italian biogas producer, has recently issued its Regional Energy Plan (REP), which set an ambitious increase of about 40% of the current installed electric power from biogas up to 2030. The aim of this study is to assess the sustainability of Emilia-Romagna REP accounting for the required indirect land-use-change (ILUC), due to the bioenergy crop expansion, potentially needed to reach the targets. Based on regional data available on biogas production, the amount of land used for maize silage to be destined to biogas production (as a model agricultural feedstock) has been calculated for the actual state-of-the art and towards 2030 scenarios provided by the REP. Starting from average GHG emissions associated with biogas production from 100% maize silage of 35 gCO2 eq/MJ, a further contribution of 8–18.5 gCO2 eq/MJ due to LUC has been found. Our findings indicate that it is difficult to assess the global GHG savings from the bioenergy targets fixed by regional energy plans when LUC effects are considered. Careful analysis is necessary in each case to avoid creating negative impacts.

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Ambrosioni, E., A. Belisari, S. Bustacchini, FV Costa, S. Greco, P. Ruffo, and LG Mantovani. "CV4: THE COST OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS CORRELATES IN EMILIA ROMAGNA REGION (ITALY): RESULTS FROM THE GREAT STUDY." Value in Health 2, no. 5 (September 1999): 351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1098-3015(10)75762-4.

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Russo, Margherita, Giorgio Allari, Silvano Bertini, Paolo Bonaretti, Elio De Leo, Giuseppe Fiorani, and Gianni Rinaldini. "The Challenges for the Next Decade." Concepts and Transformation 5, no. 1 (September 4, 2000): 65–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cat.5.1.07rus.

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With regard to the exogenous changes and the endogenous impasses that Emilia-Romagna is now facing, this paper presents what appear to be the main issues in the present transformation era of one of the richest regions in Europe. In particular, we outline the dynamics of changes at regional level with regard to both the changes in the interrelationships among the major actors, and the emergence of new phenomena, such as the demographic trends. The main regional policy measures to foster local development are sketched by focusing on industrial policies, transport infrastructure plans and policy measures on learning processes, as they emerge in the changes undertaken at regional level in technical and vocational education.

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Torreggiani, Daniele, Valentina Corzani, Stefano Benni, and Patrizia Tassinari. "Design of farm winery façades for the optimisation of indoor natural lighting: a case study." Journal of Agricultural Engineering 43, no. 4 (June 14, 2013): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jae.2013.e3.

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This paper deals with the theme of daylighting performances of rural buildings, within a broader research context aimed at establishing design criteria for farm wineries. The objective is to benchmark the performances of different window systems in order to define design guidelines directed towards the optimisation of natural lighting to improve visual comfort and reduce energy consumption. A winegrowing and producing farm with standard features in the Emilia- Romagna region, Northern Italy, is considered as a case study. Particular attention was given to the part of the building designated for tasting activities. The study considered several opening solutions in the building envelope, and showed the effectiveness of those involving south <em>façade</em> glazing with appropriate screening systems. Further analyses will aim to investigate the performance of windows distributed on several fronts, including heat balance assessment.

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Barbieri, Sara, Alessandra Bendini, and Tullia Gallina Toschi. "Recent Amendment to Product Specification of Brisighella PDO (Emilia-Romagna, Italy): Focus on Phenolic Compounds and Sensory Aspects." European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 121, no. 3 (January 15, 2019): 1800328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201800328.

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Osti, Cesare. "La rete SOLE e le ipotesi di sviluppo." SALUTE E SOCIETÀ, no. 1 (May 2009): 139–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/ses2009-su1012.

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- E-Health networks are more and more widely distributed in Italy. SOLE network, SanitÀ On LinE in Italian language, is enabling the connection among the 74% of General practitioners (GP) and the public healthcare systems in Emilia- Romagna region; SOLE will connect the 100% of GP within 2009. In the same year, 2009, the "citizen as patient" will enter in SOLE network as new user, "citizen as user", accessing and managing the Electronic Patient Record (EPR), housing its own case history. SOLE network will provide new services to its users, both for health specialist and the citizen; SOLE network will also be integrated with new healthcare systems, reducing the patient clinical follow-up over time, providing a regional continuing care.Keywords: General practitioner; citizen; continuing care; Electronic Patient Record (EPR); Electronic Health Record (EHR); Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Parole chiave: medico di base; cittadino; continuitÀ assistenziale; Fascicolo Sanitario Personale (FaSP); dati sanitari elettronici; dati elettronici medici.

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Canavari, Maurizio, Marco Medici, Rungsaran Wongprawmas, Vilma Xhakollari, and Silvia Russo. "A Path Model of the Intention to Adopt Variable Rate Irrigation in Northeast Italy." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (February 9, 2021): 1879. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041879.

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Irrigated agriculture determines large blue water withdrawals, and it is considered a key intervention area to reach sustainable development objectives. Precision agriculture technologies have the potential to mitigate water resource depletion that often characterises conventional agricultural approaches. This study investigates the factors influencing farmers’ intentions to adopt variable rate irrigation (VRI) technology. The Technology Acceptance Model 3 (TAM-3) was employed as a theoretical framework to design a survey to identify the factors influencing farmers’ decision-making process when adopting VRI. Data were gathered through quantitative face-to-face interviews with a sample of 138 fruit and grapevine producers from the Northeast of Italy (Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Data were analysed using partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM). The results highlight that personal attitudes, such as perceived usefulness and subjective norm, positively influence the intention to adopt VRI. Additionally, the perceived ease of use positively affects intention, but it is moderated by subject experience.

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Magnavita, Nicola, Angelo Sacco, and Francesco Chirico. "Early COVID-19 pandemic response in Italy: Pros and cons." Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie 18, no. 1 (2020): 32–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/20842627oz.20.002.12656.

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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy was one of the worst-affected European countries. The rapid surge of cases and the limited capacity of intensive care unit departments have posed a serious threat to the Italian national health system. In this paper we describe the first response and the main measures carried by Italian policy makers, as coordinated by a governmental committee of public health experts, which have succeeded in preventing the pandemic from turning into a disaster. Early closure of the school, quarantine measures and lockdown were put in place and the response of the population has been good overall. Despite the Italian health care system of universal coverage is considered the second-best in the world, during phase 1, the Italian decentralisation and fragmentation of health services probably restricted timely interventions and effectiveness. In northern Italy, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Piedmont, and Veneto, which reported most of the Italian cases, carried out different strategies against COVID-19, with great differences in testing, quarantine, and public health procedures. The improvement of the epidemiological situation has allowed an easing of the restrictive measures, with a progressive restarting of work activities. The government and technical-scientific bodies have prepared health strategies to support a possible second epidemic wave in the autumn.

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Raggi, M., D. Viaggi, F. Bartolini, and A. Furlan. "The role of policy priorities and targeting in the spatial location of participation in Agri-Environmental Schemes in Emilia-Romagna (Italy)." Land Use Policy 47 (September 2015): 78–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.03.005.

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Borghesi, Andrea, and Michela Milano. "Merging Observed and Self-Reported Behaviour in Agent-Based Simulation: A Case Study on Photovoltaic Adoption." Applied Sciences 9, no. 10 (May 22, 2019): 2098. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app9102098.

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Designing and evaluating energy policies is a difficult challenge because the energy sector is a complex system that cannot be adequately understood without using models merging economic, social and individual perspectives. Appropriate models allow policy makers to assess the impact of policy measures, satisfy strategic objectives and develop sustainable policies. Often the implementation of a policy cannot be directly enforced by governments, but falls back to many stakeholders, such as private citizens and enterprises. We propose to integrate two basic cornerstones to devise realistic models: the self-reported behaviour, derived from surveys, and the observed behaviour, from historical data. The self-reported behaviour enables the identification of drivers and barriers pushing or limiting people in their decision making process, while the observed behaviour is used to tune these drivers/barriers in a model. We test our methodology on a case-study: the adoption of photovoltaic panels among private citizens in the Emilia–Romagna region, Italy. We propose an agent-based model devised using self-reported data and then empirically tuned using historical data. The results reveal that our model can predict with great accuracy the photovoltaic (PV) adoption rate and thus support the energy policy-making process.

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Torreggiani, Daniele, Zuzanna Ludwiczak, Enrica Dall’Ara, Stefano Benni, Elisabetta Maino, and Patrizia Tassinari. "TRuLAn: A high-resolution method for multi-time analysis of traditional rural landscapes and its application in Emilia-Romagna, Italy." Landscape and Urban Planning 124 (April 2014): 93–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.01.011.

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Baratta, Adolfo F. L., Laura Calcagnini, Abdoulaye Deyoko, Fabrizio Finucci, Antonio Magarò, and Massimo Mariani. "Mitigation of the Water Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Construction of Delocalized Water Collection and Retention Systems." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (February 4, 2021): 1673. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041673.

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This paper presents the results of a three-year research project aimed at addressing the issue of water shortage and retention/collection in drought-affected rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. The project consisted in the design, construction, and the upgrade of existing barrages near Kita, the regional capital of Kayes in Mali. The effort was led by the Department of Architecture of Roma Tre University in partnership with the Onlus Gente d’Africa (who handled the on-the-ground logistics), the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence and the École Supérieure d’Ingénierie, d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme of Bamako, Mali. The practical realization of the project was made possible by Romagna Acque Società delle Fonti Ltd., a water utility supplying drinking water in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) that provided the financing as well as the operational contribution of AES Architettura Emergenza Sviluppo, a nonprofit association operating in the depressed areas of the world. The completion of the research project resulted in the replenishment of reservoirs and renewed presence of water in the subsoil of the surrounding areas. Several economic activities such as fishing and rice cultivation have spawned from the availability of water. The monitoring of these results is still ongoing; however, it is already possible to assess some critical issues highlighted, especially with the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic in the research areas.

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Bartolini, Fabio, and Davide Viaggi. "An analysis of policy scenario effects on the adoption of energy production on the farm: A case study in Emilia–Romagna (Italy)." Energy Policy 51 (December 2012): 454–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.043.

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Compagnoni, Marco. "REGIONAL POLICIES FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN ITALY AND AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PAY-AS-YOU-THROW TAX EFFECTS IN EMILIA ROMAGNA." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 19, no. 10 (2020): 1711–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.30638/eemj.2020.161.

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Ambrosioni, E., A. Belisari, S. Bustacchini, FV Costa, S. Greco, P. Ruffo, M. Tinelli, and LG Mantovani. "PCV26: COST OF CARE AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN EMILIA ROMAGNA REGION (ITALY): RESULTS FROM THE GREAT STUDY." Value in Health 3, no. 5 (September 2000): 319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1098-3015(11)70679-9.

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Campomori, Francesca, and Tiziana Caponio. "Immigrant integration policymaking in Italy: regional policies in a multi-level governance perspective." International Review of Administrative Sciences 83, no. 2 (April 7, 2016): 303–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852315611238.

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This article contributes to the debate on the ‘local governance turn’ by considering a recent immigration context: the Italian case. We analyse integration policies and governance processes in three regions: Lombardy, Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna. The aim is to shed new light on the multi-level governance relations that shape immigrant integration policies, taking into account the interdependencies of the vertical and horizontal dimensions of multi-level governance. The analysis points out the emergence of different multi-level governance arrangements and highlights the relevance of institutional and organisational factors in accounting for local differentiation. General traditions and established public–non-governmental organisation relations in the social policy field, the internal organisation of the regional administration (specialised staff versus general bureaucratic apparatus), and the role of ideology appear to make a difference. The implications of this analysis for multi-level governance scholarship are discussed, emphasising the need for a middle-range theory approach. Points for practitioners Multi-level governance is considered by policy scholars as a promising approach to make sense of increasingly complex policymaking processes, implying the interaction between different levels of government and between public and non-public actors. By considering the politically sensitive immigrant integration issue, this article attempts to point out how multi-level governance relations concretely take shape at the regional level in Italy, and which factors account for regional differentiation. Our study suggests that contextual and organisational factors are particularly relevant, that is, social policy traditions, the regions’ internal organisation and the individual civil servants’ attitudes. Nevertheless, politics should also be carefully taken into account.

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Genova, Angela. "Policy to tackle health inequalities in accessing health services for migrant women in Italy: a regional comparative analysis in Marche and Emilia Romagna." SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO, no. 1 (July 2014): 145–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/sd2014-001006.

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Eid, Celine, Christoforos Benetatos, and Vera Rocca. "Fluid Production Dataset for the Assessment of the Anthropogenic Subsidence in the Po Plain Area (Northern Italy)." Resources 11, no. 6 (June 1, 2022): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources11060053.

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Fluid produced/injected volumes from/into underground natural formations and their spatial allocation play a key role in addressing the superposition of anthropogenic subsidence effects, but the definition of coherent datasets is usually very challenging. In this paper, the creation of a gas and water production dataset for the Po Plain area in northern Italy is presented, focusing on the Emilia-Romagna region (an industrialized, highly-populated area characterized by rapid subsidence). The produced volumes and their spatial/temporal allocation are gathered from different sources, analyzed, and organized via dedicated georeferenced maps. The geological framework of the Po Plain is delineated, with attention to the superficial aquifers. Reference ranges of petrophysical and pseudo-elastic parameters are reported for both aquifer and reservoir formations. Water extractions from the superficial unconsolidated sediments are widespread, both in space and time; instead, primary gas production and underground storage of natural gas, involving deeper formations, are spatially and temporally well constrained. Drastic increases in water production and high concentrations of gas production temporally coincided between the 1950s and 1970s. The ‘hotspots’ of the strongest superposition are recognized in Piacenza, Ferrara, Bologna, and Ravenna provinces. Qualitative and quantitative information represent a reference source for both Oil and Gas Societies and Regional/National authorities in addressing the subsidence analysis to plan the field production life and predict the environmental consequences.

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Fissi, Silvia, Elena Gori, and Alberto Romolini. "Social media government communication and stakeholder engagement in the era of Covid-19: evidence from Italy." International Journal of Public Sector Management 35, no. 3 (March 14, 2022): 276–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-06-2021-0145.

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PurposeCovid-19 is a worldwide pandemic disease that changed the government communication to citizens about the health emergency. This study aims to provide in-depth research about regional Italian government communication through social media (SM) and its effects on citizens' engagement.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a case analysis, focusing on the Italian context. In detail, the authors analyse the more involved Italian regions in Covid-19 pandemic (Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont, Emilia Romagna and Tuscany) applying the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) model.FindingsThe results reveal that SM is a powerful tool for communication during a health emergency and for facilitating the engagement with stakeholders. However, results also highlight a different perception about the timing of the Covid-19 crisis.Practical implicationsFindings suggest a gap between the answer of the public government compared to the citizens' needs that are clear since the first earlier stage of the pandemic event. The engagement level is very high since the first phase of the pandemic event; however, to be adequately developed, it requires specific and timing information that are not always in line with the citizens’ communication needs.Originality/valueThis is the first research that aims to study the citizens' engagement in the Italian regions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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