Ricerc@Sapienza

Grazie all'abbattimento dei loro costi e allo sviluppo delle loro funzionalità, i Sistemi Informativi Geografici (GIS) vengono applicati in sempre nuovi ambiti e settori.

In many research and educational contexts, the geographical approach, supported by GIS applications and Earth observation, can closely collaborate with other scientific and disciplinary sectors in terms of concrete proposals and detailed analysis aimed at tackling this and future health emergencies.
And it can i.e. happen:
- providing theoretical and methodological
contributions founded on solid contents and
thoughtful critical thinking; stimulating renewed didactics and third mission, also taking advantage of the possibilities

The contribution describes a model of territorial energy planning to assess the consumption of thermal and electrical energy and the potential of solar energy that can be used by residential buildings, in order to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, in line with the Europe 2020 objectives.
A method for estimating the thermal energy needs is described, both for heating, and for electricity comparing it with the assessment of potential photovoltaic and solar thermal productivity.

An original method for the identification of High Natural Value farmlands is presented. Gathering information about land use (CORINE Land Cover), geomorphology (elevation and Terrain Ruggedness Index) and remote sensing data in a GIS environment we were able to develop a new detection process; its application to a wide sector of central Italy, in areas characterized by high biodiversity and relevant agronomic and cultural value, is presented. Thus, a new tool for diminishing sampling efforts and economic and time wastes in territorial studies is provided.

The present article exposes the potential of a geo-archaeological approach in revealing the diversity of settlement strategies within the colonized areas according to an intramountainous landscape conditions.It attempts to understand the Roman expansion in the valley of Wadi Abiod, an important fluvial artery in the eastern Atlas based onthe reconstruction and analysis of ancient roads systems.

John Snow’s map made it possible to save many human lives by interrupting the spread of cholera, in an area of London in 1854 after the study of a relevant number of cases which allowed him to put his assumptions and research into practice. His work had a crucial role for future developments of epidemiology and provided the basis for (geo)spatial discussions and density studies in relation to risk factors and his insights enabled cartographic and successively GIS approaches, as support to medical studies, to have remarkable advances.

Dopo l’affermazione del concetto di Industry 4.0, l’idea della Società 5.0
è quella di promuovere un modello di information society, dove la trasformazione digitale possa rappresentare un veicolo per promuovere
la qualità della vita, attraverso la domotica, le smart city, la smart agriculture,
la cybersicurezza, l’innovazione tecnologica dell’healthcare». Con tali presupposti e concentrandosi su queste parole chiave – come
focus iniziale per poi abbracciare molti altri temi che vedono al centro GIS,

I have been working now for 50 years – since
the foundation of Environmental Systems
Research Institute (Esri), in 1969 – on building
software tools that help different kinds of users
do their work better.
Some of this is daily management, some of it
is work flows but the power of GIS is the central
power, the heart of GIS is really remarkable. It’s
almost magical to me. So, I’m sort of
rediscovering myself and emphasising to all of
GIS users all over the world to make better

Questo contributo, focalizzato sulle torri costiere del Lazio come rilevante risorsa storico-culturale da valorizzare, fornisce una sintesi degli step che hanno portato alla realizzazione di una Story Map integrata, al fine di favorire una conscia e diffusa conoscenza dei beni presenti.

Il presente contributo propone dapprima una riflessione sul contesto in cui i laboratori geografici italiani si trovano a dover operare, evidenziando problematicità comuni, prospettive e punti di forza, con l’intento di sensibilizzare sul ruolo attivo che tali strutture potrebbero ricoprire qualora fossero messe nelle opportune condizioni, ad esempio in termini di spazi e risorse a disposizione.