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Recovery and Resilience of the Inner Areas: Identifying Collective Policy Actions through PROMETHEE II

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  • Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano

    (Department of Economics, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy)

  • Ruggiero Sardaro

    (Department of Economics, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy)

  • Piermichele La Sala

    (Department of Economics, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy)

Abstract

Inner areas are rural areas with low population density, distant from the main hotspots offering essential welfare services and endowed with significant environmental assets and cultural heritage. In Italy, their development is at the core of the national strategy for inner areas. Specific documents and program agreements were issued for each inner area and summarized the intervention themes and projects to implement. However, when the inner areas are considered within a regional territorial ‘matrix’, further collective policy actions have to be identified, through comparison and in-depth analysis of their features and influence on development. Therefore, this research aims to identify and analyse the development needs and potentialities of the inner areas, for strengthening the national strategy and improving their recovery and resilience through collective policy actions. The Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA) method PROMETHEE II was applied as research methodology to four inner areas in Puglia region (southern Italy), using 43 indicators organized into seven thematic dimensions and setting specific parameters. The results enabled to delineate the overall development score of the four inner areas, and the profile of each inner area based on every indicator and dimension. By analysing this profile, key thematic dimensions where to direct collective policy actions were identified, related mainly to contrast with the depopulation by improving specific essential services (e.g., digitalization, health, education) and to foster the development of agriculture, tourism, and cultural heritage. This research can be considered a first step for future broader studies, to guide the process of policy making for the recovery and resilience of European and Italian inner areas with a multi-perspective approach.

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  • Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano & Ruggiero Sardaro & Piermichele La Sala, 2022. "Recovery and Resilience of the Inner Areas: Identifying Collective Policy Actions through PROMETHEE II," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-22, July.
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