{"id":12631,"date":"2025-12-15T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/?post_type=progetto&#038;p=12631"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:50:50","slug":"safe-local-areas","status":"publish","type":"progetto","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/en\/progetto\/safe-local-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Safe local areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><br>&nbsp;<strong>Safe local areas<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Research into innovative solutions for communities at risk of landslides or floods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to its geographical position and morphological characteristics,&nbsp;<strong>Italy is particularly exposed to hydro-geological instability phenomena, such as landslides and floods<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<strong>ISPRA<\/strong> data, 93.9% of Italian municipalities are at risk of landslides, floods or coastal erosion; 1.3 million people live in areas of landslide risk and 6.8 million in areas prone to floods. Fondazione Cariplo\u2019s catchment area also shows critical issues related to both phenomena, with frequent landslides along the Alps and Apennines and floods in the lowlands.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consequences are significant both&nbsp;<strong>emotionally<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>economically<\/strong>, with damage to production activities, infrastructure and homes. Factors such as&nbsp;<strong>climate change<\/strong>, which intensify extreme weather events, <strong>unsustainable urbanisation<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>inadequate water management<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>fragile infrastructure<\/strong>&nbsp;further exacerbate the situation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this scenario, the Safe Local Areas project came about, to <strong>support local research<\/strong> to prevent, monitor and manage&nbsp;<strong>hydro-geological risk<\/strong>, with the aim of increasing the safety and well-being of communities exposed to landslides and floods. <br>Thanks to the collaboration between the scientific community, local public bodies and organisations with specific expertise in the sector, <strong>innovative solutions for monitoring<\/strong>, accurate&nbsp;<strong>forecasting<\/strong> models and <strong>decision support<\/strong> systems will be&nbsp;devised, to guide strategic choices in risk management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The multi-year intervention is developing a&nbsp;<strong>participatory research system <\/strong>structured into two phases. In phase 1 (2024), a&nbsp;<strong>call for proposals<\/strong>&nbsp;was published, to select at least two projects focusing on landslide risk management and at least another two on flood risk, with the aim of supporting innovative solutions that can be transferred to other contexts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Phase 2 will involve <strong>collaboration between fellow projects and pilots<\/strong>,&nbsp;to transfer and adapt the most successful strategies in local areas with similar issues, or to leverage the trials according to local specificities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>four pilot projects<\/strong>, funded in&nbsp;<strong>2024<\/strong>, aim to develop and adopt innovative solutions to&nbsp;<strong>address the risk of landslides and floods<\/strong> at the trial sites. The initiatives kicked off in 2025 and will be implemented in the provinces of Brescia, Bergamo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Milan and Lecco.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase 2<\/strong>, focusing on the transfer of the most effective solutions to fellow projects, is scheduled for&nbsp;<strong>2027<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The four winning Phase 1 projects&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Floods<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MOHYCAM Modified HYdrogeological hazards under complex ClimAte and environmental conditions: Monitoring activities and mitigation strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DROP: co-designed Decision support system and solutions for flood Resilience with and fOr People<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Landslides<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>RESILIENT &#8211; Risk Evaluation and Smart Implementation of Landslide monItoring by citizen Engagement and New Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TWINFALL- digital TWIN for rock FALL and flow in response to a climate change scenario\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"area-di-intervento":[754],"linea-di-mandato":[],"sfide-di-mandato":[],"tema":[765,768],"class_list":["post-12631","progetto","type-progetto","status-publish","hentry","area-di-intervento-scientific-research-area","tema-cultural-and-environmental-heritage","tema-environmental-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a0Safe local areas - Fondazione Cariplo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/en\/progetto\/safe-local-areas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a0Safe local areas - Fondazione Cariplo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp;Safe local areas Research into innovative solutions for communities at risk of landslides or floods Due to its geographical position and morphological characteristics,&nbsp;Italy is particularly exposed to hydro-geological instability phenomena, such as landslides and floods.&nbsp;&nbsp; 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