Economic Evaluation Of Risk: The Case Of A Mountain Area

This study has assessed the risk of landslide in an Alpine area of Italy. The economic evaluation has based his approach on the correlation cause–effect, and the risk has been considered as “level of damage”. Direct damages and long term damages were assessed. The results show clearly that such method is a very useful tool for country planning and risk management.La valutazione dei rischi ambientali derivanti da fenomeni naturali sta assumendo crescente rilevanza a causa dei gravi danni prodotti negli ultimi anni. Questo studio, finanziato dall’Unione Europea, fornisce una valutazione economica del rischio da frana in una zona alpina italiana. Secondo la relazione quantitativa causa–effetto, il rischio è stato definito come “livello di danno” e in tal modo espresso in termini monetari, valutando i costi diretti e indiretti. I risultati ottenuti dimostrano l’utilità del metodo e la sua funzionalità alle decisioni di pianificazione e gestione del territorio.Paolo Giacomelli, Research Doctor, from 1995 is Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Environmental Economics at University of Milano, Italy. He is also Lecturer at Universidad Autonoma de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, and at the Polithecnic of Lausanne, Switzerland. Results of the research activity are published in over 60 contributions on books, national and international revues, papers of congresses.