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In the current paper the authors used the STeMA methodology, adopted in PRIN 2015 Programme and applied to Italian inner areas to check the impact of European and Italian policies to get the objective of territorial cohesion. At first the authors provide a synthesis of scientific and institutional debate on inner areas and inner peripheries. Then they use three indicators, according to the TIA approach, to audit the contributions of important local development factors, such University and three-years graduates. They also studied the policies of cohesion and territorial development in Sicily in planning 2014-2020. Finally, the authors outline some initial reflections on the state of the research carried out and on the necessity for a redesign of the complex relationship between university and territory, as a strategic aspect of the more general national policies for territorial cohesion., Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, Series 14 Vol 2 Special Issue (2019)

Il contrasto al fenomeno della criminalità organizzata, oltre che dalle tradizionali forme di azione repressiva, passa anche dallo sviluppo di processi culturali e nuove attività economiche, frutto di nuovi investimenti imprenditoriali. Queste modalità di azione creativa appaiono particolarmente significative in quelle aree caratterizzate da condizione di arretratezza, marginalità e perifericità. Attraverso il caso studio del territorio di Agrigento, questo articolo offre degli spunti di riflessione su tali possibili modalità alternative di contrasto e, mediante anche la rappresentazione cartografica, mette a confronto due differenti dimensioni territoriali, cioè la presenza criminale e le potenzialità creative, evidenziando la necessità di ricercare nuove traiettorie di sviluppo per questi territori deboli e puntando con forza sullo sviluppo di processi di innovazione socio-culturale. The fight against the organized crime, in addition to traditional forms of repressive actions, also depends on the development of cultural processes and new economic activities resulting from new business investments. These forms of creative action appear particularly significant in those areas characterized by backwardness, marginality and peripherality. By focusing on the territory of Agrigento, this paper offers points for reflection about these alternative actions of contrast to crime and, also by means of cartographic representation, it compares two different characters of the territory, that is the criminal presence and the creative potential, by emphasising the importance to develop new paths of development strongly based on processes of sociocultural innovation.

Le aree interne siciliane soffrono di disoccupazione, basso livello di sviluppo economico, spopolamento. Questi aspetti sono spesso il risultato del lento logoramento delle strutture sociali e della mancanza di capitale sociale. Gli autori studiano il quadro sociale ed economico di un'area interna speciale, l'Area Progetto Madonie, utilizzando le metodologie GIS e la Social Network Analysis (SNA). In particolare, sostengono che le attività culturali e creative, come l’Ypsigrock Festival nel Comune di Castelbuono, potrebbero contribuire a costruire le relazioni sociali e sviluppare il settore turistico, arrestando – o per lo meno rallentando – i processi di periferizzazione. The Sicilian inner areas suffer of unemployment, low level of economic development, depopulation. These aspects are often the results of the slow attrition of social structures and the lack of social capital. The authors study the social and economic framework of a special inner area, the Madonie Project Area, using the GIS methodologies and the Social Network Analysis (SNA). Particularly they argue that the cultural and creative activities, as the Ypsigrock Festival at Castelbuono Municipality, could contribute to build the social relations and to develop tourism, stopping – or slowing at least – the peripherization processes.

The Green Pistachio of Bronte is an Italian protected designation of origin (PDO) product that was officially recognized by the European Union in 2010. These pistachios are grown on Mt Etna's western slope in a specific area of thin volcanic soils and rugged terrain that inhibits the use of mechanized agriculture. Bronte pistachios are known for their distinct flavor, bright green color, and unique organoleptic properties that are intimately linked to their place of origin. They are highly prized in the food industry and can sell for more than double the price of other pistachios on the global market. Mapping landscapes that give rise to specialty food products like the Green Pistachio of Bronte facilitate understanding of the connections between food, culture, and environment within a specific geographic context. Mt Etna's powerful presence in the landscape adds to the unique characteristics of this product and its place of origin.