Campi Flegrei: Pozzuoli is one of the urban areas with the highest geological hazard index in Europe
This is confirmed by the analysis carried out thanks to the Urban Geo-climate Footprint - UGF, the tool created by ISPRA in collaboration with EuroGeoSurveys that classifies cities from a geological and climatic point of view to help them face the challenges of the future.
The Urban Geo-climate Footprint analyzed is the "geological-climatic" "footprint" that acts on a given urban area, understood as the result of the combined action of four factors: geological structure, "deep" geological processes, "superficial" geological processes and exogenous processes.
Pozzuoli is an urban area where the incidence due to deep geological processes and the geological structure prevails and both the UGF index and the geological hazard index are in the range of the highest values of the European cities analyzed.
Therefore, the widespread perception in the collective imagination regarding the relevance of the risk conditions that affect the Phlegraean area is confirmed but, at the same time, the comparison with other urban areas affected by similar contexts that emerges through the application of the Urgan Geo-climate Footprint methodology, can constitute a valid starting point for knowing other urban areas with different conditions, but with common elements, with which to start sharing good practices of land and risk management.