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Earth Observation for Planning Urban Heat Island Mitigation Measures: Results from the MIRIFICUS Project

Urban heat islands are characterized by higher temperatures in cities compared to the surrounding natural areas. This temperature increase results from several ...

Interpretation of subsurface investigations for seismic microzonation purposes

The Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering of the CNR (CNR-IGAG) and ISPRA have stipulated a collaboration agreement aimed at the interpretation ...

Operational manual of the national priority intervention criteria for potentially contaminated sites

The manual presents the national screening model and the associated application software ROCKS, developed to support public administration in planning ...

Tor Caldara Regional Nature Reserve. Geodiversity, biodiversity and history

The reportage on the Tor Caldara Nature Reserve created by ISPRA highlights the relationship between geodiversity and biodiversity. Minerals, rocks, fossils, ...

ISPRA participates in the CIRAN Project

Is there a sustainable mining activity? A lot of work is being done in Europe to make this possible and ISPRA has also been participating in this effort since ...

Water: the priority of recovery and reuse

The Climate Adaptation Strategy of Rome Capital approved on 14 January 2025 identifies among the priorities the efficient management of water resources and the ...

ISPRA, NGI and the GEOMME Partnership – Synergies and Opportunities for Sustainable Landslide Mitigation and Management

A Workshop co-organized by ISPRA and NGI ( Norwegian Geotechnical Institute ) on sustainable landslide risk mitigation and management will be held on June 27th ...

Reading the Territory, Interpreting the Landscape, Designing the Future

The landscape is not merely the sum of a territory’s geophysical and climatic characteristics; rather, it is the result of the interaction between human beings ...

Critical raw materials law decree, the role of ISPRA

Approved on 20 June in the Council of Ministers, the Legislative Decree on the management of critical raw materials which adapts the national system to the ...

Soil health between consumption and degradation: European policies for the commons

ISPRA and the Tor Vergata University, as part of the collaboration on the topic of environmental sustainability in land use and territorial planning, are ...