Spatial Analysis for Complex Territorial Systems

Luca Salvati is an Associate (staff) professor of applied economics and economic statistics at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Since 2001 he has been staff researcher at the National Council for Research in Agriculture and the Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA). He is an expert in official statistics, spatial statistics, Geographic Information Systems and Remote sensing applied to socioeconomic and environmental issues. He has conducted studies on topics of economic statistics, urban economics, regional demography, and sustainable development, using exploratory multivariate statistics and geographic information systems for decision support. He has held courses in Economic Statistics (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Basic Mathematics (University of Rome La Sapienza), Multivariate Statistics (University of Roma Tre), Regional Economics (University of Camerino, University of Eastern Piedmont), Strategic Evaluation of environmental impact (University of Roma Tre). He has supervised master's and doctoral theses and has published more than 30 printed books and over 600 scientific publications in English.

• Spatial analysis, statistical indicators and the accountability of complex socio-environmental processes: a challenge for sustainable development Optimal resource management, environmental-economic impact assessment and social dynamics Climate change and geo-statistical indicators for landscape analysis Quantifying ‘wood capital’ through remote sources: a spatial comparison of multiple forest cover indicators Sampling (infinite) populations in a geo-spatial framework: an operational perspective Toward ‘natural farming systems’? Identifying ‘Intensive’ and ‘Extensive’ Agricultural Landscapes in Italy from official statistics Socio-environmental resilience and applied economics: from theory to indicators Integrating externalities into economic systems for long-term environmental sustainability Spatial distribution and settlement patterns of foreign population in Italy and Spain: a comparative multi-scale approach A Research Design Modeling of the Migrant-Refugee Issue: lessons from an integrated large-scale survey in Greece Residential mobility of older population: recent dynamics across Italian and Spanish municipalities Assessing multidimensional influence of social media on consumer behavior using indicators: economic forces, cognitive perceptions, and social mechanisms in the contemporary digital era Monitoring socio-demographic behaviours through indicators from primary surveys: the attitude of female students towards cohabitation in Greece Toward a global analysis of wealth concentration: the case of per-land income distribution Enhancing Disaster Resilience: Hellenic National Civil Protection Mechanism and Local Government Participation in Risk and Disaster Management The Forest Map of Italy: an innovative tool for comprehensive planning of Italian woods Insights into Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan: a performance index for municipal administrations using spatial data Monitoring local resilience of health financing systems: Evidence from Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Italy The complex interplay among land, access, infrastructure, and (sustainable) real estate: a spatial critique Lights of change: what Nighttime Light data reveal about metropolitan dynamics

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