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Chapter Interventions for non-self-sufficiency – Focus on care and social policies in South Tyrol
(2023)
Background: A growing body of scientific literature points to the consequences of various factors related to housing status on the well-being of individuals, particularly the elderly. This project aims to develop models ...
Chapter Tourism and territorial economy: beyond satellite accounting
(2023)
The tourism sector can be an important factor for the economic development. The increase in the present population, due to tourist flows, also activates a series of other sectors, generating significant economic benefits. ...
Chapter Misinformation and disinformation in statistical methodology for social sciences: causes, consequences and remedies
(2023)
The present is an introductory summary on the topic of misinformative and fraudolent statistical inferences, in the light of recent attempts to reform social sciences. The manuscript is focused is on the concept of ...
Chapter Cultural and sensorial correlates of Trebbiano wine consumption
(2023)
In this paper we highlight the sensorial and cultural correlates of the consumption of Trebbiano wine produced in the Abruzzo region, Italy. The data have been collected through a questionnaire survey on a sample of 48 ...
Chapter The territorialisation of the 2030 Agenda: a multilevel approach
(2023)
The United Nations 2030 Agenda increasingly represents a reference point for political planning, as demonstrated by the centrality of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the new cycle of EU policies. According to ...
Chapter The impact of economic insecurity on life satisfaction among German citizens
(2023)
The concept of life satisfaction dates back to the Age of Enlightenment and became popular in the Nineteenth century as a synonym for ‘good life’. Efforts are still underway to overcome the traditional economic criteria ...
Chapter Official statistics for measuring the sustainability of tourism: the UNWTO initiative
(2023)
The ongoing digital transformation is facilitating the production, sharing, use and exploitation of an ever increasing amount of data. This phenomenon is stimulating the demand for data-driven decision-making. Regarding ...
Chapter How Italians coped with COVID-19 lockdown: evidence from a survey promoted through social networks
(2023)
During the first wave of the pandemic, a quantitative study was implemented through an online survey on the SEBCOV study in five countries: Italy, Slovenia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. Its objective consisted ...
Chapter Short-term forecasts on time series for tourism in Lombardy
(2023)
Data from official sources on nights spent in an accommodation for tourists in Lombardy are available until 2021. These data on touristic flows for 2020 and 2021 registered a clear downfall because of restrictions related ...
Chapter Are Italian youngsters adequately equipped for an after-pandemic upswing?
(2023)
Are Italian youngsters adequately equipped for an after-pandemic upswing?All over the world young people seem to be particularly dazed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Indeed, they were touched just lightly by the disease, though ...