“The role of the local community in the administrative management of volcanic risk.”

The work aims to undertake a research effort to envision new and effective models of shared management of volcanic risk in Italy, thereby expanding the range of actors involved in this activity. The research starts with the study of the regulatory framework outlined by the current Civil Protection Code (Legislative Decree No. 1/2018), which expressly provides for the participation not only of public and private institutions and organizations but also of individual and associated citizens in the process of developing civil protection plans. The idea is that effective risk prevention in a territory requires, first and foremost, a correct assessment and understanding of the risks, the extent of which, however, is influenced by a variety of factors, not all of which are technical or scientific in nature. For instance, local risk perception and the socio-cultural context of the territory can significantly affect the impact of a volcanic eruption.It is precisely from this awareness that the work seeks to verify whether the shared administration tools recognized by our legal system, as expressions of the principle of horizontal subsidiarity, can effectively guide competent administrations in formulating functional strategies for risk management in high-vulnerability areas, or whether new tools need to be conceived.