Protected areas and volcanoes

In the Italian legal system, the analysis and investigation of volcanic risk requires dealing with the evolution of the organization and monitoring, surveillance and prevention activities of the national and local civil protection system, but it cannot be considered exclusively a "geological" theme, since it depends and is also conditioned by the impact of human activities on the territory. From this perspective, it is necessary to integrate the field of research with an in-depth study of the concurrent relevance of the theme of landscape protection and the parks regime. In particular, in the Italian experience and in the Sicilian region, the presence of volcanoes and the related management of volcanic risk within the territory and the complex dimension of the activities of the parks of Etna, Pantelleria and the Aeolian Islands take on importance. We therefore propose a development of analysis that takes into account, in the short and long term, the integrated vision of human activities in the territory, in order to guarantee the coherence, effectiveness and sustainability of risk prevention and good management together with indispensable profiles of protection and enhancement of the landscape also through the use of parks.