Full Professor in Town and Regional Planning at the School of Architecture and Design of the University of Camerino; Director of Master in “Innerland. Development strategies and regeneration post natural disaster”; Scientific Coordinator Consortium REDI (REducing risks of natural DIsaster), composed by: GSSI, INGV, INFN and UNICAM; co-director of the International research Center on Territory and Landscape (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, UNICAM); director of the interdisciplinary research platform SUSTAINSCAPES; coordinator of Scientific Board of INU Community “Innerland and Reconstruction processes”; member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature – IUCN. From 2016 to 2017 he was a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) of the Extraordinary Commissioner for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction at the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He is the author of more than 400 publications on the topics of town and regional planning. He is the scientific coordinator of several international researchs funded by EU about: natural risk reduction; resilient landscape; linking networks of protected areas to territorial development, quality of landscape and quality of life; sustainable mobility and tourism in sensitive areas.
