Urban environment quality

In 2013, motorisation rates have been declining for the second year in a row. In the provincial capitals as a whole there were 613.2 motor […]

Bes 2014 Report

The second edition of the “Report on Equitable and Sustainable Wellbeing” (BES 2014), born of a joint initiative of The Italian National Council for Economics […]

Urban Water Census 2012

This report describes the main results of the 2013 edition of the Urban Water Census, with data related to 2012. Since 1951 Istat has periodically […]

Population and the environment

The last decades have been characterized by changes in the environment, most of which determined by the increasing pressure from human activities on natural ecosystems. […]

Environmental expenditure of Italian regions

From 2010 to 2011 total environmental expenditure of the regional administrations decreased by 5.4%. In the North-west and Centre areas it decreased by 13.6% and […]

Citizens' satisfaction

In 2013, after a sharp decline in 2012, the citizens’ satisfaction with life in general shows a substantial stability. Instead, the satisfaction with specific aspects […]

Urban environment quality

In 2012, the motorisation rate was about 609 cars per thousand inhabitants (-0.7% over the previous year); the number of motorcycles was almost stable at […]

Urban green areas

In 2011, urban green areas were 2.7% of the territory of provincial capitals (more than 550 million of m2). 14.8% of the municipal area is […]

Report on Equitable and Sustainable Well-being

In this first Report on “Equitable and Sustainable Well-being” (Benessere  Equo e Sostenibile – Bes) the National Council for Economics and Labour  (Cnel) and the […]

Investments on environmental protection

The environmental protection expenditure for industry, in 2010, is 1,925 million euros, of which 1,440 million euros are investments in equipment and plant for pollution […]