Territorial belonging, entrepreneurship, and well-being: the case of the Emilian Apennines

Abstract

The contribution analyses “Territorial approach, entrepreneurship and well-being: the case of the Emilian Apennines”, with attention to the context, the instruments of reading and the implications for policies. However, many Apennine areas are rich in “territorial heritage”, in which material resources (agraries, water, forest, energy, environmental, landscape) and cognitive (identity, relationships, contextual knowledge) are sedimented, which can offer new services for the proximity economy (Ferlaino and Rota 2013; Poli 2014; Meloni 2015). Only a couple of common hills in the province of Piacenza record a demographic increase in the period considered (Rivergaro and Castell’Arquato), but it is areas to clear tourist destination, especially for second homes. Young people and territorial membership A specific survey was carried out on a representative sample of the young population of Alta Val Trebbia (234 young people in 2018) with the involvement of some students of the Tramello Commercial Institute in Bobbio. The theme of subjective well-being has become today the lever of territorial promotion and today represents a necessary way for every serious strategy of repositioning of the Italian internal areas, to combine identity and openness, generative entrepreneurship and sustainability.

Keywords

quality of life; Local authorities; tourism tourism; environment; urban economy; agriculture

JEL codes

R58; I31; R11