Analysis of macroseismic data of seismic sequences: the case of 1783 Calabria earthquakes

The present study focuses on macroseismology and historical seismology and aims to improve the understanding of the 1783 Calabrian seismic sequence, one of the most significant and paradigmatic cases of Italian seismicity. The Calabrian Arc is one of the most active tectonic systems in the Italian peninsula and has been affected over the last four centuries by numerous high-intensity earthquakes. Among these, the 1783 seismic sequence is particularly relevant, as it includes three main ...

General principles of law as applied by international administrative tribunals

This thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of general principles of law as a formal source of international administrative law. It examines how International Administrative Tribunals (IATs) apply these unwritten norms to fill regulatory gaps, interpret obscure provisions, and review administrative discretion or general regulatory instruments governing international civil service. Moreover, utilizing the ongoing work of the International Law Commission (ILC) on general principles of law as ...

Questioni metodologiche sul progetto nei borghi in abbandono : Cesi nell’Umbria

L’Italia è attraversata da una fitta rete di piccoli centri storici, la cui fragilità attuale riflette l’esito di trasformazioni economiche, sociali e territoriali complesse. A partire dagli anni Cinquanta, molti nuclei storici hanno conosciuto fenomeni progressivi di spopolamento, rarefazione demografica e perdita di ruolo, aggravati da condizioni di marginalità infrastrutturale e da un indebolimento del tessuto socio-produttivo locale. Questi luoghi, che costituiscono una parte rilevante de...

Remedies to unexpected events as contract governance rules : a comparative and institutional perspective

Invecchiamento e Partecipazione : il ruolo del corso di vita in una prospettiva di genere

Virtue out of necessity : the potential of self-management towards social and environmental sustainability

This dissertation provides a monographic analysis into the formation of Labor-Managed Firms (LMFs) represented by the worker cooperatives emerging of negotiated conversions of previously privately-owned firms, exemplified by the Italian Workers’ Buy-Outs (WBOs), and of labor conflicts, such as the Argentine Empresas Recuperadas por sus Trabajadores. The comparative literature review presented in the first chapter adopts a Critical Realist perspective and analytical methodology, and is complem...

Following river paths : water territories, situated knowledge and conflicts in Marabá, Brazilian Amazon.

L’acqua opera simultaneamente come infrastruttura ecologica, confine territoriale e mediatore culturale, configurando le relazioni tra espansione urbana, economie estrattive e pratiche quotidiane nell’Amazzonia brasiliana. Questa tesi indaga tali relazioni attraverso la lente analitica dei territori dell’acqua, esaminando come differenti epistemologie, ontologie e pratiche spaziali si intersechino e producano conflitti nel contesto periurbano di Marabá - città amazzonica in rapida trasformazi...

Quality of Experience across different application areas

Quality of Experience (QoE) is an interdisciplinary concept that assesses an individual’s level of satisfaction and engagement during an interaction, based on sensory perception, sub- jective interpretation, and cultural influences. QoE varies among individuals due to personal factors such as cultural background and emotional state, and it is complex to evaluate as it includes sensory engagement, emotional responses, and intellectual reflection. This thesis examines how movement and emotion i...

THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE UPLIFT OF THE CENTRAL ANATOLIAN PLATEAU (CAP) SOUTHERN MARGIN: NEW EVIDENCE FROM MUT AND ANTALYA BASINS (SOUTH TURKEY)

This thesis investigates the Mut and Antalya basins in southern Turkey to understand how deep Earth processes, particularly slab segmentation, slab break-off, and associated mantle upwelling, shape surface uplift across Anatolia. These basins preserve the highest late Middle Pleistocene marine deposits known worldwide, offering a rare natural laboratory for linking mantle-scale dynamics to rapid surface deformation. The Mut Basin, located along the Central Anatolian Plateau (CAP) southern mar...