3 million 550 thousand euros for the seismic risk prevention intended for municipalities. This is the action implemented by Campania region for the realization of Seismic Microzonation studies (level 1 and level 3) and for the evaluation and analysis of Limit Condition for the Emergency of the Urban Settlement.
These are contributions for investigations aimed at deepening the dynamic behavior of soils with respect to the stresses of an earthquake: through Seismic Microzonation it is possible to identify and characterize stable zones, stable zones susceptible to local amplification and zones subject to instability, such as landslides, surface ruptures due to faults and dynamic liquefaction of the soil.
Thanks to the approval of a specific decree by the Region and the activation of the relevant one “expression of interest” (published in Burc number 43 of 10 June), Municipalities can submit an application for the allocation of available funds.
The amount maximum contribution grantable to local administrations, for each admitted work, depends on the number of resident inhabitants. In the case of level 1 Seismic Microzonation, including the Limit Condition for Emergency (CLE), the participation of the Municipalities in associated form is encouraged: with this analysis the aim is in fact to have a complete picture of the local response to an earthquake and to know , in particular, following the occurrence of an earthquake, what is the threshold after which the urban settlement still retains, as a whole, the operation of most of the strategic functions for the emergency, their accessibility and connection with the territorial context.
The economic resources are granted to the Municipalities in exchange for a minimal cost sharing.
This is a fundamental action that falls within the framework of the “l’Aquila” decree to provide municipalities with useful information for the governance of the territory, for planning, for emergencies and for post-earthquake reconstruction. Seismic Microzonation studies in fact have the objective of rationalizing knowledge on the alterations that seismic shaking can undergo on the surface.
The decree on Seismic Microzonation joins the one approved last April which, again in the context of seismic prevention, allocated 17 million and 200 thousand euros for interventions on strategic municipal buildings.
