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 […]

Environmental expenditure of Italian regions

The 2004-2010 time series of regional administrations’ environmental expenditure are calculated through the budget analysis methodology: every single expenditure item of the regional administrations’ public […]

Annual Report 2012 - The state of the Nation

FOCUS FOR THE MEDIA Chapter 1 – A tough transition for the Italian economy Chapter 2 – Italy between the 1992 crisis and the current […]

Expenses of the Italian economy for environment

The time series 1997-2010 of expenditure data on waste, wastewater and water resources management for Italy, calculated according to SERIEE are now available at Istat […]

Expenditures on waste management

The national expenditure for waste, wastewater and water resources management services jointly considered amounted in Italy, in 2009, to 34,730 million euros (2.3% of GDP); […]

Livestock pressure on the environment

Istat has used a time-series analysis (from 2002 to 2008) of agro-ecosystems in Italy to derive an indicator of the environmental pressure exerted by livestock. […]