My study field is the Environmental Economics, with focus on the economic assessment of Ecosystem Services (ESs) provided by natural areas. I am very interested in study: the relationship between environmental quality, social well being and economic development; the evaluation of different land management policies and their impact on the provision (actual and future) of ESs; the planning and management of sustainable development strategies. During my academic career at the University of Siena, I participated at different national and international meetings on sustainable development issues, and I presented the paper "Identification and evaulation of ecosystem services for a regional park...