The Basilicata region (Southern Italy): a natural and 'human-built' open-air laboratory for manifold studies. Research trends over the last 24 years (1994-2017)

The Basilicata region (Southern Italy) is characterized by a peculiar environmental as well as biological, geological, and cultural heritage features that are evident in national and regional parks as well as places of monumental and archaeological relevance, including the Matera UNESCO Site. Basili...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Geomatics, natural hazards and risk natural hazards and risk, 2019-01, Vol.10 (1), p.433-464
Main Authors: Gizzi, Fabrizio Terenzio, Proto, Monica, Potenza, Maria Rosaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Basilicata region
Bibliographic data bases
Bibliometrics
bibliometry
Citation analysis
Citation indexes
Cultural heritage
Cultural resources
Earthquakes
International organizations
Laboratories
Landslides
Manifolds
natural hazards
natural laboratory
Oil reservoirs
Seismic activity
Social sciences
Territory
Trends
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The Basilicata region (Southern Italy) is characterized by a peculiar environmental as well as biological, geological, and cultural heritage features that are evident in national and regional parks as well as places of monumental and archaeological relevance, including the Matera UNESCO Site. Basilicata hosts the highly studied Vulture volcanic complex and the largest hydrocarbon reservoir in continental Europe. Furthermore, the region falls among the Italian regions most prone to landslides and floods and it is located in a seismotectonic background responsible of strong earthquakes. Therefore, the territory of Basilicata can be considered an open-air laboratory, both natural and "human-built". The laboratory, with its features, has attracted many scientists worldwide and over time. The researchers have focused their attention on manifold studies. That being stated, the article aims to analyse the outputs of the scientific investigations targeting the territory of Basilicata within the last 24 years (1994-2017) with a bibliometric approach. The Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index were the two bibliographic databases considered. Once the pertinent articles were extracted from the two citation indexes, the authors analysed the publication trends, Web of Science categories, countries, and hot topics.
ISSN:1947-5705
1947-5713
DOI:10.1080/19475705.2018.1527786