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Bologna the province of Italy where you live best, in the year of the covid. The 31st investigation of the Sole 24 Mineral on well-being in the Italian territories, presented today. For the first time, the data collected this year to prepare the rankings will be published: “a valuable contribution that Il Sole 24 Ore wants to give to anyone who reads trends and correlations in numbers to” measure “the current economic and social crisis, they have as an objective to better guide decision-making processes “.
The investigation
The analysis starts from an unavoidable question. Between infections, deaths, economic crises, lockdowns and quarantines, how is quality of life measured? The objective of the 2020 edition, which analyzes 90 indicators, for the most part (about 60) updated to 2020 based on the latest available data, is to directly count the different impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the territories. The research approach confirms the six thematic areas of analysis that photograph the complexity of life in the Italian provinces: 1. Wealth and consumption; 2. Demographics and health; 3. Business and work; 4. Environment and services; 5. Justice and security; 6. Culture and leisure. With an important choice of field: within these areas, 25 indicators have been included that document the main consequences of Covid-19 on health, economic activities and social life. Among these new parameters, for example, are the cases of Covid in relation to the population, the only index whose score has been weighed the most in determining the final ranking precisely to attest to the exceptional nature of these months in everyone’s daily life the Italians. .
Quality of life, Bologna in first place in the exploration of Solo 24 ore: strengths and weaknesses of the emilian capital
The general classification rewards Bologna, in first place, which gains 13 positions and drives all the provinces of Emilia Romagna. Five out of nine are among the top twenty: in addition to the capital, Parma (8th), Forlì Cesena (14th), Modena (15th) and Reggio Emilia (17th).
Bologna ranks first in terms of wealth and consumption, fourth in business and work, second in environment and services, third in culture and leisure. On the other hand, it does not stand out for the security and management of justice (106º). In particular, Bologna is at the top not only for income, household consumption, bank deposits, new companies and job opportunities, but also for the cultural, sports, recreational, health and training offerings.
Even in full Covid – read the report from the Sole 24 Mineral – between Usca (the special care continuity units), beds in intensive care units and the Covid hotel, it never ended in trouble; it has the highest school enrollment rate in terms of graduates and ranks among the top in continuing education. Thus, it stands out for its digital transformation index and its rapid diffusion on the Internet. On the other hand, it does not shine for the management of security and justice: it is at the bottom of the national ranking of complaints of theft, extortion, fraud, sexual violence, a common denominator of many university cities with a high presence of off-campus.
Primate Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna has numerous records: it is the first in Italy in female employment (67%), in internationalization rate (more than 11 thousand euros of exports per capita), in broadband coverage of small cities and schools. In the ranking of regions, Emilia-Romagna occupies fourth place but, we still read in the analysis ofl Sole 24 Mineral – only because the three special statute territories of the North face it, which enjoy autonomy of strategies and spending. And if it weren’t for Rimini which, due to the collapse of tourism and the high crime rate, makes a thud from 17 to 36, all the other provinces regain positions in the ranking, with Ferrara historically the most fragile and poorest of the region, which recovers up to 30 steps.
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Situation in the rest of Italy
On the podium are Bolzano (2nd) and Trento (3rd), usual among the top 5 in Quality of Life, who were able to maintain their positions even in the year of the pandemic, although they are now expected to go through a difficult winter for the economy. of the mountain. Apart from these two provinces, the survey shows that especially the north of the peninsula is penalized by the large-scale effects of the virus: here, in fact, the greatest spread of Sars-Cov-2 is recorded in relation to the resident population . The provinces of Lombardy have a negative sign, worsening compared to last year, with the exception of Sondrio and Mantua. It also hit Milan – winner both in 2018 and 2019 – losing 11 positions, where the fall in GDP per capita weighs on the basis of 2020 estimates, but also the new indicator on the average living space available (with an average of 51 square meters family).
The crisis penalizes the most touristy metropolitan areas, such as Venice (33rd, 24 places down), Rome (32nd, -14), Florence (27th, -12) or Naples (92nd, -11). And the lack of tourists is also affected by spas: the provinces of Puglia and Sardinia (with the exception of Cagliari and Foggia), Rimini (36 °, losing 19 positions compared to last year), Salerno, Siracusa and Ragusa are worse. In contrast only Liguria, everything improving, where even Genoa (19th) celebrates with a good performance the reopening of the viaduct over the Polcevera after the collapse of the Morandi bridge, recovering 26 positions. Other medium-sized provinces such as Verona (4th, +3 places), Udine (6th, +10 which obtains its best performance in Justice and Security) and Cagliari (9th, +11, queen of the Demography and Health category).
The Covid effect in 25 indicators
To better understand the impact of the pandemic that affected 2020 and inevitably affected the quality of life in the provinces, the Sole 24 Ore survey also proposes a focus on 25 indicators, updated between June 30 and October of this year. ‘year. Among these: GDP per capita; the authorized hours of dismissals; citizenship income; deaths and births; registration and cancellation of the registry office and the commercial register; the number of bars and restaurants; litigation in court.
The analysis of the 25 parameters reveals the depth of the economic and social crisis, for now kept at bay by buffers, contributions and state refreshments. Citizen income, for example, increases in large cities and in the south: in Milan, where checks are just under 13 for every 1,000 inhabitants, 40.3% more were issued between December 2019 and August 2020. In Naples and Palermo there are 49 and 51.5 contributions per 1,000 inhabitants, an increase of 36% and 33.2%. Between January and September 2020, however, the average hours of authorized layoffs in the national territory for each company increased by 5,975.21 percent, with the difficult situation in all the provinces of Italy.
Some areas have increased social spending to meet needs such as home care and transportation for the elderly and disabled. This is revealed by the first data communicated to the Siope database (although we will have to wait for the final balances): Bologna registers a per capita increase of 53.9% compared to the same period last year. However, there are areas where, between January and June, social spending appears to have decreased a lot compared to the same period in 2019.
Business dynamism, then, characterizes some territories more inclined to take advantage of opportunities even in the pandemic. In particular, in Lecco (+ 30.77%), Prato (+ 29.69%), Brindisi (+ 26.61%) and Matera (+ 26.23%) there was an increase in e-commerce companies, while that the startup boom is recorded in Imperia (+ 200%), Viterbo (+ 66.67%), Arezzo (+ 54.55%) and Siena (+ 50%).
