–plant firms with their use of bills-of-exchange; the Bautier-Verlinden model on the ‘industrialization of 14th century Italy’; and …

insurance demand in Italy, with particular reference to the economic activities? Extreme precipitation events over most of the … century, as global mean surface temperature increases. If we look to Italy, examination of the precipitation time series shows … a sensitive and highly significant decrease in the total number of precipitation events in Italy, with a trend of events …

(landslides and floods) and consequent disasters in the Consortium of Mountain Municipalities of Valtellina di Tirano, in Northern … Italy. A geo-referenced database, collecting information till 2008, was designed with the aim of using available data of … emergency management purposes. This database and related statistics about landslides and floods are shown, and a brief overview …

in Italy: principally Tuscany and Lombardy. In so far as warfare and rising transaction costs limited the importation of …

property, were first developed a century before in Venice. This article explores these precursors to the more commonplace …

In early modern Venice, a wide range of people offered care, goods and services for the health of the city’s numerous … inhabitants. This study utilises Venice’s civic death registers to assess when and why the sick and dying accessed medical care …

in Venice (c. 1800-44). At a time of transition in finance and cash shortage, Bogdano offered credit at a ‘just’ interest …

Venice is worldwide known as one of the most intriguing places, hosting an average of 15 million tourists per year …. This paper describes the causes of the economical inefficiency of the freight transportation system in Venice, and analyses …