Federico Benassi
Biographic Data
| ID | 102731 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Federico Benassi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Federico |
| FAMILY NAME | Benassi |
| SIGNATURE | BENASSI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Naples Federico II |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8861-9996 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Inter‐Municipal Residential (Im)mobility and Settlement Patterns of Selected Foreign Communities in Six Italian Metropolitan Cities: A (Pseudo) Longitudinal Analysis (2011−2021)
This contribution examines the patterns of (im)mobility and settlement structures of the 15 largest foreign communities residing in Italy in 2011. The analysis draws on original data from the most recent population censuses (2011 and 2021), focusing on the heterogeneity of (im)mobility dynamics, settlement geographies and their interactions across six metropolitan capitals representative of the North (Turin and Milan), the Centre (Florence and Ro…
Facing Scale, Space, and Time in Population Ageing: Tales from the Italian Laboratory
Population ageing is reshaping demographic structures across advanced economies. Italy, with one of the most aged populations globally, represents a particularly relevant case. This paper investigates the evolution of the spatial distribution of people aged 75 and over between 1991 and 2021, adopting a multiscale approach that combines national census data for all Italian municipalities with inequality and spatial autocorrelation measures. First,…
Mapping social risk areas to floods in Southern Italy: A spatial analysis for local emergency planning and place-based risk reduction policies
Hazards develop into disasters when natural events impact on structures, infrastructure, and populations. Since both the physical and social components of disasters are influenced by spatial and temporal factors, understanding the interaction between natural hazards and the socioeconomic environment at the local scale remains a key challenge in disaster studies. In this paper, a multidimensional approach that merges population exposure, social vu…
Subsidised private education and public education. A reflex of the neighbourhood inequalities in Seville (Southern Spain)
In search of divided spaces: Socio-economic vulnerability and foreign citizens’ settlement patterns in some major cities of northern and southern Italy
Divided cities are blended cities. Often, if the social fabric is divided, so too is the urban space. Such a division is frequently associated with socio-economic polarization, fuelling spatial segregation of the most fragile population. The latest studies on this subject found a clear North–South hierarchy of urban areas in Europe, within a context of increasing multiculturalism and socio-economic inequalities. It has been reported that southern…
Social Infrastructure in Southern Europe: A Diagnostic Tool for Socio‐Territorial Vulnerability in Public Policies
The dominant neoliberal management model in major European cities has led to a growing trend toward socio‐economic inequality, with its spatial dimensions highlighting clear contradictions. These social contradictions affect over a quarter of the Spanish population, particularly in the region of Andalusia (Southern Spain), with certain neighborhoods in the cities of Seville and Málaga containing a high percentage of vulnerable individuals. These …
Spatial Segregation in Action? An Empirical Assessment of Population Concentration of Foreigners and Nationals in Italy, 2002–2018
The spatial concentration of human populations is a dynamic attribute of demographic systems and a multifaceted research dimension intrinsically dependent on settlement patterns and diverging (individual) geographies. An extensive literature dealing with the quantitative assessment of this demographic aspect has proposed several methodologies and approaches, conceptualizing and operationalizing the notions of “place” and “scale” in a different wa…
Measuring human mobility in times of trouble: An investigation of the mobility of European populations during Covid-19 using big data
Spatial mobility is a distinctive feature of human history and has important repercussions in many aspects of societies. Spatial mobility has always been a subject of interest in many disciplines, even if only mobility observable from traditional sources, namely migration (internal and international) and more recently commuting, is generally studied. However, it is the other forms of mobility, that is, the temporary forms of mobility, that most i…
Stationarity and Types of Internal Migration of Selected Foreign Groups: Insights from Italy
The geographical (im)mobility of immigrants in host countries is a significant issue due to its strong links with the integration process. This is particularly evident in Italy, a country with a long history of emigration, where the foreign resident population has now become a structural element of society. Using original data sources and adopting a (pseudo) longitudinal and multiscale approach, this paper provides new insights into the stability…
Intra‐urban residential mobility and segregation of foreigners in Rome
This research studies the residential mobility of Italians and foreigners in Rome from 2002 to 2019. We examine the differences in residential mobility patterns for (1) Italians and foreigners, (2) foreign migrants by selected country of origin, and (3) the effect of intra‐urban mobility on residential segregation. Log‐linear models and segregation indexes are used to analyze unpublished microdata on residential mobility by neighbourhood from the…
Old but gold: The use of multiregional life tables and the place-of-birth-dependent approach for studying recent internal migration in Italy
There has been a significant shift in migratory behavior within Italy over time. The origins and destinations of the migration flows, which were previously characterized by a clear prevalence of moving from the south to the center-north, are now much more heterogeneous and complex. Despite the important progress achieved in the past 20 years, the measurement of internal migration remains a contentious topic in international research. Using data p…
Daily Covid-19 infected population densities in Italian provinces follow Taylor’s law
Taylor’s law states that the spatial variance of the population density varies as the power function of the mean population density. This law is tested on daily Covid-19 infection density for five periods between February 25, 2020 and March 15, 2021. The Italian provinces are grouped by geography into three ensembles. A simultaneous-equation model accounts for correlations between the ensembles, between Italian provinces within each ensemble, and…
Measuring the spatial concentration of population: A new approach based on the graphical representation of the Gini index
Modelling geographical variations in fertility and population density of Italian and foreign populations at the local scale: A spatial Durbin approach for Italy (2002–2018)
Studies on fertility determinants have frequently pointed to the role that socio-economic, cultural and institutional factors play in shaping reproductive behaviours. Yet, little is known about these determinants at an ecological level, although it is widely recognised that demographic dynamics strongly interact with ecosystems. This research responds to the need to enhance the knowledge on variations in fertility across space with an analysis of…
Sri Lankans’ residential segregation and spatial inequalities in Southern Italy: An empirical analysis using fine-scale data on regular lattice geographies
Sri Lankans constitute one of Italy's oldest foreign communities. A comparative geographic study of Sri Lankans’ settlement patterns in three main municipalities of South Italy (Naples, Palermo, and Catania) is performed in the present work. The uniqueness of the analysis relies on the fact that, to the authors’ knowledge, no other existing studies comparatively examine the spatial segregation of Sri Lankan communities in different southern Europ…
Internal Migration Patterns of National and Foreign Population in Italy. A Local Spatial Comparative Approach
A local spatial comparative approach to study internal migration of national and foreign population in Italy is proposed in the paper. Univariate and bivariate local analysis of spatial autocorrelation of internal migration rates of the two populations is conducted. Results are mapped and crossed with municipalities typologies identified by the Degree of Urbanization (Degurba) classification. The local scale of analysis allows to appreciate speci…
Social infrastructures and socio-economic vulnerability: A socio-territorial integration study in Spanish urban contexts
The growing processes of the socio-economic inequality resulting from the neoliberal political model are evident in large Spanish cities, with a spatial dimension that allows us to visualise its contradictions with great clarity. These social contradictions are particularly marked among the most vulnerable and foreign population groups. For this reason, the study of the spaces and services termed Social Infrastructures (SI), as facilities which f…
The Effect of the Great Recession on Italian Life Expectancy
The 2008 economic crisis, also called the Great Recession, produced only a moderate rise in unemployment in Italy, but the consequences for public debt management were far more serious. Italy makes for a good case study for evaluating the effect on life expectancy at birth of the cost containment program in the health care system, implemented after the crisis began. To this end we employed the Artificial Control method using the data from the Hum…
Local population changes as a spatial varying multiscale process: The Italian case
The population dynamics in Italy show a strong spatial heterogeneity within a framework of persistent demographic territorial disparities. From a local point of view, it is necessary to understand what demographic determinants govern this process. In the paper, we model the population change according to a local (i.e., spatial varying coefficients) multiscale approach. To this aim, local demographic growth rates of each Italian municipality for t…
Framing the Residential Patterns of Asian Communities in Three Italian Cities: Evidence from Milan, Rome, and Naples
Today, the interplay between economic inequality, international migration, and urban transformation has raised awareness about segregation and its social implications on a global and European scale. As cities become home to diverse populations with various backgrounds including social, racial, ethnic, and cultural, the proximity of these groups becomes more pronounced. This article explores the residential segregation of four Asian immigrant grou…
Local-scale residential concentration and income inequalities of the main foreign-born population groups in the Spanish urban space. Reaffirming the model of a divided city
This study presents a spatial analysis of suburban inequalities (residential concentration and income inequalities) among the main foreign-born population groups resident in Spain (Italians, Britons, Chinese, Moroccans and Romanians) in Madrid and Barcelona. Through a local spatial approach at census tract level, a number of relevant issues are highlighted, including the existence, both in Madrid and in Barcelona, of a divided space that shows a …
The Exposure Geography of Italian Local Economies to Major Foreign Ones. Evidences from a Multiscale Spatial Experiment Based on Granularity
An original approach to spatial economic analysis is here proposed with reference to Italy. A granularity approach is applied on microdata related to a panel of firms that have been active during 2007–2017. At each firm is therefore associated a coefficient of exposure to the economic cycle of four major foreign economies: Germany, UK, USA, and China. This information is then linked to territorial level and analyzed at two geographical scales: re…
World population densities: Convergence, stability, or divergence
Taylor’s law states that the variance of population density in a given set of areas is a power function of its mean. When the exponent is equal to 2, the distribution of population densities between areas remains unchanged; when it is less than 2, the distribution converges toward the uniform distribution; when it is greater than 2, the densities become increasingly different from each other over time. The exponent takes the value 2 for East Asia…
Migrants’ Population, Residential Segregation, and Metropolitan Spaces - Insights from the Italian Experience over the Last 20 Years
Southern European studies of migrants’ spatial distribution within metropolitan cities (MCs) are increasingly relevant to understanding residential segregation and marginalisation, particularly of foreign nationals. This paper leverages original and partially unpublished data to examine overall and foreign national specific segregation over two decades in Rome MC and Milan MC, the two largest Italian MCs. We introduce a 5-class concentric ring ty…
The long-term effect of the Great Recession on European mortality
Some European countries, such as Greece and Spain, were severely hit by the 2008 economic crisis whereas others, such as Germany, were practically spared by it. This divergence allowed us to implement a difference in differences research design which offered the possibility to observe the long-lasting effects produced by the crisis on European life expectancy. Our analysis-based on Eurostat data from 2001 to 2019-shows that life expectancy increa…
Measuring residential segregation in multi‐ethnic and unequal European cities
Immigration flows and social inequalities reflect increased social and multi‐ethnic segregation in contemporary urban Europe. For a better understanding of these processes, the present study investigates the main strengths of the multi‐group residential indices, testing sensitivity and reliability under different metropolitan contexts in five European countries. These indices focus on different research dimensions and approach multi‐group residen…
Residential segregation and social diversification: Exploring spatial settlement patterns of foreign population in Southern European cities
Framing the Residential Patterns of Asian Communities in Three Italian Cities: Evidence from Milan, Rome, and Naples
Today, the interplay between economic inequality, international migration, and urban transformation has raised awareness about segregation and its social implications on a global and European scale. As cities become home to diverse populations with various backgrounds including social, racial, ethnic, and cultural, the proximity of these groups becomes more pronounced. This article explores the residential segregation of four Asian immigrant grou…
Population Change and International and Internal Migration in Italy, 2002-2017: Ravenstein Revisited
In 1885, Ravenstein formulated his 'laws' of migration, based on the experience of the British Isles. In a further 1889 paper, he extended his analysis as a tour d'horizon of migration and population changes in other nations, including Italy. Even if social and economic processes including globalisation and rising mobility have changed the world since then, Ravenstein's 'laws' remain a point of reference today. Harnessing theoretical and methodol…
Intra‐urban residential mobility and segregation of foreigners in Rome
This research studies the residential mobility of Italians and foreigners in Rome from 2002 to 2019. We examine the differences in residential mobility patterns for (1) Italians and foreigners, (2) foreign migrants by selected country of origin, and (3) the effect of intra‐urban mobility on residential segregation. Log‐linear models and segregation indexes are used to analyze unpublished microdata on residential mobility by neighbourhood from the…
Social infrastructures and socio-economic vulnerability: A socio-territorial integration study in Spanish urban contexts
The growing processes of the socio-economic inequality resulting from the neoliberal political model are evident in large Spanish cities, with a spatial dimension that allows us to visualise its contradictions with great clarity. These social contradictions are particularly marked among the most vulnerable and foreign population groups. For this reason, the study of the spaces and services termed Social Infrastructures (SI), as facilities which f…
Local-scale residential concentration and income inequalities of the main foreign-born population groups in the Spanish urban space. Reaffirming the model of a divided city
This study presents a spatial analysis of suburban inequalities (residential concentration and income inequalities) among the main foreign-born population groups resident in Spain (Italians, Britons, Chinese, Moroccans and Romanians) in Madrid and Barcelona. Through a local spatial approach at census tract level, a number of relevant issues are highlighted, including the existence, both in Madrid and in Barcelona, of a divided space that shows a …
Rise (and Decline) of European Migrants in Greece: Exploring Spatial Determinants of Residential Mobility (1988–2017), with Special Focus on Older Ages
Population trends and desertification risk in a Mediterranean region, 1861-2017
Local population changes as a spatial varying multiscale process: The Italian case
The population dynamics in Italy show a strong spatial heterogeneity within a framework of persistent demographic territorial disparities. From a local point of view, it is necessary to understand what demographic determinants govern this process. In the paper, we model the population change according to a local (i.e., spatial varying coefficients) multiscale approach. To this aim, local demographic growth rates of each Italian municipality for t…
The long-term effect of the Great Recession on European mortality
Some European countries, such as Greece and Spain, were severely hit by the 2008 economic crisis whereas others, such as Germany, were practically spared by it. This divergence allowed us to implement a difference in differences research design which offered the possibility to observe the long-lasting effects produced by the crisis on European life expectancy. Our analysis-based on Eurostat data from 2001 to 2019-shows that life expectancy increa…
Modelling the spatial variation of human population density using Taylor’s power law, Italy, 1971–2011
Taylor’s power law (Tpl) is applied to the human population density of Italian regions and provinces for the period 1971–2011. Three different weighting systems are used to estimate Tpl at the national and subnational levels in which seemingly unrelated regression models are adopted. The following results were found: Tpl is suitable for human populations and sensitive to the adopted weighting system; Tpl’s slope is positive and, at a subnational …
How the Early Childhood Well-Being Lies within the Family Context in Albania
How the Early Childhood Well-Being Lies within the Family Context in Albania
Modelling the spatial variation of human population density using Taylor’s power law, Italy, 1971–2011
Taylor’s power law (Tpl) is applied to the human population density of Italian regions and provinces for the period 1971–2011. Three different weighting systems are used to estimate Tpl at the national and subnational levels in which seemingly unrelated regression models are adopted. The following results were found: Tpl is suitable for human populations and sensitive to the adopted weighting system; Tpl’s slope is positive and, at a subnational …
Population Trends and Urbanization: Simulating Density Effects Using a Local Regression Approach
Density-dependent population growth regulates long-term urban expansion and shapes distinctive socioeconomic trends. Despite a marked heterogeneity in the spatial distribution of the resident population, Mediterranean European countries are considered more homogeneous than countries in other European regions as far as settlement structure and processes of metropolitan growth are concerned. However, rising socioeconomic inequalities among Southern…
Spatial variability of total fertility rate and crude birth rate in a low-fertility country: Patterns and trends in regional and local scale heterogeneity across Italy, 2002–2018
Population trends and desertification risk in a Mediterranean region, 1861-2017
Residential segregation and social diversification: Exploring spatial settlement patterns of foreign population in Southern European cities
Population Change and International and Internal Migration in Italy, 2002-2017: Ravenstein Revisited
In 1885, Ravenstein formulated his 'laws' of migration, based on the experience of the British Isles. In a further 1889 paper, he extended his analysis as a tour d'horizon of migration and population changes in other nations, including Italy. Even if social and economic processes including globalisation and rising mobility have changed the world since then, Ravenstein's 'laws' remain a point of reference today. Harnessing theoretical and methodol…
Rise (and Decline) of European Migrants in Greece: Exploring Spatial Determinants of Residential Mobility (1988–2017), with Special Focus on Older Ages
The Exposure Geography of Italian Local Economies to Major Foreign Ones. Evidences from a Multiscale Spatial Experiment Based on Granularity
An original approach to spatial economic analysis is here proposed with reference to Italy. A granularity approach is applied on microdata related to a panel of firms that have been active during 2007–2017. At each firm is therefore associated a coefficient of exposure to the economic cycle of four major foreign economies: Germany, UK, USA, and China. This information is then linked to territorial level and analyzed at two geographical scales: re…
World population densities: Convergence, stability, or divergence
Taylor’s law states that the variance of population density in a given set of areas is a power function of its mean. When the exponent is equal to 2, the distribution of population densities between areas remains unchanged; when it is less than 2, the distribution converges toward the uniform distribution; when it is greater than 2, the densities become increasingly different from each other over time. The exponent takes the value 2 for East Asia…
Migrants’ Population, Residential Segregation, and Metropolitan Spaces - Insights from the Italian Experience over the Last 20 Years
Southern European studies of migrants’ spatial distribution within metropolitan cities (MCs) are increasingly relevant to understanding residential segregation and marginalisation, particularly of foreign nationals. This paper leverages original and partially unpublished data to examine overall and foreign national specific segregation over two decades in Rome MC and Milan MC, the two largest Italian MCs. We introduce a 5-class concentric ring ty…
The long-term effect of the Great Recession on European mortality
Some European countries, such as Greece and Spain, were severely hit by the 2008 economic crisis whereas others, such as Germany, were practically spared by it. This divergence allowed us to implement a difference in differences research design which offered the possibility to observe the long-lasting effects produced by the crisis on European life expectancy. Our analysis-based on Eurostat data from 2001 to 2019-shows that life expectancy increa…
Measuring residential segregation in multi‐ethnic and unequal European cities
Immigration flows and social inequalities reflect increased social and multi‐ethnic segregation in contemporary urban Europe. For a better understanding of these processes, the present study investigates the main strengths of the multi‐group residential indices, testing sensitivity and reliability under different metropolitan contexts in five European countries. These indices focus on different research dimensions and approach multi‐group residen…
Daily Covid-19 infected population densities in Italian provinces follow Taylor’s law
Taylor’s law states that the spatial variance of the population density varies as the power function of the mean population density. This law is tested on daily Covid-19 infection density for five periods between February 25, 2020 and March 15, 2021. The Italian provinces are grouped by geography into three ensembles. A simultaneous-equation model accounts for correlations between the ensembles, between Italian provinces within each ensemble, and…
Measuring the spatial concentration of population: A new approach based on the graphical representation of the Gini index
Modelling geographical variations in fertility and population density of Italian and foreign populations at the local scale: A spatial Durbin approach for Italy (2002–2018)
Studies on fertility determinants have frequently pointed to the role that socio-economic, cultural and institutional factors play in shaping reproductive behaviours. Yet, little is known about these determinants at an ecological level, although it is widely recognised that demographic dynamics strongly interact with ecosystems. This research responds to the need to enhance the knowledge on variations in fertility across space with an analysis of…
Sri Lankans’ residential segregation and spatial inequalities in Southern Italy: An empirical analysis using fine-scale data on regular lattice geographies
Sri Lankans constitute one of Italy's oldest foreign communities. A comparative geographic study of Sri Lankans’ settlement patterns in three main municipalities of South Italy (Naples, Palermo, and Catania) is performed in the present work. The uniqueness of the analysis relies on the fact that, to the authors’ knowledge, no other existing studies comparatively examine the spatial segregation of Sri Lankan communities in different southern Europ…
Internal Migration Patterns of National and Foreign Population in Italy. A Local Spatial Comparative Approach
A local spatial comparative approach to study internal migration of national and foreign population in Italy is proposed in the paper. Univariate and bivariate local analysis of spatial autocorrelation of internal migration rates of the two populations is conducted. Results are mapped and crossed with municipalities typologies identified by the Degree of Urbanization (Degurba) classification. The local scale of analysis allows to appreciate speci…
Social infrastructures and socio-economic vulnerability: A socio-territorial integration study in Spanish urban contexts
The growing processes of the socio-economic inequality resulting from the neoliberal political model are evident in large Spanish cities, with a spatial dimension that allows us to visualise its contradictions with great clarity. These social contradictions are particularly marked among the most vulnerable and foreign population groups. For this reason, the study of the spaces and services termed Social Infrastructures (SI), as facilities which f…
The Effect of the Great Recession on Italian Life Expectancy
The 2008 economic crisis, also called the Great Recession, produced only a moderate rise in unemployment in Italy, but the consequences for public debt management were far more serious. Italy makes for a good case study for evaluating the effect on life expectancy at birth of the cost containment program in the health care system, implemented after the crisis began. To this end we employed the Artificial Control method using the data from the Hum…
Local population changes as a spatial varying multiscale process: The Italian case
The population dynamics in Italy show a strong spatial heterogeneity within a framework of persistent demographic territorial disparities. From a local point of view, it is necessary to understand what demographic determinants govern this process. In the paper, we model the population change according to a local (i.e., spatial varying coefficients) multiscale approach. To this aim, local demographic growth rates of each Italian municipality for t…
Framing the Residential Patterns of Asian Communities in Three Italian Cities: Evidence from Milan, Rome, and Naples
Today, the interplay between economic inequality, international migration, and urban transformation has raised awareness about segregation and its social implications on a global and European scale. As cities become home to diverse populations with various backgrounds including social, racial, ethnic, and cultural, the proximity of these groups becomes more pronounced. This article explores the residential segregation of four Asian immigrant grou…
Local-scale residential concentration and income inequalities of the main foreign-born population groups in the Spanish urban space. Reaffirming the model of a divided city
This study presents a spatial analysis of suburban inequalities (residential concentration and income inequalities) among the main foreign-born population groups resident in Spain (Italians, Britons, Chinese, Moroccans and Romanians) in Madrid and Barcelona. Through a local spatial approach at census tract level, a number of relevant issues are highlighted, including the existence, both in Madrid and in Barcelona, of a divided space that shows a …
Measuring human mobility in times of trouble: An investigation of the mobility of European populations during Covid-19 using big data
Spatial mobility is a distinctive feature of human history and has important repercussions in many aspects of societies. Spatial mobility has always been a subject of interest in many disciplines, even if only mobility observable from traditional sources, namely migration (internal and international) and more recently commuting, is generally studied. However, it is the other forms of mobility, that is, the temporary forms of mobility, that most i…
Stationarity and Types of Internal Migration of Selected Foreign Groups: Insights from Italy
The geographical (im)mobility of immigrants in host countries is a significant issue due to its strong links with the integration process. This is particularly evident in Italy, a country with a long history of emigration, where the foreign resident population has now become a structural element of society. Using original data sources and adopting a (pseudo) longitudinal and multiscale approach, this paper provides new insights into the stability…
Geography (28 works) · Sociology (25 works) · Population (24 works) · Demography (23 works) · Economic geography (19 works) · Economics (18 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (16 works) · Demography (14 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (12 works) · Inequality (10 works)