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Mapping the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Italy: Innovation and Inequality Dynamics
Mappare la quarta rivoluzione industriale in Italia: dinamiche di innovazione e disuguaglianza
Lazzeroni, Michela
Zamperlin, Paola
2024
Abstract
The rapid diffusion of technologies like IoT, 5G, robot¬ics, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data is driving profound changes, giving rise to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) paradigm. These transformative shifts demand analysis of their spatial impact, including development opportunities and negative effects linked to increasing asymmetries. The present study aims to map the spatial distribution of 4IR in Italy at the subregional level, exploring the link between innovation dynamics and inequality geographies. More precisely, the research investigates whether 4.0 Industry technologies contribute to the mitigation or exacerbation of disparities between strong and weak areas. Using tech¬nological and economic performance indicators across Italian provinces (NUTS3), this work employs GIS analysis and cartography to visualize and understand spatial dif¬ferences. The findings highlight the importance of tailor¬ing policies to social and territorial characteristics to ad¬dress the specific challenges and potentials in terms of the development of 4IR trends.
La rapida diffusione di tecnologie come IoT, 5G, robotica, intelligenza artificiale e Big Data sta determinando profondi cambiamenti, tanto da introdurre il nuovo paradigma del¬la Quarta Rivoluzione Industriale (4IR). Simili cambiamenti trasformativi richiedono un’analisi di quale sia il loro impat¬to spaziale, comprese le opportunità di sviluppo e gli effet¬ti negativi legati alle crescenti asimmetrie. Il presente studio mira a mappare la distribuzione spaziale della 4IR in Italia a livello subregionale, esplorando il legame tra dinamiche di innovazione e geografie di disuguaglianza. Più precisamente, la ricerca indaga se le tecnologie dell’Industria 4.0 contribui¬scano alla mitigazione o all’esacerbazione delle disparità tra aree forti e deboli. Utilizzando indicatori di performance tec-nologica ed economica nelle province italiane (NUTS3), que¬sto lavoro impiega analisi GIS e cartografia per visualizzare e comprendere le differenze spaziali. I risultati evidenziano l’im¬portanza di adattare le politiche alle caratteristiche sociali e territoriali per affrontare le sfide e le potenzialità specifiche in termini di sviluppo delle tendenze della 4IR.
The rapid diffusion of technologies like IoT, 5G, robot¬ics, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data is driving profound changes, giving rise to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) paradigm. These transformative shifts demand analysis of their spatial impact, including development opportunities and negative effects linked to increasing asymmetries. The present study aims to map the spatial distribution of 4IR in Italy at the subregional level, exploring the link between innovation dynamics and inequality geographies. More precisely, the research investigates whether 4.0 Industry technologies contribute to the mitigation or exacerbation of disparities between strong and weak areas. Using tech¬nological and economic performance indicators across Italian provinces (NUTS3), this work employs GIS analysis and cartography to visualize and understand spatial dif¬ferences. The findings highlight the importance of tailor¬ing policies to social and territorial characteristics to ad¬dress the specific challenges and potentials in terms of the development of 4IR trends.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Michela Lazzeroni, Paola Zamperlin, "Mapping the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Italy: Innovation and Inequality Dynamics" in: "Bollettino dell'Associazione Italiana di Cartografia 180 (2024)", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2024, pp. 94-109
Languages
en
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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