Measures to Face Population Decline of Small Villages: Sustainable and Integrated Energy Strategies for the Internal Areas.

This paper illustrates the approach used in some case studies, located in Calabria, South of Italy, for the construction of a Sustainable and Integrated Energy Strategy (SIES). The construction of the SIES involves the use of monetary and non-monetary evaluation techniques to identify the optimal mix of actions to be undertaken in the energy field, in relation to the specific characteristics of each individual municipality. The actions deal with both public and private subjects. In the case of private individuals, the SIES, as co-benefits, intend to constitute a measure to combat depopulation, favouring the achievement of conditions of convenience for residence in small municipalities.