La fascia trasformata siciliana: Il territorio tra crisi socioecologica e vulnerabilità

Abstract

The Sicilian transformed belt: territory between socio-ecological crisis and vulnerability. The term “transformed belt” indicates a predominantly coastal area of Southeastern Sicily in which greenhouse cultivation of products mainly intended for large-scale distribution has intensifed. The case study is indicative of the profound social crisis that has been triggered by the transformation of the primary sector in Southern Europe and can also be considered indicative of the processes of territorial change and of the dynamics of production of socio-ecological crises. The almost exclusive use of migrant labour overlaps with land consumption and damage to local biomes, in an overall process that has also resulted in a situation of social marginality. The impact of the production system is very high, and the modest amount of public and private remediation interventions aggravated the situation. The intervention intends to focus on some experiences of conversion of production practices that have presupposed a reflection on the connection between food production, value chains and new life practices.