Cillis Giuseppe

Name and Surname: Giuseppe Cillis

Cycle: XXXIII - Curriculum: Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Science

Tutor: Prof. Pietro Picuno

Title of the project

New technologies for the survey and representation of agroforestry land: from land use changes to rural landscape quality assessment

Aims of the project

During the research activity, spatial analysis techniques will be deepened and applied integrating GIS (Geographic Information System) tools to remote sensing in a "free and open source" perspective in order to use them for the representation and characterization of the agro-forestry land. Specifically, the methodologies will be applied to the territorial context of Basilicata Region. As in other marginal inland areas of the Mediterranean, the problems of abandonment of the agricultural land and the fragmentation of habitats are determining important transformations within the rural landscape with negative repercussions both from an ecological, socio-economic and cultural point of view.

Publications

Cillis G., Statuto D. 2018. Landscape protection and tourist valorisation of the cultural and natural heritage of the UNESCO site of Matera (Italy). In Proceedings of Public Recreation and Landscape Protection—With Nature Hand in Hand?, 226–231.

Olišarová L., Cillis G., Statuto D., Picuno P. 2018. Analysis of the impact of settlement patterns on landscape protection in two different European rural areas. In Proceedings of Public Recreation and Landscape Protection: With Nature Hand in Hand?, 34–39.

Lanorte A., Cillis G., Calamita G., Nolè G., Pilogallo A., Tucci B., De Santis F. 2019. Integrated approach of RUSLE, GIS and ESA Sentinel-2 satellite data for post-fire soil erosion assessment in Basilicata region (Southern Italy). Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 10, 1:1563,1595.

Statuto D., Cillis G., Picuno, P. 2019. GIS-based Analysis of Temporal Evolution of Rural Landscape: A Case Study in Southern Italy. Natural Resources Research,28, 61-75.

Conte A.L., Di Pietro R., Iamonico D., Di Marzio P., Cillis G., Lucia D., Fortini P. 2019. Oak decline in the Mediterranean basin: A study case from the southern Apennines (Italy). Plant sociology, 56, 2, 69-80.

Cillis G., Statuto D., Picuno P. 2019. Restoring biodiversity in a highly-intensive touristic urban area: A case study in the city of Matera (Southern Italy). In Proceedings of Public Recreation and Landscape Protection—With Sense Hand in Hand?, 339-343.

Cillis G., Statuto D., Picuno P. 2019. Historical maps processed into a GIS for the assessment of forest landscape dynamics. In Proceedings of Public Recreation and Landscape Protection—With Sense Hand in Hand?, 180-184.

Statuto D., Picuno P., Cillis G. 2019. Visual quality indicators for assessing landscape characteristics and managing its protection. In Proceedings of Public Recreation and Landscape Protection—With Sense Hand in Hand?, 476-480.

Hrůza P., Pelikán P., Olišarová L., Statuto D., Cillis G., Picuno P. 2019. The historical development of rural roads in the Basilicata region, Southern Italy. In Proceedings of Public Recreation and Landscape Protection—With Sense Hand in Hand?, 399-403.

Picuno P., Cillis G., Statuto D. 2019. Investigating the time evolution of a rural landscape: How historical maps may provide environmental information when processed using a GIS. Ecological Engineering, 139.

Cillis G., Statuto D., Picuno P. 2020. Spatial Analysis of the Impact of Rural Buildings on the Agro-Forestry Landscape Using GIS. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 67, 207-214.

Cillis G., Lay-Ekuakille A., Telesca V., Statuto D., Picuno P. 2020. Analysis of the Evolution of a Rural Landscape by Combining SAR Geodata with GIS Techniques. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 67, 255-263.

Cillis G., Statuto D., Picuno P. 2020. Vernacular farm buildings and rural landscape: A geospatial approach for their integrated management. Sustainability, 12(1),4.

Manniello C., Statuto D., Di Pasquale A., Cillis G., Picuno P. 2020. The impact of soil fertility on the characteristics of the rural landscape for its protection. Public Recreation and Landscape Protection - With Sense Hand in hand? Conference Proceedings pp. 484-488.

E-mail: giuseppe.cillis@unibas.it