Ecosystem Services Multifunctionality: an analytical framework to support sustainable spatial planning. Insights from the Italian case study

At different levels of territorial governance, there is a growing need for tools to support policy making oriented towards sustainable planning. The Ecosystem Services (ES) methodological framework represents a structured dimension to develop tools for the assessment of environmental performances and for the evaluation of territorial transformations linked to development needs. In particular, we propose an analytical framework applied to the Italian National context based on the ES multifunctionality approach, to be intended as the opportunity to consider the joint provision of multiple ES. The results highlight its potential to support decision making processes and formulate recommendations for sustainable spatial planning