The Social Sustainability of the Infrastructures: A Case Study in the Liguria Region

One of the indicators that measures economic development a territory is its infrastructural endowment (road, rail, etc.). The presence roads, railways, and airports are essential elements in creating optimal conditions for establishment or productive activities growth; also to generate benefits. However, infrastructure can have strong impacts on environment living population be subject actions related contrast opposition. Therefore, parallel with environmental sustainability assessment, it decide whether not build new infrastructure. In addition, social pursued basis an assessment takes into account various aspects relate work population, order identify most satisfactory design solution. Alongside adopted methodology, must identified suitable criteria which capable taking generated by infrastructure, only type, but attributed relative importance (or weight) congruous correct balance three sustainability. This contribution deals identification assessing projects, as reference 24 projects planning construction phase Liguria Region make use Regional Law n. 39/2007 “Regional Strategic Intervention Programs—P.R.I.S.” (Regional Programs); guarantees citizens affected this research work, selection performed through involvement local stakeholders well subjects institutions operate within decision-making process (designers, technicians from public administrations). selected then weighted pairwise comparison method used multi-criteria technique ThomasSaaty—Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). goal useful weights parties involved directly indirectly