Atlante Covid-19 geografie del contagio in Italia

The Atlas, through the additive use of text-paper, prospects the epidemic picture of the first wave of Covid-19 in Italy (February-June 2020). This period, affected by the strict restrictions of the lockdown, allows us to explore the emergence of outbreaks, the spread of contagion, and the virulence of the disease in certain parts of Italy in relation to the physical-environmental and socio-territorial aspects of each region. In fact, the pandemic has shown that the territories of contagion are anisotropic and react to infection differently. The objective of the Atlas is to detail and problematize this articulation. The cartography, by cross-referencing socio-territorial data with data pertaining to contagion, outlines very different environmental situations: a tripartite subdivision emerges of the Peninsula, which, in this first wave, remains unchanged over time. It thus identifies three different "Italies": the northern one, where the intensity of contagion is highest; the central one where the intensity is medium-high; and finally, the southern one, includes the rest of the Italian peninsula, affected in a milder way. This suggests that physical and social factors intervene in the spread of the disease, confirming the methodological approach of the research.