Uno studio sulla percezione delle emergenze metropolitane: un approccio modellistico

In this work we propose a statistical approach for studying the perception of the more serious problems that arise in a large metropolitan area. We classify some of them as emergencies and ask to a sample of young people living in Naples to rank them with respect to their relevance. Then, we apply a mixture model for explaining the expressed evaluation; therein, the uncertainty of the answer and the seriousness of the problem are jointly examined and compared. Some Þnal considerations about further developments conclude the pape