Environmental Impact Assessment studies in the Regional Park of Sassi di Roccamalatina (Northern Apennines, Italy).

The present paper describes the state of the art of the Environmental Impact Assessment studies carried out in the Regional Park of Sassi di Roccamalatina (Northern Appennines, Italy) within the framework of a Europena Union funded project concerning the role of geomorphology in the EIA studies (Human Capital and Mobility Project). After some indications on protected areas in Italy, the environmental aspects of the Park are described; the the geomorphological survey analysed. Furthermore a possible appplicatiuon of an EIA procedure based on the above mentioned survey is presentes. Finally a few notes on the digitalisation of topographic data and the realisation of a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) are given.