Small scale analysis of energy vulnerability in the municipality of Palermo

Abstract

The current increase in energy prices has raised concerns about the repercussions on households, particularly the most vulnerable ones. This paper aims to provide a preliminary analysis of energy poverty in the municipality of Palermo. Based on the evidence from the most recent literature, we select a set of vulnerability indicators, also taking into account data availability. We then perform a principal component analysis to reduce the dataset into a few components and map them to the urban context under study. The analysis identifies two distinct vulnerability profiles concentrated in the historic centre and the Filippo-Neri, Roccella and Brancaccio-Ciaculli neighbourhoods.