## 7 Conclusions  
Due to climate change effects, land protection and the need to integrate environmental risk mitigation measures into regional strategies and planning are becoming increasingly important. In this regard, the aim of this work was to provide more specificity to the values of glacier retreat and shrinkage, with the aim of assessing the hazard resulting from these phenomena in relation to the risks arising from possible gravitational movements and landslides that could occur in deglaciated areas. In particular, this work presented a procedure for assessing and mapping landslide susceptibility and the associated risk relating to glacier melting phenomena and consequent slope instabilities. The primary aim of this study was to provide a risk map to support local governments in identifying priorities for the design of appropriate mitigation plans. Valle d'Aosta was chosen as a \"testing ground\" for glacial risk research, especially regarding the associated landslide risk, which involves all the municipalities in the region.  
The assessment was divided into regional and municipal/local analysis.  
At the regional scale, the assessment was conducted using nine hazard indices taken from different bibliographic sources and sector manuals, aiming to provide the most complete framework possible. The research adopted a multidisciplinary approach, as required by the complexity of the landslide phenomena, whose occurrence is determined by a series of interrelated factors, categorized into environmental conditions and triggering factors. While numerous methods and examples exist concerning the assessment and computation of individual sub-components, there is still a lack of applications of the entire risk assessment procedure over large areas, where the final result can be directly used for designing risk mitigation policies at the regional and municipal levels. The final result of this first phase is a susceptibility to landslide movements map, which shows the territory's propensity for the occurrence of landslide phenomena in relation to different combinations of predisposing factors.  
For the municipal level, the methodology was further refined using higher-resolution data and by integrating in situ analysis in order to properly evaluate vulnerability, whose estimate at the regional scale is very difficult. For the local scale, the developed methodology was tested in the final section of the Lys River valley, categorized as a high-risk area in Valle d'Aosta. In particular, the final stretch of the valley was examined, through five steps: (i) improved hazard calculation; (ii) site survey and vulnerability assessment; (iii) worth exposed analysis; (iv) estimation of potential damage; and (v) aggregated risk score computation.  
The risk calculation presented in this paper is part of a broader process within landslide disaster risk management (DRM), in which hazard definition and risk calculation are fundamental phases that allow the development of strategies aiming to strengthen the resilience of a community affected by natural hazards. Changes driven by climate change pose new challenges to territorial planning and governance, requiring intervention in the **connective tissue** between environmental and territorial components, evaluating their interactions comprehensively. For planners, urbanists, or project developers, this necessitates an enhanced capacity for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange with disaster-related experts and technicians, the consideration of an increasing number of variables (and associated uncertainties), and an expansion of spatial and temporal scales in analyses.  
Conceptualization, G.C. and M.P.; methodology, G.C. and M.P.; formal analysis, M.P.; writing--original draft preparation, G.C.; writing--review and editing, M.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.  
This research received no external funding.  
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