The SDGs indicators for the statistical analysis of land and water resource protection

The evolution of the concept of sustainability and the availability of new statistical information requires constant checks on the set of indicators so that they accurately carry out the task of representing well-being in our society. The Sustainable Development Goals refer to several domains of development related to environmental, social, economic, and institutional issues. For the environmental sustainability is particularly interesting territorial protection and thewater resource issues and howstatistical indicators can be helpful for urban planning and decisions support systems. The numerous data available have been analysed at regional level through multivariate statistical methodologies (Totally Fuzzy and Relative method) capable of synthesizing the multiple information to assess the current situation in the different Italian regions. The presence of multiple data updated to 2019 allows researchers to develop a holistic approach to the evaluation of the policies of government of the territory in place and to monitor the progress of subsequent policies of intervention of the Italian government.