The aim of the study is to analyze the economic and social aspects of the paper, textile and plant-flower growing districts. The starting point is a general outline of the industrial district paradigm, which is a local context characterized by a concentration of small and medium size businesses. These specialize in various phases of a common production chain in which the high level of integration among economic actors (enterprises, families, institutions) comprises one of the main factors of endogenous activation and economic innovation in the area. In order to explain the social, economic and environmental potential that can develop within the individual districts and then among the districts, we reviewed the main features of the social and economic structure of each local system according to the following outline: 1. analysis of the main macroeconomic (GDP, jobs, consumption of goods and services) and microeconomic (businesses, number of jobs in each) indicators; 2. a description of the three production chains under review; 3. a description of the main management framework with reference to environmentally significant industrial services (economic and financial indicators relative to the integrated water services, waste cycles, energy consumption and gas supply).

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