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Neoliberal Rome. The role of tourism
Full text link: The primary objective of this paper is to analyze the main characteristics of recent tourism
policies in Rome by describing the local modalities through which the neoliberal approach to urban
strategies has been implemented. The first section highlights some general features of the city of
Rome and its tourism, which are particularly useful for understanding the specificities of neoliberal
tourism policies. The paper then proceeds to describe the most clearly defined neoliberal period of
the city from 1993 to 2008, when the new Master Plan was drawn up to establish new policies and
projects for tourism. The period that followed 2008 was marked by the gradual withdrawal of public
action, which on the other hand has left ample freedom to the forces of tourism and globalization
Prefazione ad Annali del Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli per l'Economia, il Territorio e la Finanza - The Future of Europe
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La giustizia ambientale in Italia. Una riflessione introduttiva
Full text linkLa giustizia ambientale è un concetto non ancora del tutto condiviso in letteratura, nonostante una storia non proprio recente. L’indeterminatezza si deve probabilmente al fatto che esso si compone di altri concetti già complessi, come giustizia (sociale) e ambiente, per cui la possibilità di farne un principio ispiratore dell’agenda e della pratica politica dipende da come si sceglie di definirlo. Il contributo ha l’obiettivo di introdurre la discussione sulla utilità dello studio della giustizia ambientale in Italia nella convinzione che, pur con modalità diverse rispetto agli Stati Uniti, esso possa essere estremamente fruttuoso. Una sua migliore comprensione ed una verifica di contesto nel caso italiano potrebbero infatti contribuire sia allo sforzo complessivo di ridefinire il quadro teorico nel quale iscrivere il rapporto società/ambiente, di cui si sente il bisogno, in particolare in geografia, sia nel determinare l’evoluzione degli orientamenti politici e operativi
La regione urbana
No full textIl contributo ricostruisce la letteratura sulla regione urbana nei diversi periodi storici e con riferimento alle principali scuole geografiche di lettura del fenomeno urban
Land degradation in Mediterranean urban areas: An unexplored link with planning?
No full textThis paper examines the role of biophysical and anthropogenic factors as potential drivers of land degradation in a large Mediterranean urban region. The sensitivity of land to degradation is examined in relation to the territorial disparities observed within Rome's metropolitan area (Italy), and to the changes in its spatial organisation resulting from urban shrinkage. We derive a composite index of land sensitivity to degradation using the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Index (ESAI) at the municipal level. The observed regional disparities in ESAI scores are analysed diachronically for the period 1990-2008, based on elevation, distance from the coast and population density. The results indicate that spatial disparities in ESAI recorded in 1990 had decreased by 2008, although the degree of land sensitivity had increased throughout the urban region. We subsequently relate these changes to different models of urban organisation (i.e. 'compact growth' vs 'sprawl') observed in Rome since the 1990s. In 1990, the highest degree of land sensitivity was on the urban fringe of Rome, whereas by 2008 the greatest increase in land sensitivity was observed within suburban municipalities. This sensitivity progressively spread further away from the main urban centre during the study period. The results suggest the need to reconsider the polycentric spatial framework as an environmentally sustainable model for Rome and other urban regions in the Mediterranean. © 2012 The Authors. Area © 2012 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Cohesive competitiveness and sustainability: a planning application of STeM approach at the italian scale NUTs3
No full textIn Italy we have observed in the last ten years strong forces moving towards a new approach to territorial and economic development.
New guidance and new procedures in the international and European researches have singled out in the NUTs 3 level the best geographical scale for programming the economic development; this means that provinces must have, at least in Italy, broaden competences useful to give ‘European’ solution to the problems of organization and management of territory, economy, society, environment.
In this sense, the application of new geographical criteria to the analysis of Italian province competitiveness could give a measure of the progressive ‘federalisation’ of the Italian system.
In this paper we presents the main results, and the most important following line of project, of the Research worked out by the AGeI (Association of the Italian Geographers) national Group in the last two years. The Research Group have applied the STeM approach (Sustainable Territorial Economic/Environmental Management Approach) at the geographical scale NUTs3 in Italy. Through the application of a broad range (116) of indicators to all the 109 Italian provinces, we observe how the territorial diversity could be considered like a relational good, something that could add value to the opportunity of economic and territorial development in the European integration process. The best example, in this sense, is the choice to put sustainability at the base of the policy for a competitive development in the long term; a choice shared by institutions but not always put into practice. In this sense, the results of the analysis stress the new role of the province in a governance process that must be not just regulation but a tool of social cohesion
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