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Alle radici del valore dei beni paesistico-ambientali, artistici, architettonici e culturali
No full textTo the Roots of Landscape, Environmental, Artistic, Architectonic and Cultural Goods Value. Since the very
beginning 0/economics, the problem 0/value has been basic /or researchers. From the Physiocrats down to the Classics and
to the Marginalists, the dilemma have always been the /ollowing: where does value come /rom and where is it going?
According to the Classica l School (Smith, Ricardo and Marx), s the use 0/ production /actors, and above alllabour,
determines the value 0/production. Labour is the valorisation /actor and its cost determines the value. On the contrary the
Neoclassical School (Marginalistical) supports the idea that the sold production to give indirectly value to /actors 0/
production (land, labour and capitat)o In this context, two are the elements that create value: the scarcity 0/supply and
demand; value there/ore becomes the market price if the goods considered have a market. The classical view /ails when one
must evaluate goods supplied /reely by nature. The Neoclassical view /ails when it is called to evaluate goods or services
that, even if they have a value, they don 't have a market or price (when it is short 0/the attribute 0/permutability), . Both
these two methodological approaches are unsatis/actory. The value 0/goods and .,ervices is perhaps given by the cost 0/
/actors or the marketingprice, but,from a systemic point o/view, it has to take into account also other costs and bene/its:
those that the collectivity indirectly sustains. These costs and bene/its are called by economists externalities (localized or
pervasiveJ. This paper aims at clearing/rom a theoretical and methodological point 0/ view what /ollows: a) value
determination concerning Landscape, Environmental, Artistic, Architectonic and Cultural Goods, eventually /inding a
common denominator; b) the contribution that /actors 0/production, market, and policy makers could give in order to
rationalize this complex matter; c) the quali- and quantitative Justification 0/public sustainment to /arms with particular
re/erence to soil maintenance and conservation and to other actions 0/public interest on rural areas
On the Hoelder continuity of solutions of second order elliptic equations in two vraiables
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UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS IN LANDSCAPE AND CULTURAL MOSAIC. VISIONS, VALUES, VULNERABILITY: AN INTRODUCTION
No full textHow much is it worth for whom? How long will be worth for?
We must not be scared off by mythical names such as the City of the Sun,
Utopia, New Atlantis, and we must not give in to the chanting of their
Mermaids. Let’s start from Friedman and his definition of urban utopia and
dystopia: “utopian thinking: the capacity to imagine a future that departs
significantly from what we know to be a general condition of the present....In
the peculiar form of dystopias, utopian thinking may alert us to certain
tendencies in the present, which, if allowed to continue unchecked and carried
to a logical extreme, would result in a world we would find abhorrent”.
Emphasis will not be placed on the urban utopias of the perfect city since this
field has been widely and finely explored by urban planners and architects. It
was, after all, the first topic that was dealt with by many utopians in their
description of their little perfect worlds. Rather, we want to explore the abstract
spatial forms of utopia and dystopias. The term dystopia is not only used to refer
to the extreme consequences of the mistakes of mankind, but also to the
conflicts arising from different utopias and particularly between utopias and the
real world. Such conflicts will enable us to consider spatial forms in their
temporal development, not only as a starting and finishing point but also as a
process having intermediate phases that are often concealed by the saying “the
ends justify the means”.
The age-old dystopia between city and countryside must be overcome. Border
areas have never been well defined and are formed by the combination of
numerous tesserae that, at times, are juxtaposed like proper mosaic tesserae, and
at times represent mixed areas where the single components become blurred and
indistinguishable. One’s desire to classify and separate must give way to the
analysis of merging, dissolution and enlargement of borders, just like Gottman
did in his much praised (but also criticised) Megalopolis
Test genetici di paternità in gravidanza : una scelta oppure un obbligo per l’operatore?
No full textThe rapid development of molecular diagnostic techniques in the last twenty years has
been followed by an ethical and regulatory adjustment which turned out to be difficult
and complex.
At the same time the media contribute to convey to the public the idea of a virtual absence
of limits, especially when dealing with genetic investigations, which often leads to an
unconscious violation of the same regulations. However it is not uncommon to observe
that these rules are sometimes violated with full consciousness.
This manuscript will analyse the issue of genetic paternity testing performed during
pregnancy in the light of the Italian legislation.
This study does not cover a full revision of the international legislation, but it could
become a starting point in order to discuss an issue which is currently credited with only
marginal consideration.
After reviewing the main analytical techniques and the legal status of the embryo, the
Authors revised the legal framework and the principles of the medical code of conduct
regarding genetic discrimination in relation to the Law n. 194/1978 (the Italian law
governing the voluntary termination of pregnancy in some specific situations).
The main point to consider is whether DNA paternity tests are legally allowed during
pregnancy.
In either case there are significant legal and ethical implications for the health care
professional when asked for prenatal paternity testing.
From this study emerges the need for a legal clarification aimed at standardising the
rules, avoiding arbitrary decisions
Interrelazioni di lavoro città-campagna. Un nuovo metodo per contribuire all'analisi territoriale
No full textReperti archeobotanici di vite a Mutina
No full textLa presenza di reperti archeobotanici di vite (Vitis vinifera L.) nei siti di Periodo Romano per la colonia di Modena è molto diffusa. Sicuramente i reperti sono prevalentemente di vite coltivata, ma doveva essere presente anche la vite selvatica, liana legata a siepi, lembi di querceto misto e boschi ripariali , ambienti tipici della pianura modenese in età romana
Circuiti commerciali e consumo alimentare a Mutina
No full textLa grande varietà di materie prime disponibili per l’alimen- tazione umana in una società è generalmente considerato se- gnale di benessere. Si può affermare che il cibo è un marker sociale potente: avvenne molto presto nella storia che alcuni individui iniziarono a pretendere più risorse alimentari di altri 1 e, sicuramente, anche maggiormente variegate. La connessione tra cibo, ricchezza e potere ha origini molto antiche e con diverse caratteristiche questo legame si è mantenuto fino al- l’oggi 2; la qualità del cibo, oltre alla quantità, ha quindi un grande peso identitario 3.
In Italia già con gli Etruschi ci sono i segnali di novità riguardanti ingredienti e modalità di consumo del cibo, ma è solo con i Romani che abbiamo tante prove tangibili di una vera e propria “rivoluzione alimentare” e una particolare attenzione alle pratiche ad essa correlate. Le varietà di cibi e le loro modalità di consumo si legano fortemente alla posizione occupata dal consumatore nella gerarchia della società romana, spesso presentando anche aspetti contraddittori; tra questi, uno dei più significativi per le classi dominanti è quello legato ai prodotti rari ed esotici, da una parte tratto distintivo del potere dovuto al censo, dall’altro marchio dell’eccesso per molto tempo condannato dalla società romana.
Della varietà dei cibi pregiati che arrivarono da ogni parte dell’impero sulla tavola dei Mutinenses sono testimonianza i contenitori utilizzati per il loro trasporto, le anfore, da una parte, e le analisi archeobotaniche e archeozoologiche, dall’altra. Seppure in grado di documentare solo una parte delle importazioni e degli acquisti, questi dati costituiscono un imprescindibile strumento per comprendere i consumi e il loro peso socio-economico, oltre che culturale
Proceedings of the 19th IPSAPA/ISPALEM - International Scientific Conference. The Turning Point of the Landscape-cultural Mosaic: Renaissance Revelation Resilience
No full textTurning Point is the provocative term geologist and (today) opinion leader Gregg Braden uses to encourage all of us to reflect on the ways that science and culture are traveling. In his work "he is known internationally as a pioneer in building a bridge between science and indigenous skills in view of real solutions for today's world." This is not the first laudator temporis acti (admirer of the past) but his characteristic is to challenge many stereotypes of the contemporary world from the inside, and not just as a confused outside observer as sometimes happens in nostalgic literature. For him the turning point is the obliged moment to bring back the world before it falls into a chaotic structure no longer controllable. Experts of complexity however tell us that progress can only be born in a world that hovers on the brink of chaos. Braden, after living as an expert in the world of complexity, casts doubts on this statement and sets limits beyond which the risk of uncontrollable fall becomes too high. Its wide reflection on resilience shows the need to maintain, while there is still time, a reserve capacity, unexpressed but accessible
Proceedings of the 20th IPSAPA/ISPALEM International Scientific Conference. The Erratic Behavior of the Landscape-cultural Mosaic: Emotion, Energy, Experience
No full textThe 20th IPSAPA conference was held in Reggio Calabria on July 7-8, 2016.
The call for papers was followed by the participants more faithfully than usual,
and the papers cover most of the foreseen items in a balanced way. The call for
papers therefore is also a good outline for the introduction to this book.
Since 2005 IPSAPA conference focuses on the successful keyword "landscapecultural
mosaic". Sometimes it prevailed realism, sometimes economic
sustainability, sometimes the evolutionary dynamics, sometimes the pursuit of
excellence. This time we went back to the domain of the imagination and to the
fascination of discovery, taking the line of the conferences of 2009 and 2010,
called respectively: "The backstage of the landscape-cultural mosaic: Invisible,
Inaccessible, Inexistent" and "The Wonderland in the landscape-cultural mosaic:
Idea, Image, Illusion". The fantastic invention was present in part also in the
2013 conference entitled "Utopias and dystopias in the landscape-cultural
mosaic: Visions, Values, Vulnerability"
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