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Urban Regionalisation Processes in Sicily: From the Theoretical Framework to the Local Dynamics
No full textThis introductory chapter proposes a mainly theoretical reflection on the category of the urban, both as a spatial and social product and as an economic and political one, in territories marked by settlement transformation phenomena. In tracking this evolutionary path, this chapter addresses the huge thematic bibliog- raphy on the phenomena of urban regionalisation without any demand for systematic approach but pursuing the aim of tracing the geography of this on-going transition in Sicily
Landscape of Exception as Spatial and Social Interaction Between High-Quality Agricultural Production and Immigrant Labour Exploitation
No full textThis Chapter analyses the spatial and social interaction phenomena between high-quality agricultural production and immigrant labour exploita- tion that produce the landscape of exception, a particular declination of the Agambenian (2005) “state of exception” concept. The landscape of exception construction mechanism is generated within South-Eastern Sicily through the productive system of greenhouses, finalised to the vegetables production. Green- houses, in particular, represent an effective tool for spatial manipulation over the landscape and social control of migrant workers. In relation to these considerations, this work reflects on ethical challenges and dilemmas of planning, highlighting (both explicit and latent) conflicts and power inequalities in the landscapes of exception, where issues of social justice, environmental sustainability and suspension of norms are strictly intertwined
Mutamenti spaziali come effetto di mutazioni sociali? Questioni aperte sui ussi migratori nei territori dell’agricoltura di qualità in Sicilia
Full text linkThe official statistics on the movements of the immigrant population of
the last 20 years in Sicily show a signi cant increase in foreign presences. Movements go beyond the seasonal dimension and are concentrated in non- urban areas with a greater agricultural vocation, where there are also high levels of economic innovation (Trapani and Ragusa). It is often a phenomenon with paradoxical outlines, considering that the economic results of quality agriculture are counterbalanced by
the conditions in which immigrants
live and work, being denied the right
to the city and citizenship. Therefore, there is a signi cant interdependence between agricultural development and foreign presences that this paper intends to deepen by analyzing the spatial consequences of migration and the weakness of local policies
LO STATO DELLA PIANIFICAZIONE NELLA PROVINCIA DI PALERMO
No full textIl contributo propone un'anilisi quali-quantitativa sullo stato della pianificazione urbanistica comunale nella provincia di Palermo alla luce del rinnovo dei riferimenti normativi regionali in materia di governo del territorio con l'approvazione della LR 19/202
Oltre l’emergenza Covid. Visioni e prospettive d’azione
No full textLa diffusione del Covid-19, che ha inesorabilmente segnato questi anni, pone le grandi aree urbane che per prime ne hanno certamente subìto direttamente gli effetti negativi di fronte a profonde sfide che concernono anche la limitazione delle libertà personali e il cambiamento degli stili di vita. L'articolo riflette su questi aspetti, provando a ragionare sulle sfide che l'urbanistica deve saper cogliereThis section brings back to the system some of the most significant perspectives of theoretical reflection and related repercussions on the level of practice that have started in Italy in the last year, in an attempt to overcome some rhetoric on the return to normality that seems to permeate speeches, narratives and operational proposals for the post-pandemic. A composite framework of interventions for outlining future research agendas able to propose a different future project for cities and territorie
The Power of Fiction in Creating a Territory’s Image
No full textThe current economic crisis, and its effects on the European sovereign debt, has resulted in a significant reduction in Italian investments in the field of preservation and enhancement of cultural heritage. In fragile contexts, such as Sicily, the contraction of investments has put further into crisis the already weak manage- ment and planning system. Despite this scenario of crisis, in South-Eastern Sicily, the province of Ragusa shows a significant resilience to the crisis also due to the “Mon- talbano effect” and the capability to rethink the traditional heritage policies (Maga- zzino and Mantovani 2012). The paper, based on the analysis of the South-Eastern Sicily case study, reflects on these potential and conflictive elements generated by the relationship between cine-tourism and local policies
Housing Issue and Right to Housing in Palermo
No full textThis article explores the dichotomy between interests and values in the field of the right to housing for homeless people, focusing on the informal practices of reappropriation of spaces (properties owned by the Municipality of Palermo) in the case study of Palermo. The experience we are dealing with here must be addressed in a wider context of structural and latent conflicts concerning the city of Palermo, which are strictly related to the emergency housing issue. Indeed, Palermo’s housing issue is a quite complex and articulated theme, where the ineffectiveness of public policies and the increasing poverty conditions, aggravated by the economic crisis, seem to find in the various forms of the illegal occupation, as for abandoned or unused buildings, an extreme mode to democratically get a denied right
Post-pandemic Cities: le sfide dell’urbanistica dopo l’emergenza
No full textI contributi avviano una riflessione sulle sfide e le azioni che la politica deve affrontare nella fase di ri-costruzione post-Covid-19 e nell’ambito delle quali l’urbanistica e la pianificazione territoriale avranno un ruolo chiave.
Interrogarsi su queste nuove sfide, sugli obiettivi e i sui vincoli della disciplina significa chiedersi: esiste un modello urbano/territoriale “resiliente” rispetto ai feno- meni pandemici così come li stiamo sperimentando? In relazione a questi, quali nuove sfide deve saper cogliere la pianificazione e in direzione di quale “normalità”? Quali inediti ruoli possono assumere gli urbanisti e i pianificatori territoriali per affrontare tali sfide
Il Piano Casa in Sicilia a dieci anni dalla sua approvazione
No full textIl contributo analizza l'esperienza del Piano Casa in Sicilia in relazione alle criticità di attuazione che porta con s
Flujos migratorios y territorios europeos: entre permanencia y cambio. Una mirada desde Italia
No full textEn relación con el escenario migratorio internacional, los fenómenos de globalización, las recientes transformaciones socioeconómicas y laborales, así como la ampliación de la Unión Europea a los países del Este, son la base de la convergencia de un complejo sistema de factores interdependientes que determinan el continuo cambio en las relaciones entre los países de origen y destino de los flujos migratorios. En partucular el articulo, a partir de datos de la Comisión Europea, analiza los flujos migratorios hacia Europa, sus procedencias y destinos, poniendo el acento en el caso italiano y en los primeros efectos del Decreto Salvini, en lo que puede ser considerato un proceso entre la negación de los derechos fundamentales de la persona y las formas de "desobediencia civil"
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