Le politiche territoriali dei nuovi spazi del consumo

2006

Past and present “Urban voids” as resources for the future. The case-study of Catania

2002

Since the end of the 1960s, the landscapes of major cities have been more and more characterized by the presence of "urban voids". Today these "voids", which are often heterogeneous in their manifestation, dominate the discussions about the transformation and the future of urban areas. The reclaiming and re-use of derelict sites and "cultural heritage" has the duty to assure for the next generation the knowledge of the cultural values of the past. In this paper we will focus our attention on a re-used "cultural heritage": the Multifunctional Centre of Catania (Sicily, Objective 1 region). Thanks to the Urban Programme this "urban void"- abandoned for decades and deteriorated - was recovered…

Gestione integrata delle aree costiere e sviluppo turistico sostenibilie: il litorale orientale della Sicilia, tra recupero, tradizione e integrazione

2005

Precaution and protection policies of urban ecosystem in the Iblea north eastern coast of Sicily

2005

According to the hypothetical urban scenarios in the future, the urban ecosystem will be the piace where the most part of people live, with a deep negative impact on the world ecosystem. So it is necessary for all the people to get better ways of life in the towns and less and less unbalanced urban space, that to say a clean, efficiency and productive place that satisfies the needs of its inhabitants. A fundamental aim to the restoration of conditions of equity in the city seems to come from the models of development of sustainable city, related to the improvement of the environment and, above all, to a plan of sustainable society. Leaving from the indications of the European urban policies…

Rileggendo la città: le recenti trasformazioni del commercio a Catania

2016

This paper aims at scrutinizing the evolution of the retail sector and, consequently, of retailscapes in a Southern Italy city, Catania. Starting from the outputs of an empirical place-based research project carried out by the authors in the mid ’2000s, the work deepens the recent transformations occurred both in the central areas and in the suburbs, in order to explore the processes and dynamics – produced by and within the retail field – which have been shaping urban morphology and socio-economic functions in the last decade.

Gerarchie territoriali e commercio in Sicilia

2017

Il paper sintetizza le fasi della ricerca dell'Unità Locale siciliana nell'ambito del PRIN 2015 "Commercio, consumo e città. Pratiche, pianificazione e governance per l’inclusione, la resilienza e la sostenibilità urbane" coordinato da Lida Viganoni (UNiversità degli Studi di Napoli 'L'Orientale'".

Il commercio quale elemento d'identità culturale della città: il caso di Catania

2006