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Protein supplements consumption: a comparative study between the city centre and the suburbs of Palermo, Italy
2014
Background: Protein supplements are extensively used among commercial gym users and athletes. Although demographic information amongst such consumption has been poorly investigated. The aim of this study is to compare protein supplement consumption in commercial gym users, both from the city centre and the suburbs of Palermo, Italy. Methods: A face-to-face questionnaire has been administered to 561 subjects. 207 from the city centre (CC) and 354 from the suburbs (SB) of Palermo, Italy. Protein supplement consumption, frequency of use and association with other dietary supplements has been investigated. Subsequently frequency distribution has been used for demographic assessment. Results: 30…
La città contemporanea e il territorio agricolo. Una relazione in continuo divenire
2014
Does the balanced relationship between the city and the country, typical of the birth of the urban centers and still existing in the eighteenth century, hold on until today? Can the relationship between the two parts be still considered an equal relationship? And again, can the “limits” of the contemporary city, with their residue of agricultural land be considered key points for the renaissance of a contemporary ecologically-oriented city? These are some questions underlying the research of which this paper presents the results. In order to answer these questions, this research has reflected on the transformation, over the centuries, of the relationship between town and country, on the mai…
Future Development of an Energy-Efficient Electric Scooter Sharing System Based on a Stakeholder Analysis Method
2023
E-scooters as a new form of mobility are gaining more and more popularity. This popularity results from the flexibility of this mode of transport, but above all from the positive impact on the natural environment through the much higher energy efficiency of an e-scooter compared to a motor vehicle (according to the literature the rate is 2 km per kWh equivalent for a motor vehicle and the range is 90–100 km per kWh in the case of an e-scooter). This paper introduces a discussion on the future development of an energy-efficient electric scooter sharing system based on stakeholder analysis methods. The implementation of the e-scooter sharing system involves linking several areas of human acti…
Smart-City Citizen Engagement: The Answer to Energy Savings in an Economic Crisis?
2022
As the populations of cities grow, it is obvious that they need more and more resources. Energy is currently one of the most desirable resources due to the economic and energy crisis, but it needs to be used in a sustainable manner. There are cities that achieve smart city (SC) status that provide smart policies towards sustainable development. The aim of the present paper is to determine whether citizen engagement in SC can contribute to reduced energy consumption in the current economic crisis. The paper presents an original survey intended to collect primary data and a study conducted based exclusively on qualitative methods. The results concern a broad and multifaceted review of literat…
The costs of putting Valencia on the map: the hidden side of regional entrepreneurialism, ‘creative city’ and strategic projects
2018
Strategic projects based on culture and sports have been one of the vectors of regional development since the 1990s. Accordingly, local and regional governments have drawn up entrepreneurial strate...
Megacities without Global Functions.
2007
Present urban evolution is characterized by two major phenomena. On the one hand, the number of very large cities, the megacities, increases dramatically, especially in the less developed countries (LDCs). On the other hand, globalization leads to the emergence of cities coordinating complex and global economic activities, the global cities, especially in the more developed countries (MDCs). So, the two phenomena are diverging. A number of megacities do not exhibit any global function.The global performances of megacities are well correlated with their degree of economic development. But it is worth wondering why economic underdevelopment is consistent with urban growth but not with city gl…
La ri-composizione del territorio / The ricomposition of territory
2017
Il saggio, inserito nel volume di sintesi della ricerca PRIN 2009 (“Dalla campagna urbanizzata alla : le norme compositive dell’architettura nel territorio dei centri minori”) presenta alcune aspetti fondamentali del lavoro svolto dall’unità di ricerca locale dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo (responsabile prof.. A. Margagliotta) che ha studiato l’attraverso interno Palermo-Agrigento e il ruolo dell’infrastruttura stradale in rapporto alla questione dei centri minori e della campagna. In particolare il saggio mette approfondisce il tema dei luoghi dell’attraversamento e il ruolo delle infrastrutture; la questione della la campagna e della sua capacità rigenerante nei confronti della re…
Współpraca międzysektorowa w "smart city" ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem roli NGO
2018
Cities, in order to meet the diverse needs of their residents and to cope with urban problems, need not only to create innovative Solutions, but also open to all urban actors local government policies. This aim is especially important to help meet an intelligent city s goals. The paper presents the assumptions of the smart city concept and describes a role of an intersectoral cooperation for a city benefit particularly emphasizing a role of NGOs in it. There were also placed two case studies of cities of Lodz and Cracow, presenting the examples of cities undertaking an intersectoral cooperation (especially with NGOs) and developing strategies based on smart city concept.
Creative City 3.0: smart cities for the urban age
2012
In current financial, economical and political crisis, with the progressive downgrading of the States and the world’s GDPs dropping, the strong flows of financial, social and relational capital that powered urban regeneration over the last fifteen years are no longer available to be tapped in on in an indiscriminate manner as it seems was the case until just a few years ago. The most dynamic cities in the near future will no longer be those that are able to attract urban projects driven by the real estate market, or hedge funds, but the cities that have extensive cultural and identifying resources and that are able to use them as the basis for creating new culture and new urban value. Today…