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Conceptualizing Core Aspects on Circular Economy in Cities
2021
Currently, there are many different interpretations in the literature of what a circular economy is and how it functions. As cities are still facing challenges to become fully sustainable, the need for a comprehensive analysis of how the circular economy can be implemented in urban areas is increasing. This article aims at outlining circular cities by their key characteristics and to further explore and provide a framework for fostering circularity at the city level. In order to achieve this goal, we performed a systematic review and analyzed key papers published in the field of circular economy to determine how circular economy practices form circular cities. We discovered that cities play…
General Overview
2016
Il capitolo introduce alla tematica smart city attraverso un exscursus storico che ne traccia i passaggi salienti: la nascita delle politiche globali ambientali sino al livello della maturità raggiunto con il Protocollo di Kyoto (1997); poi ancora il Pacchetto Clima 20-20-20 redatto dalla Commissione Europea nel 2008 che traccia un'altro punto cruciale che prelude ai progetti e alle iniziative in ambito smart cities. La Strategia Energetica Europea al 2050 rappresenta il quadro di riferimento a cui tendere. Il capitolo si conclude con una rassegna dei sistemi di ranking più popolari e con una proposta di analisi. The chapter introduces to smart city issue through a historical excursus, whic…
Globalizzazione e sistemi urbani: effetti, relazioni, espressioni territoriali
2013
L’era del post-fordismo, l’avvento della società della conoscenza, la globalizzazione, la liberalizzazione dei mercati, l’economia mondiale e l’evoluzione tecnologica, sono elementi che oltre ad influire a livello sociale, economico e relazionale, stanno producendo significativi cambiamenti nella sfera delle trasformazioni urbane, sia in termini spaziali che relazionali, rendendo la struttura delle città un sistema sempre più complesso e in costante riorganizzazione. Da queste considerazioni la ricerca, da cui questo articolo è estratto, intende elaborare un modello di sviluppo e di governo delle città, indirizzando lo studio al sistema insediativo di tipo reticolare, riscontrando nelle ret…
Construyendo comunes para el derecho a la ciudad a través de la innovación social colectiva en la distribución y consumo: explorando un marco concept…
2022
En la actual crisis urbana, el nuevo municipalismo reclama la reconstrucción de comunes urbanos para avanzar en el derecho a la ciudad. Señala al respecto la importancia de los movimientos sociales y de la acción pública municipal para generar procesos de innovación social “desde abajo”. Sin embargo, no se ha explorado suficientemente la literatura sobre innovación social con miras a comprender la construcción de comunes urbanos. Por ello, este trabajo propone, a partir de la literatura sobre innovación social de base, un marco para explorar prácticas de generación de comunes desde la ciudadanía, así como políticas municipales que pueden articularse para apoyarlas. El marco se emplea para e…
NATURALLY AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS FOR BUILDING NEW METABOLIC TERRITORIES
2021
Building new metabolic territories is a proactive way of responding to the challenges and precariousness of the contemporary city. Byintegrating solutions inspired by new scientific advances in urban ecology, cities are able to address some of the environmental threats. Many European cities are implementing alternative nature-based solutions to protect their health and tackle water scarcity, land consumption and climate change, to increase citizens' well-being. Wellbeing and health (Agenda 2030) are the most important analytical parameters for measuring the results and impacts of environmental project actions. With this in mind, the study presents a "nature-action" project hypothesis for wh…
A Possible Approach to Take into Account the Presence of Green Roofs in the Energy Certification of Buildings
2011
The Role of Technology in Participative Processes
2016
Smart city is more and more, in the common feeling, the crossroad of technologies, but first and foremost, the place where humans, contexts and technologies meet and must interact. Technological systems thanks to the deep human interaction acquire an uncertain behaviour that can be hardly modelled and controlled. The resulting complexity, cannot be easily handled with the tools that are available to separate scientific fields. The interdisciplinarity that comes from the implementation of technologies and the dialogue between these and the territories requires new tools for classification and design. New urban design tools are needed allowing to identify in a standardized way adequate suppor…
Ville et fortifications : de l'héritage à la production du territoire urbain
2015
A large number of french cities host military historical edifices (citadels, barracks, bastions, defensive walls, etc.). Although their initial defensive functions have been lost over time, these edifices remain deeply rooted in the urban fabric of their host cities. They continue exerting an impact on these cities’ urban morphology and modern-time functions as well as the way in which the concept of city is understood. Cities nowadays face some new challenges,the increasing awareness of urban sprawl and its consequences, coupled with an urge to promote a renewed and sustainable urbanism, invites us to adopt new approaches to study urban fortifications. In addition to their symbolic aspect,…
Scultura ellenistica e paesaggio urbano: i casi di Tindari e Solunto
2019
The archaeological evidence provides us with significant clues about the role of the sculptural display in the urban space during the Hellenistic period. The paper focuses on two study cases from Tindari and Solunto respectively. Thanks to the investigation of overlooked archival documents and historiography, it has been possible to single out the monumental contexts of the sculptures. It is now quite certain that the two marble Nikai from Tyndaris come from the mid-19th century excavation at the theatre, perhaps from the paraskenia of the huge late Hellenistic scene building. The second part deals with the so-called Zeus of Solunto, its extant pieces and the puzzling remains of the sacred …
La piazza, la strada, l’edificio, Progetti che raccontano l’esistente
2017
I centri storici fanno spesso leggere una stretta connessione tra le parti e il tutto, tra le singole architetture e l’intero organismo urbano, tanto che i rapporti spaziali che regolano i singoli elementi si riscontrano nella stessa configurazione della città: nella organizzazione degli luoghi aperti e nello stesso sistema distributivo delle unità abitative, per cui tutto è regolato dalla morfologia strutturata del paesaggio urbano. Il progetto, allora, impone una capacità di lettura del sistema e delle relazioni, considerato che pure un frammento ha il potere di svelare le ragioni costitutive di un sistema spaziale molto più complesso. Il progetto del nuovo trova le sue ragioni nella comp…