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Nomenclatural notes on Fabaceae described from Sicily
2021
A note about some taxa in Anthyllis and Trifolium (Fabaceae) described from Sicily is presented. Concerning Trifolium, we provide the lectotypification of the name T. pratense var. semipurpureum (≡ T. pratense subsp. semipurpureum), using a specimen preserved at PAL (Todaro’s collection). Concerning the Lojacono-Pojero’s name Vulneraria heterophylla var. parvula, it is lectotypified by a specimen at G. A neotype at NAP is proposed for the Gussone’s name Vulneraria heterophylla var. albiflora. As this latter name is applied to a taxon accepted here at specific rank, a new combination is validated. On the contrary, A. heterophylla var. parvula is considered as a new heterotypic synonym of Ant…
The Reshaping of the City-Port Interface in Palermo: A Case of Successful Urban Governance?
2023
In the last decades, various port cities in western countries have developed policies to make shipping activities more compatible with the urban environment and organization. This paper provides a critical interpretation of the process that is leading to the regeneration of the waterfront area of Palermo, the Italian fifth largest city by population. In a first part of the paper the events and economic factors that have negatively impacted on the city-port spatial relations are outlined. Subsequently, in the light of the new governance relations established between the city and port authorities, the strategy and main interventions of the port masterplan that is currently reshaping the city-…
The importance of the web marketing strategies for the nurseries and gardening companies in the Southern Italy
2013
In the last years, the integrated use of internet in the company marketing strategies has brought about deep changes in the economic sector of the countries. The World Wide Web has become the most important way companies share business information with other enterprises (B2B) and with consumers (B2C). Consequently, the companies have modified the processes making significant changes, mainly in the fields of communication and sales. The study presented here is to be situated in the category of the B2C relations and is specifically addressed to the nurseries and gardening companies in the Southern regions of Italy that use the Internet as a communication and promotion tool. The goal of this p…
Giovani del Mezzogiorno. Uno sguardo d’insieme
2013
Construction Guilds in Southern Italy and the Islands (15th-16th Centuries): Leadership and Rivalries
2020
In the South of Italy and the big islands, in counter-trend with respect to the rest of the peninsula, construction guilds know a renewed vitality between the last decades of 15th and the beginning of 16th centuries. Rules, prerogatives and operative modes are regulated by statutes, often undersigned by the masters included in the trade organization, mentioning also the other actors involved in the approval processes. The intertwining of these and other archival documents sometimes reveals the leading role played within the guild by masters that overcome the anonymity usually considered to be inherent in the corporate system. Comparing the rules and the boundaries among specific trades esta…
ARCHITETTURA E COSTRUZIONE IN ITALIA MERIDIONALE (XVI-XVII SEC.)
2016
La ricerca presentata in questo volume intende tenere a qualche distanza il paradigma centro-periferia, o quello speculare della lingua e dei dialetti, che, con altri termini e pur dando dignità agli “sconfitti”, riconfermano e sclerotizzano la distanza tra centri egemonici e luoghi della ricezione e della traduzione. In che misura la produzione artistica del Meridione (di certo Meridione, naturalmente) nel Cinquecento è ascrivibile ad una categoria fissata una volta per tutte? Vale ancora questo parametro per le ricerche di natura costruttiva o per la pratica della stereotomia? Forse la permeabilità o l’indifferenza a determinate conquiste (quelle che oggi, dopo Vasari e dopo un secolo di …
The effects of the anti-mafia entrepreneurial behavior on firm performance: an empirical study on southern Italian small-medium enterprises
2015
The organized crime is a relevant ethical, cultural, legal, sociologic and economic issue in many countries. In the last years there have been some positive signs of a reaction against the mafia like the successful experience of Addiopizzo, an anti-bribery association founded in Palermo in 2004 that today counts over 500 affiliated firms. Gambetta (1993) suggests the mafia could better be understood as a profit maximizing corporation in the marketplace for private protection. Despite this position has been criticized (Scalia, 2010), it highlights the crucial role of the pizzo for the mafia activities. In this study, we identify as “Anti-mafia Entrepreneurial Behaviour” (AEB) the choice of t…
Medieval Confraternities in Palermo
2022
The essay reconstruct the medieval piety that built and sustained hospitals and penitential brotherhoods in medieval Palermo.
Forest nurseries and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan: the case of Sicily and Apulia (Italy)
2023
In Italy, the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) foresees the planting of ca. 6.6 million trees to establish urban and peri-urban forests in 14 metropolitan cities. This ambitious project requires a significant number of native trees and shrubs, currently unavailable in Italian public and private nurseries. This survey analyzes the state of forest nurseries in two administrative regions of southern Italy, i.e. the “Filici” forest nursery (province of Agrigento, Sicily) and the Gargano Mountain Reclamation Consortium (province of Foggia, Apulia), to evaluate the adequacy of Sicilian and Apulian forest nurseries as potential sources of plant material to meet the requirements of the …
Le politiche pubbliche e la violenza come “rischio” nella Sicilia occidentale
2014
4. Il saggio prende le mosse dal rifiuto di Franca Viola di sottostare al matrimonio come atto “riparatorio" alla violenza subita, che aveva il potere di derubricare giuridicamente lo stupro perpetrato dal carnefice ma, soprattutto, di riammettere la vittima, in un contesto sociale, pronto, in caso contrario, ad escluderla e stigmatizzarla. Ne descrive i passaggi con cui la Regione Sicilia perviene, circa quaranta anni dopo, all'approvazione della Legge n.3 sulla violenza di genere. Fa il punto sulle associazioni di terzo settore impegnate nel contrasto al fenomeno nella Sicilia occidentale, gli sportelli antiviolenza istituiti e servizi che vengono forniti alle donne vittime di violenza di…