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The socioeconomic impacts of local energy programmes: a case study of Avrig, Romania
2014
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the expected economic and social effects of the “Local Energy Plan” – a programme of the local administration that aims to transform the Romanian town Avrig until 2020 into an energy independent town relying exclusively on renewable energy resources. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a mixed-method approach to investigate the effects of a small town's transition to renewable energy. This approach consists of a series of in-depth interviews with the local authorities, investors, other representatives of the business sector and citizens of Avrig and economic modelling to determine the direct effects generated by the implementat…
Electronic Town Meeting a Palermo. Dispositivi tecnologici e limiti della partecipazione
2015
Gli autori propongono una riflessione sull'uso dello strumento di partecipazione a partire dall'esperienza maturata a Palermo
Energy and Economic Analysis of Different Buildings Constructed with Environmentally Sustainable and Traditional Materials
2013
The use of bioclimatic principles can reduce energy demands and CO2emissions in the building sector. Costs are one of the most important barriers to a widespread adoption of the green architecture e.[ The aim of this study is to compare the energy and economic performances of two buildings: a real residential bioclimatic building located in Cinisi (a small town near Palermo, Sicily) and an imaginary residential building supposed having the same geographical location, cubature, shape and orientation as the bioclimatic building but built by conventional building materials. The tools used for this study were TRNSYS and HOMER[
A description model for regeneration through urban tourism in rural towns with underused historic real estate
2016
Il presente contributo propone un modello di descrizione (description model) che trova applicazione in una situazione reale di aiuto alla decisione posto dall'urbanista per lo sviluppo turistico delle città rurali nelle zone dell'entroterra siciliano. Il problema decisionale riguarda la città di Cianciana (AG), che negli ultimi anni si è resa protagonista di un particolare fenomeno di turismo internazionale. In particolare, proponiamo un quadro valutativo multicriteriale per la riqualificazione fisica ed economica del centro storico della città attraverso lo sviluppo del turismo. Il modello presentato, relativo a un problema decisionale di tipo descrittivo, è orientato a supportare i deciso…
“Houses for One Euro” and the Territory. Some Estimation Issues for the “Geographic Debt” Reduction
2020
The phenomenon of the “houses for one Euro” is the epitome of the progressive and increasing abandonment of the inland territories in which many small towns are affected by continuous and unstoppable depopulation. This process, mostly affecting the southern and insular Italian regions, have been triggered by the quick industrial development started after the second post-war, led by the northern regions, that deeply and irreversibly modified the anthropography of the whole country until now. The impoverishment of a wide part of the Italian territory, is one of the many issues connected to the social-territorial justice that is the original topic by which appraisal and valuation, that is scie…
Francesco Fichera e il Palazzo delle Poste per Noto: studio grafico su un edificio mai realizzato
2022
Si può parlare di dialogo in architettura? Il disegno può essere considerato come la traduzione in forma grafica dei rapporti dialogici in architettura e tra architettura e città? Con questo scritto si tenterà si rispondere ai due quesiti appena formulati attraverso lo studio del caso di un edificio non realizzato dell’architetto catanese Francesco Fichera (1881-1950) per la città emblema del barocco siciliano, Noto: il Palazzo delle Poste e Casa Littoria nella centralissima piazza del Municipio. L’approfondimento sulla documentazione progettuale ritrovata e la successiva fase di ridisegno critico restituiscono una possibile chiave di lettura su un metodo compositivo fortemente ancorato a r…
Periferie e diritti fondamentali
2020
Il volume ripercorre le principali questioni giuridiche e socio-politiche che sono collegate alla tutela dei diritti fondamentali, individuali e collettivi, nell'ambito delle periferie urbane presenti sia nel contesto socio-territoriale italiano, sia in quello spagnolo e brasiliano. The book examines the main legal and socio-political issues concerning the protection of fundamental rights in the Italian, Spanish and Brazilian suburbs.
Violencia y sociedad en una villa medieval : Castellón de la plana en el siglo XV
2006
On the evidence of local court rolls, this paper studies the patters of violence in a valencian small town oriented to a great extent toward agrarian activities. It was especially a structural and daily violence, that usually it was not caused by habitual criminals but by common people and even by members of the ruling group. Abuse of force usually taked place from poweful to weak (from richs to poors, from masters to serviants, from husbands to wives, from christians to muslims), so that these forms of violence reaffirmed internal hierarchies that divided local community.
Challenges of Pandemic-Related Border Closures for Everyday Lives of Poles and Czechs in the Divided Town of Cieszyn/Český Těšín: Integrated Function…
2022
AbstractThe article asks whether the divided town Cieszyn-Český Těšín can be considered a joint “living space” in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. It evaluates the impact of the pandemic on various aspects of the daily lives of the inhabitants and institutions of both parts of this divided town. Three main dimensions of cross-border integration were studied: cross-border flows, cross-border structures/institutions, and the feeling of togetherness, which represents an ideational dimension of cross-border integration. The research was based on studying narratives covering border closures in the divided town, the analysis of cross-borderness of existing Facebook groups acting in both parts…
Reclutamiento y reclutas en la ciudad de Valencia (1717-1762)
2019
This research aims to analyze recruitment by quintas, Spanish word for recruitment levies by lot, in the city of Valencia and the townships included in its jurisdictional area. The analyzed period began in 1717 with the first levie decreted by king Philip V once the War of Spanish Succession was over. Applied this levie in the kingdom of Valencia, this was the first application of levies by lot. The closing year for the reported period up to 1762, whith the last levy made by king Charles III before the establishment of the annual periodicity for the recruitment process. Procedures with which human contingents claimed to the city of Valencia between the mentioned dates were organized and dis…