Edited by: Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Francesco Curci
Processes of multi-scalar regional urbanization are occurring worldwide. Such processes are clearly distinguishable from those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries due to the shifting concepts of both the city and the metropolis. International literature highlights how what we have historically associated with the idea of cities has long been subjected to consistent reconfiguration, which involves stressing some of the typical features of the idea of "cityness".
Leggi tuttoEdited by: Louis Albrechts, Alessandro Balducci, Jean Hillier
All over the world societies are facing a number of major problems. New developments, challenges and opportunities cause these issues and yet cases tell us that traditional spatial planning responses and tools are often insufficient to tackle these problems and challenges. Situated Practices of Strategic Planning draws together examples from across the globe – from France to Australia; from Nigeria to the United States.
Leggi tuttoA cura di: Alessandro Balducci, Luca Gaeta
In un campo planetario, sempre più urbano e interconnesso, il confronto tra le culture della pianificazione e delle progettazione urbanistica converge sui temi ispirati dalla coscienza dei limiti dello sviluppo. La ricerca di soluzioni adatte ai problemi di scala e intensità sempre maggiore muove però da tradizioni e culture radicate nei rispettivi campi nazionali. Vi è una mobilità internazionale delle coscienze e delle intelligenze.
Leggi tuttoEdited by: Alessandro Balducci, Raine Mäntysalo
'Trading zone' is a concept introduced by Peter Galison in his social scientific research on how scientists representing different sub-cultures and paradigms have been able to coordinate their interaction locally. In this book, Italian and Finnish planning researchers extend the use of the concept to different contexts of urban planning and management, where there is a need for new ideas and tools in managing the interaction of different stakeholders. The trading zone concept is approached as a tool.
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