REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICIES
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2015/2016
- Teacher
- GIANFRANCO FRANZ
- Credits
- 7
- Curriculum
- Management dei servizi pubblici e economia del territorio
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- ICAR/20
Training objectives
- The course aims at providing student with the following knowledge:
- Understand the meaning, characteristics and significance of the city in the history of the human being.
- Understand the meaning, characteristics and significance of the territory, the environment and the space.
- Understand the role and the relevance of the urban system for the social and economic development and the human well-being.
- Undestand the role and the relevance of several public policies for the city, the territory, the regional space.
- Understand the significance of ‘sustainable development’ and what it implies in terms of urban and regional policies.
- Understand the significance and the relevance of the phenomena related to the climate change and what it means for the city.
- Undestand the significance of several and recent descriptive definitions, as well as: smart city, urban creativity, urban adaptation, sharing economy.
Besides, students will be able to:
- look differently to the city and the territory also in terms of social and economic development.
- Differently consider the role of public policies to achieve a better quality of life. Prerequisites
- The knowledge of the English language
Course programme
- The City in the History (6h)
Territories and Regions (6h)
Urban and Regional Public Policies (6h)
City, Policies, Development and Well-being (6h)
The Case-study of the Historic Centers preservation in Italy (6h)
The Significance and the Raise of the Concept of Sustainability (8h)
Climate Change and the City (8h)
Inputs from recent definitions: Smart City, Urban Creativity, Urban Adaptation, Sharing Economy (10h) Didactic methods
- Traditional face-to-face lecture
Case study discussion
Individual and group work Learning assessment procedures
- For all the students the examination consists of an oral interview of at least a half hour.
Students begin their dissertation with a topic of their choice, then the teacher will check their preparation with questions throughout the course program and bibliography assigned.
The marking will range from 18/31 to 31/31 (cum laude). Reference texts
- Suggested readings, slides, and case studies will be provided for each topic and made available to the students during the course.
