Papers by Sergio Conti
The North without a compass: spatial dynamics and territorial strategies to a hundred and fifty y... more The North without a compass: spatial dynamics and territorial strategies to a hundred and fifty years from the unification of italy The paper examines the rise of a ‘North’ region within the contemporary Italy in the light of the ‘crisis’ of nation-statehood experienced throughout Europe during the last decades. Although the idea of a state demise is questionable and, rather, definitively ascribed to the rise of a post-national state, the magmatic condition of the Italian regional entities is challenging the old state edifice emerged from the Post-War Constitutional Assembly. This ‘North’ region is investigated according to a manifold point of view: that of a very mosaic of many local systems strongly differing from each other – metropolitan areas, industrial districts, networks of medium-sized cities; that of a social construct which exists under specific conditions and for specific actors, who can change their scalar references; and finally that of a political mobilisation on the ...
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016
This paper aims at bringing to light some weaknesses in smart city projects and holds a rhetorica... more This paper aims at bringing to light some weaknesses in smart city projects and holds a rhetorical debate supported by a progressive fraction of the population. Smart city projects are important for urban policies in as much as they allow for a reinvention of territories. We must not only consider the large energy networks and/or technologies, but also take into consideration the distribution and management of tasks and networks run by citizens as they promote civic goodness and social sensibility. The "smart city'' is a good programme because it can aim at developing a new form of ''modernity and civilization'' of the productive platform. Numerous aspects of the territorial policy can enhance the competitiveness of the territories, in particular social cohesion, the diffusion of knowledge, creativity, accessibility and freedom of movement, the usability of the environment itself and the quality of the landscape, as well as the wellbeing of citizens.
The GeoJournal Library Volume 59 Managing Editors: Herman van der Wusten, University of Amsterdam... more The GeoJournal Library Volume 59 Managing Editors: Herman van der Wusten, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Olga Gritsai, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Former Series Editor: WotfTietze, Helmstedt, Germany Editorial Board: Paul Claval, France RG ...
Polígonos. Revista de Geografía, 1999
Over the two last decades, the regional policies have increasingly met the need to foster the eco... more Over the two last decades, the regional policies have increasingly met the need to foster the economic competitiveness of regional and local economies, in order to face globalisation challenges. However, these actions have privileged the direct competition, oriented to catch investment and consumption flows by improving the regional/local attractiveness, than the indirect one, which is based on the social and institutional interplay involving the regional/local actors.
The increasing relevance of the indirect competition brings back on stage the public sector, namely the various levels of territorial government. Yet, the most successful experiences in Europe demonstrate that this renaissance of the public guide in spatial policies is intimately linked to the involvement of local systems of actors and implies a ‘constructed’ idea of territory. This paper seeks to enlighten some features of this process, introducing the concept of multilevel governance and place-based policies as the basic building blocks of the regional policies.
Multi-author textbooks (Italian) by Sergio Conti
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Papers by Sergio Conti
The increasing relevance of the indirect competition brings back on stage the public sector, namely the various levels of territorial government. Yet, the most successful experiences in Europe demonstrate that this renaissance of the public guide in spatial policies is intimately linked to the involvement of local systems of actors and implies a ‘constructed’ idea of territory. This paper seeks to enlighten some features of this process, introducing the concept of multilevel governance and place-based policies as the basic building blocks of the regional policies.
Multi-author textbooks (Italian) by Sergio Conti
The increasing relevance of the indirect competition brings back on stage the public sector, namely the various levels of territorial government. Yet, the most successful experiences in Europe demonstrate that this renaissance of the public guide in spatial policies is intimately linked to the involvement of local systems of actors and implies a ‘constructed’ idea of territory. This paper seeks to enlighten some features of this process, introducing the concept of multilevel governance and place-based policies as the basic building blocks of the regional policies.