MOTTA PAOLO
Architect, specialized in Territorial and Town Planning, in the last fifteen years focused on Sustainable Urban and Integrated Development strategies and policies, with an holistic approach not only technical, but also with economic and financial evaluation, plus social and environmental issues. Acquired international experience for analyzing and assessing the multicultural contexts and issues. In the last years increased attention to historic patrimony, cultural heritage, sustainable tourism issues and identification of related operational instruments. Many years in field activity developing European cooperation programs in the member countries and later extended to Latin America, focused or urban integrated development and patrimony enhancement, also in private committed projects on sustainable tourism and mitigation of negative mass-visitors flows in heritage cities and sites.
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types of emergencies, emerges from the presence of mechanisms of solidarity and social cohesion, which by now are not found in large urban agglomerations. When this emergency is over, it will be appropriate to start a reflection on the many negative aspects of the wild urbanization processes, determined by purely economic needs and conditioned by speculative instances and short-term profits, with no respect for the negative impacts on the environment and society. .
This article explores the current scenario of urban agglomerations, drawing attention to the
growth of population and the process of unruled urbanization that endangers the delicate
balance between human settlements and the surrounding environment. It focuses on the
heritage values as fundamental elements for a correct urban development and highlights the
impacts that metropolises and megacities have on climate change and the effects on them
produced by COVID-19. It then looks at the role that minor cities and towns play and the
coming opportunity to revamp them using new technologies and connectivity corridors
and to mitigate urbanization. It concludes by observing how complex urban problems must
be faced with a comprehensive vision that is driven by the social quality approach and an
engagement with the BRICS countries.
The actual COVID 19 pandemic has been taking the general attention in the last two years, and the overall debate of the global scenario and sustainable development faded.
In fact many other factors are to be considered to foresee what can be expected in the next future. Surely demography is a main element to take in account, together with the huge migration flows that are ongoing all around the world in the last decades.
Also if the growth of global population is now slower, a peak will be reached in the 2060 about, for then stabilize and perhaps decrease. mainly due to a lower fertility rate, the trends are different in the continents. Meanwhile we will assist a decrease in Europe, Oceania and other developed countries, and a stand-by in Latin America and some Asian, as China, a real demographic explosion is expected in sub-Saharan Africa, whose population will have doubled by 2050.
To these phenomena, that are not substantially affected by the pandemic, and will continue if there are not some unexpected catastrophes, have to be added the huge migration flows that are moving millions of persons from marginal areas and poorest countries to other continents, determining further changes in he local demographic structures. Most of global population is expected to be urbanized, and also the migrant flows are concentrated into the big metropolitan areas, mostly of Asia and Africa, living in significant quota in slums or precarious settlements with a unacceptable quality of life. Therefore, is necessary a profound shift of global vision and change in the global model to maintain as much as possible population in their native areas, and mitigate the urbanization process, issues that will are deepened in the ecology sessions.
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types of emergencies, emerges from the presence of mechanisms of solidarity and social cohesion, which by now are not found in large urban agglomerations. When this emergency is over, it will be appropriate to start a reflection on the many negative aspects of the wild urbanization processes, determined by purely economic needs and conditioned by speculative instances and short-term profits, with no respect for the negative impacts on the environment and society. .
This article explores the current scenario of urban agglomerations, drawing attention to the
growth of population and the process of unruled urbanization that endangers the delicate
balance between human settlements and the surrounding environment. It focuses on the
heritage values as fundamental elements for a correct urban development and highlights the
impacts that metropolises and megacities have on climate change and the effects on them
produced by COVID-19. It then looks at the role that minor cities and towns play and the
coming opportunity to revamp them using new technologies and connectivity corridors
and to mitigate urbanization. It concludes by observing how complex urban problems must
be faced with a comprehensive vision that is driven by the social quality approach and an
engagement with the BRICS countries.
The actual COVID 19 pandemic has been taking the general attention in the last two years, and the overall debate of the global scenario and sustainable development faded.
In fact many other factors are to be considered to foresee what can be expected in the next future. Surely demography is a main element to take in account, together with the huge migration flows that are ongoing all around the world in the last decades.
Also if the growth of global population is now slower, a peak will be reached in the 2060 about, for then stabilize and perhaps decrease. mainly due to a lower fertility rate, the trends are different in the continents. Meanwhile we will assist a decrease in Europe, Oceania and other developed countries, and a stand-by in Latin America and some Asian, as China, a real demographic explosion is expected in sub-Saharan Africa, whose population will have doubled by 2050.
To these phenomena, that are not substantially affected by the pandemic, and will continue if there are not some unexpected catastrophes, have to be added the huge migration flows that are moving millions of persons from marginal areas and poorest countries to other continents, determining further changes in he local demographic structures. Most of global population is expected to be urbanized, and also the migrant flows are concentrated into the big metropolitan areas, mostly of Asia and Africa, living in significant quota in slums or precarious settlements with a unacceptable quality of life. Therefore, is necessary a profound shift of global vision and change in the global model to maintain as much as possible population in their native areas, and mitigate the urbanization process, issues that will are deepened in the ecology sessions.