The evolution of COVID-19 in Italy brought major impacts in social and psychological terms. These impacts have been accelerated by the urban planning approaches applied in the contemporary development of Italian cities (1960-today). The most zoned territories, those with the least amount of...

Italian Abstract: A due anni dalla pubblicazione del Report “Verso la sostenibilità: uno strumento a servizio delle Regioni” (Cavalli et al., 2019), il seguente Rapporto presenta i dati aggiornati al 2021 per le regioni italiane e, attraverso l’applicazione di una rigorosa metodologia...

Italian Abstract: Con questo rapporto si presentano gli esiti di una simulazione di scenario critico di breve periodo in Italia. L’attuale conflitto in Ucraina costituisce un fattore di rischio immediato per la sicurezza del sistema energetico nazionale, con una possibile forte riduzione, o...

Extended urbanisation has emerged in the contemporary debate as a notion embracing the globalised nature of urban phenomena. This includes how urbanisation exerts an influence beyond the city’s limits, often in places far beyond dense population centres, through a global network connecting...

Digitalization is a complex phenomenon, affecting Europe in several manners. This brief comments on the link between digitalization and first results in vaccination programs against the Covid-19 pandemic across EU27+UK. In several cases, it has been noted that without digitalization, the...

The availability of ubiquitous location-based data in cities has had far-reaching implications on analytical powers in various disciplines. This article focuses on some of the accrued benefits to urban transport planners and the urban planning field at large. It contends that the gains of Big...

Italian Abstract: Il presente Policy Brief intende investigare l’impatto potenziale che gli investimenti del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) hanno sull’Agenda 2030. Un’analisi descrittiva delinea le principali caratteristiche del Piano ed il contesto in cui esso è inserito,...

The Circular Economy can be seen in a broader NEXUS framework, in which the relationships between the CE transition, the decarbonization transition, and the bioeconomy transition are at the core of sustainability strategies and policies. The CE can save large amounts of energy in ‘closing the...

The Covid-19 pandemic lays bare several problems of livability in our cities. Most of the largest cities are losing the people-oriented characteristic in order to pursue growth and attract investments. Conversely, the emergency reminds us that the essence of cities is to enhance the quality of...

Italian Abstract: Declinare la sostenibilità a livello locale significa considerare le caratteristiche di ogni territorio comprendendone le priorità, le necessità e le ambizioni. Le montagne, spesso trascurate nelle programmazioni e direttive nazionali ed internazionali, sono luoghi in cui lo...