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Le Esposizioni universali, evoluzioni delle fiere urbane dei secoli passati, risentono del cambia... more Le Esposizioni universali, evoluzioni delle fiere urbane dei secoli passati, risentono del cambiamento di ruolo che, più in generale, ha investito i grandi eventi tra la fine del XX secolo e l'inizio del XXI.
The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to... more The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to have introduced a road pricing measure. The story of how this happened is of great interest, for it shows how EU regulations, scientific evidence and political action at the local level have concurred to bring about change in the city's transport policy. Unlike the well-known cases of London and Stockholm, it is concerns for the levels of pollution (rather than congestion) that have led to the introduction of the "Ecopass" scheme in 2008. Accordingly, in the following years the public debate has focused on the effectiveness of this pollution charge in reducing PM10 – a pollutant with adverse health impacts. Based on the analysis of media coverage and official reports, this paper argues that EU regulations had a crucial role in determining the newsworthiness of PM10 in Milan. Media and public concerns have then put increasing pressure on politicians to find a solution to th...
The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to... more The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to have introduced a road pricing measure. The story of how this happened is of great interest, for it shows how EU regulations, scientific evidence and political action at the local level have concurred to bring about change in the city’s transport policy. Unlike the well-known cases of London and Stockholm, it is concerns for the levels of pollution (rather than congestion) that have led to the introduction of the “Ecopass ” scheme in 2008. Accordingly, in the following years the public debate has focused on the effectiveness of this pollution charge in reducing PM10 – a pollutant with adverse health impacts. Based on the analysis of media coverage and official reports, this paper argues that EU regulations had a crucial role in determining the newsworthiness of PM10 in Milan. Media and public concerns have then put increasing pressure on politicians to find a solution to the “emergency”...
Il paper propone una riflessione critica sul tema dell'eredità materiale e culturale (legacy) del... more Il paper propone una riflessione critica sul tema dell'eredità materiale e culturale (legacy) delle Esposizioni Universali, prestando particolare attenzione all'ultima edizione di Milano 2015. Le teorie degli autori che in Italia e all'estero hanno studiato l'oggetto sono interpretate nel saggio alla luce dei risultati dell'indagine Experando-Expo 2015. Aspettative, speranze, progetti. Il punto di vista degli studenti delle Università milanesi.
Light on urban zones of extended activities. An exploration into the relation between lighting an... more Light on urban zones of extended activities. An exploration into the relation between lighting and night-time activity, Dietrich Henckel, Josiane Meier (Technische Universität Berlin, Allemagne) Trajectoire d'une représentation cartographique en réseau, Alexandre Rigal, Dario Rodighiero (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Suisse) Changement de regard sur les sentiers du quotidien : la vidéo géoréferencée pour mieux comprendre les déplacements
Il saggio propone uno studio empirico sulla mobilità pedonale dei turisti finalizzato a rilevarne... more Il saggio propone uno studio empirico sulla mobilità pedonale dei turisti finalizzato a rilevarne la morfologia degli spostamenti pedonali e, indirettamente, il livello di accessibilità alle risorse turistiche urbane. Esso si articola in due parti. La prima presenta, in sintesi, i principali contributi teorici con attenzione al tema della pedonalità (walkability) e dell'accessibilità alle risorse turistiche. La seconda parte illustra i risultati di una ricerca condotta a Milano durante lo svolgimento del Fuori-salone (Salone Internazionale del Mobile) nell'aprile 2012 finalizzata a rilevare la morfologia della mobilità pedonale dei visitatori e l'accessibilità alle risorse turistiche. L'indagine è stata realizzata con l'utilizzo di GPS integrati con questionari e diari della mobilità finalizzati a rilevare, rispettivamente, i percorsi spazio-temporali dei visitatori e i loro giudizi sui principali punti di interesse e sulla qualità dell'ambiente urbano.
L’article traite de la nouvelle morphologie sociale de la ville contemporaine. Sa section empiriq... more L’article traite de la nouvelle morphologie sociale de la ville contemporaine. Sa section empirique vise a analyser la morphologie sociale de la ville de Milan a travers l’etude des rythmes temporels d’usage de la metropole par les populations residentes et temporaires.
SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE, 2016
A survey carried by the European Parliament-Directorate General for Internal Policies, entitled «... more A survey carried by the European Parliament-Directorate General for Internal Policies, entitled «The European cycle route network Eurovelo», highlights how Italy is one of the favorite tourist destinations by bicycle from other EU countries and Switzerland. The different types of tourism cycling coincide with the active tourism, nature tourism, the itinerant tourism, religious tourism, etc., but they share the use of bicycles, which requires infrastructure, services and accommodation appropriate. Regarding the latter feature can not speak of bicycle tourism without investigating the phenomenon of socalled bike hotels, accommodation facilities, not just hotel, particularly attentive to the needs of travelers cyclists, linked together in a network and offer specific the various types of bicycle tourists. The paper analyzes the totality of accommodation facilities, hotels and other, at the national, regional and provincial level, based on data from Istat 2010, identifying for each field structures bike friendly, and investigating the reasons that have led us to develop, in some areas more than in others, this type of tourist accommodation. Complete the cognitive framework an overview of local and national policies aimed at encouraging the development of this type of tourism and hotels and other accommodation facilities.
Articulo, 2014
Comparing data from the latest time use surveys in over 25 countries, archived by the MTUS (Multi... more Comparing data from the latest time use surveys in over 25 countries, archived by the MTUS (Multinational Time Use Study, an association founded in the mid-seventies by Jonathan Gershuny at the Centre for Time Use Research at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, with a view to promoting time use studies and research), it can be observed that Italian are one of the populations that sleep less (together with Norway, Sweden, Germany and Slovenia). In the top places for time spent sleeping we find the French, Latvians, Hungarians, Spanish and Finnish. Interesting international comparisons
Research for Development, 2015
The first national interest in metropolitan areas dates back to the seventies stimulated by the s... more The first national interest in metropolitan areas dates back to the seventies stimulated by the strong growth in population around the main metropolitan conurbations in Italy and linked to the issue of constructing administrative bodies of a metropolitan nature. Since then, the presence of metropolitan areas has been covered by sector literature sharing, albeit from different disciplinary perspectives, the aim of identifying territorial collocation and socio-demographic structure. In a similar way to those in English in the fifties on metropolitan areas, Italian studies define metropolitan areas by combining criteria of homogeneity, interdependence and morphology. Similar attention to integration of the defining criteria is present in this study, which aims to identify metropolitan areas in Italy and study their evolution in the period from 1991 to 2011. Compared to studies carried out so far this proposal stands out for its choice to consider as metropolitan those areas that meet specific requisites of density of metropolitan functions, including special attention dedicated to mobility for work or study reasons. More than an accessory function that supports the other activities, mobility is considered a fundamental dimension of metropolitan areas, helping to define the shape of the area and draw its borders.
Netcom, 2014
Réseaux, communication et territoires 28-1/2 | 2014 Représenter des populations et des territoire... more Réseaux, communication et territoires 28-1/2 | 2014 Représenter des populations et des territoires en mouvement
Population, 2004
The world population's ageing process is, as we could read in a recent United Nations docume... more The world population's ageing process is, as we could read in a recent United Nations document (UN-DESA, 2002), an uneven phenomenon in the history of humanity, long-lasting and interesting all the countries of the world, even if in differentiated measure.. Italy ...
Le Esposizioni universali, evoluzioni delle fiere urbane dei secoli passati, risentono del cambia... more Le Esposizioni universali, evoluzioni delle fiere urbane dei secoli passati, risentono del cambiamento di ruolo che, più in generale, ha investito i grandi eventi tra la fine del XX secolo e l'inizio del XXI.
The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to... more The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to have introduced a road pricing measure. The story of how this happened is of great interest, for it shows how EU regulations, scientific evidence and political action at the local level have concurred to bring about change in the city's transport policy. Unlike the well-known cases of London and Stockholm, it is concerns for the levels of pollution (rather than congestion) that have led to the introduction of the "Ecopass" scheme in 2008. Accordingly, in the following years the public debate has focused on the effectiveness of this pollution charge in reducing PM10 – a pollutant with adverse health impacts. Based on the analysis of media coverage and official reports, this paper argues that EU regulations had a crucial role in determining the newsworthiness of PM10 in Milan. Media and public concerns have then put increasing pressure on politicians to find a solution to th...
The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to... more The city of Milan, one of the most car-dependent and polluted in Europe, is also among the few to have introduced a road pricing measure. The story of how this happened is of great interest, for it shows how EU regulations, scientific evidence and political action at the local level have concurred to bring about change in the city’s transport policy. Unlike the well-known cases of London and Stockholm, it is concerns for the levels of pollution (rather than congestion) that have led to the introduction of the “Ecopass ” scheme in 2008. Accordingly, in the following years the public debate has focused on the effectiveness of this pollution charge in reducing PM10 – a pollutant with adverse health impacts. Based on the analysis of media coverage and official reports, this paper argues that EU regulations had a crucial role in determining the newsworthiness of PM10 in Milan. Media and public concerns have then put increasing pressure on politicians to find a solution to the “emergency”...
Il paper propone una riflessione critica sul tema dell'eredità materiale e culturale (legacy) del... more Il paper propone una riflessione critica sul tema dell'eredità materiale e culturale (legacy) delle Esposizioni Universali, prestando particolare attenzione all'ultima edizione di Milano 2015. Le teorie degli autori che in Italia e all'estero hanno studiato l'oggetto sono interpretate nel saggio alla luce dei risultati dell'indagine Experando-Expo 2015. Aspettative, speranze, progetti. Il punto di vista degli studenti delle Università milanesi.
Light on urban zones of extended activities. An exploration into the relation between lighting an... more Light on urban zones of extended activities. An exploration into the relation between lighting and night-time activity, Dietrich Henckel, Josiane Meier (Technische Universität Berlin, Allemagne) Trajectoire d'une représentation cartographique en réseau, Alexandre Rigal, Dario Rodighiero (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Suisse) Changement de regard sur les sentiers du quotidien : la vidéo géoréferencée pour mieux comprendre les déplacements
Il saggio propone uno studio empirico sulla mobilità pedonale dei turisti finalizzato a rilevarne... more Il saggio propone uno studio empirico sulla mobilità pedonale dei turisti finalizzato a rilevarne la morfologia degli spostamenti pedonali e, indirettamente, il livello di accessibilità alle risorse turistiche urbane. Esso si articola in due parti. La prima presenta, in sintesi, i principali contributi teorici con attenzione al tema della pedonalità (walkability) e dell'accessibilità alle risorse turistiche. La seconda parte illustra i risultati di una ricerca condotta a Milano durante lo svolgimento del Fuori-salone (Salone Internazionale del Mobile) nell'aprile 2012 finalizzata a rilevare la morfologia della mobilità pedonale dei visitatori e l'accessibilità alle risorse turistiche. L'indagine è stata realizzata con l'utilizzo di GPS integrati con questionari e diari della mobilità finalizzati a rilevare, rispettivamente, i percorsi spazio-temporali dei visitatori e i loro giudizi sui principali punti di interesse e sulla qualità dell'ambiente urbano.
L’article traite de la nouvelle morphologie sociale de la ville contemporaine. Sa section empiriq... more L’article traite de la nouvelle morphologie sociale de la ville contemporaine. Sa section empirique vise a analyser la morphologie sociale de la ville de Milan a travers l’etude des rythmes temporels d’usage de la metropole par les populations residentes et temporaires.
SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE, 2016
A survey carried by the European Parliament-Directorate General for Internal Policies, entitled «... more A survey carried by the European Parliament-Directorate General for Internal Policies, entitled «The European cycle route network Eurovelo», highlights how Italy is one of the favorite tourist destinations by bicycle from other EU countries and Switzerland. The different types of tourism cycling coincide with the active tourism, nature tourism, the itinerant tourism, religious tourism, etc., but they share the use of bicycles, which requires infrastructure, services and accommodation appropriate. Regarding the latter feature can not speak of bicycle tourism without investigating the phenomenon of socalled bike hotels, accommodation facilities, not just hotel, particularly attentive to the needs of travelers cyclists, linked together in a network and offer specific the various types of bicycle tourists. The paper analyzes the totality of accommodation facilities, hotels and other, at the national, regional and provincial level, based on data from Istat 2010, identifying for each field structures bike friendly, and investigating the reasons that have led us to develop, in some areas more than in others, this type of tourist accommodation. Complete the cognitive framework an overview of local and national policies aimed at encouraging the development of this type of tourism and hotels and other accommodation facilities.
Articulo, 2014
Comparing data from the latest time use surveys in over 25 countries, archived by the MTUS (Multi... more Comparing data from the latest time use surveys in over 25 countries, archived by the MTUS (Multinational Time Use Study, an association founded in the mid-seventies by Jonathan Gershuny at the Centre for Time Use Research at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, with a view to promoting time use studies and research), it can be observed that Italian are one of the populations that sleep less (together with Norway, Sweden, Germany and Slovenia). In the top places for time spent sleeping we find the French, Latvians, Hungarians, Spanish and Finnish. Interesting international comparisons
Research for Development, 2015
The first national interest in metropolitan areas dates back to the seventies stimulated by the s... more The first national interest in metropolitan areas dates back to the seventies stimulated by the strong growth in population around the main metropolitan conurbations in Italy and linked to the issue of constructing administrative bodies of a metropolitan nature. Since then, the presence of metropolitan areas has been covered by sector literature sharing, albeit from different disciplinary perspectives, the aim of identifying territorial collocation and socio-demographic structure. In a similar way to those in English in the fifties on metropolitan areas, Italian studies define metropolitan areas by combining criteria of homogeneity, interdependence and morphology. Similar attention to integration of the defining criteria is present in this study, which aims to identify metropolitan areas in Italy and study their evolution in the period from 1991 to 2011. Compared to studies carried out so far this proposal stands out for its choice to consider as metropolitan those areas that meet specific requisites of density of metropolitan functions, including special attention dedicated to mobility for work or study reasons. More than an accessory function that supports the other activities, mobility is considered a fundamental dimension of metropolitan areas, helping to define the shape of the area and draw its borders.
Netcom, 2014
Réseaux, communication et territoires 28-1/2 | 2014 Représenter des populations et des territoire... more Réseaux, communication et territoires 28-1/2 | 2014 Représenter des populations et des territoires en mouvement
Population, 2004
The world population's ageing process is, as we could read in a recent United Nations docume... more The world population's ageing process is, as we could read in a recent United Nations document (UN-DESA, 2002), an uneven phenomenon in the history of humanity, long-lasting and interesting all the countries of the world, even if in differentiated measure.. Italy ...