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Urban Studies
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
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Syllabus
Course Objectives
It is expected that the student has acquired knowledge and skills in relation to urban and territorial phenomena, to the methods of investigation of urban and environmental characteristics with particular reference to urban planning issues. The next step is to be able to interpret and evaluate the possible interventions to make places sustainable. Ultimately, it is not enough to be able to analyze the characteristics of the contemporary city but it is necessary to design rules and urban plans capable of governing the change in progress.
Course Prerequisites
A survey on the foundations of analysis, urban planning, and design aimed at training professional figures capable of extracting content and meaning from local culture and projected onto the international market will be preparatory. Cities are called upon to adopt a strategic approach capable of supporting the supply of territory, services, and quality of life by using analysis and design models of the various realities. Territorial transformations, regional and sectoral urban planning legislation, new urban programs, and innovations related to the development of operational and implementation methods will be evaluated.
Teaching Methods
The course will be developed according to theoretical lessons involving students in the understanding of the urban and territorial phenomena offered to them. There are Exercises hours of experimentation/revision through experimental application on a significant case study in order to understand its dynamics and propose themselves through descriptions, interpretation, food for thought, design proposals and the creation of new products and services.
Lessons: (hours/year in the classroom): 36
Exercises: (hours/year in the classroom):12
Practical activities: (hours/year in the classroom):12
Other:
Calendar of training activities second semester
Assessment Methods
The exam will be based on the evaluation of classroom exercises, on the learning of methodologies and on the outcome of the project development covered in the course.
Texts
Campbell T., Oltre le smart cities. Come le città si relazionano, apprendono e si innovano, edizione italiana di Alessandra Barresi, Franco Angeli Milano 2021.
Dembski F., Wossner U., Letzgus M., Ruddat M., Yamu C., Urban Digital twins for smart citie and cotizen: the case study of Herremberg, Germany Sustainability
Qualizza, G. (2020). Il ritorno dei luoghi. Place of origin, marche locali, consumer engagement: nuove mappe per creare valore, Ed. ETS, Pisa.
Bulsei G., le sfide della sostenibilità, Aracne Roma 2010;
Musco F., Rigenerazione urbana e sostenibilità, F. Angeli Milano 2009;
Passarelli D., The contemporaneity of the smart city in “Artificial Intelligence and Economics: the Key to the Future" Springer Cham 2023, pag 255-261.
Ratti C., The city of tomorrow, Einaudi torino 2017
Further references and teaching materials will be provided during the Course
Contents
The main purpose of the course is to provide the tools to understand and manage smart cities, through the study of models of design, planning and management of the territory. In line with the educational and specific objectives of the Degree Course, the course pursues the objective of raising the sustainability standards of the city examined. Topics are addressed in reference to the reduction of energy consumption, the optimization of waste collection, the development of public transport and sustainable mobility as well as the digitalization of services for citizens. Urban regeneration is one of the objectives of the course and is assumed as a fundamental method of sustainable planning and design. It brings together a set of coordinated interventions to combat land consumption relating to: the recovery, redevelopment and renewal of the building heritage, the temporary or permanent reuse of abandoned or underused buildings, the construction of social housing, the increase and qualification of public spaces, measures for adapting to climate change, the strengthening of public and private services, the care of health and safety, the development of forms of sustainable mobility. Urban regeneration is an important part of the circular economy and is a value of public interest to be pursued also through activities to defend urban environmental quality and public safety.
More information
Talking about the smart city is an opportunity to indicate the priorities at the service of a new process of planning resources and interventions. It means reflecting on the future of cities, to fully grasp the potential offered by new technologies in full harmony with the history, traditions and vocations of the territories. It makes no sense to build ecological houses with almost zero consumption, if the neighborhood, the city, the surrounding environment remain polluted, busy and overgrown. It is a matter of thinking differently about the future of urban space to rebuild the economic, social and cultural fabrics. Contemporary urban planning must address problems and needs that are different from the past, focusing on social justice and environmental protection. Objective indicators of well-being are no longer sufficient to express the well-being of people who increasingly depend on non-monetary elements: living in a healthy environment and ensuring proper movement. Ultimately, it is not enough to know how to analyze the "characteristics" of the contemporary city but it is necessary to design rules and urban plans capable of governing the change underway. The application areas that allow the principles of the Smart City to be implemented and that define its fundamental characteristics are many. Below are listed those that will be mostly covered during the course: Smart Mobility, Smart Lighting, security and control of the territory, monitoring of the territory, environmental monitoring, waste collection, Smart Grid, Smart Metering, Smart Tourism, Citizen Engagement, Renewable Energy Communities (CER).
Experimentation is proposed on a case study chosen by the student in which the opportunities for intelligent development of the territory considered will be evaluated through the swoot analysis.