Città Metropolitane e Smart Governance Iniziative di successo e nodi critici verso la Smart City

The volume contains the results of the research project "Governance Analysis Project (GAP) for the Smart Energy City. The actualization of Smart Cities in the Metropolitan Areas of Europe and Italy” conducted within the PON “Smart Energy Master for the energy management of the territory” at the University Federico II of Naples (TeMA Lab of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering). Smart Cities have gained increasing relevance in the scientific debate and in the national and international operational practice, emerging as one of the opportunities to rethink cities and, more generally, the life of urban communities. First reflections, researches and projects on the issue seem to converge towards the idea that a “smart” urban development should not only be a result of the yet necessary and unavoidable infrastructural endowment (physical capital) and of its continuing innovation, but also of the quality of human, social and environmental capital, conceived as strategic factors for development. A “smart” city is, primarily, a city able to effectively satisfy the needs of its citizens respecting the rules imposed by the environmental context. It is in such a debate that the project GAP fits with the aim to address Smart Cities in light of the administrative reorganization of Italian large cities as a consequence of the Law 56/2014. With a scientific approach, the volume provides a comprehensive and updated framework of how Italian and European Metropolitan cities are declining the Smart City issue and this thanks to the collection of a wide-ranging screening represented by more than 1.000 initiatives including researches, projects, interventions, technologies, etc. Furthermore, one original element of this research is that after an analysis conducted through indirect sources, a phase of dialogue with “stakeholders” was carried out (and of this there is a wide picture in the volume in which, by the way, are reported long excerpts of the interviews). This has enabled to give a clearer framework of what is now experimenting in Italian and European cities, avoiding being totally naïve for interventions and projects labelled as “smart”, but often lacking of innovative methods and contents.

Comunicazione urbana nelle città storiche del Sol Levante: l'esperienza di Kyoto tra tradizione e innovazione

The book collects the Papers (from Europe, Asia and Latin America) presented at the Workshop organized by the ICOMOS International Committee in Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH) and by ICOMOS Italy in Palazzo Coppini (branch of Fondazione Romualdo del Bianco) in Florence (March 3-4, 2016) and focus on the comparison of different propositions of digital urban signage to realize a good quality of the “visit experience” in the historical towns, not only as urban marketing, but of a authenticity genuine culture. The urban culture founded on the identity and authenticity of every historical towns and their multilayered history must be the objective of an tourism of culture for the inhabitants and the visitors. The book focused its interest on the outstanding existing urban assets in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and heritage not sufficiently promoted.

Avvicinamento alla storia dell'architettura giapponese. Dal periodo Nara al periodo Meiji

The book analyzes the history of Japanese Architecture between Nara Period (710-784) and Meiji Period (1867-1912). The book is organized in two part: "The History" and "The Cultural Heritage" with a reflexion about the restoration of the Temples and Shrines. The book is the result of an international research work at the Kyoto University.

La donna di ‘Ndrangheta: un’indagine di ricerca preliminare

Andiamo ad inquadrare la figura femminile nell’organizzazione criminale presa in esame, ovvero la ‘Ndrangheta, mafia calabrese il cui nome deriva dal sostantivo greco andragathòs, che si traduce in forza, virilità, valore. È una mafia definita da molti come “liquida” per lo straordinario potere di penetrare in ogni ambito del sociale ed estendere i propri confini ben oltre il territorio calabro. Fondata sullo stretto ed indissolubile vincolo di sangue, la struttura interna della ‘Ndrangheta viene suddivisa in due livelli: la “Società Minore”, di cui fanno parte picciotto, camorrista e sgarrista, e la “Società Maggiore” che prevede “doti” di santista, vangelo, quartino, quintino e associazione. Più cosche, legate tra loro, danno vita al “Locale”, che costituisce l’unità fondamentale di aggregazione mafiosa su un determinato territorio, quasi sempre coincidente con un villaggio o con un rione di una città. Per la costituzione del “Locale” è necessaria la presenza di almeno 49 affiliati. Ogni locale è diretto da una terna di ‘ndranghetisti, detta copiata, quasi sempre rappresentata dal capobastone, dal contabile e dal capocrimine.