A5049150959- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- E-Government and Public Services
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Marine and fisheries research
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Rural development and sustainability
Sapienza University of Rome
2024-2025
University of Turin
2020-2023
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
2009-2020
Ghent University
2013-2020
University of Aberdeen
2019
Ghent University Hospital
2019
Australian National University
2019
Cambridge University Press
2019
University of Cambridge
2019
Bridge University
2019
In the last decade, a large variety of grassroots actors – urban harvesters, guerrilla gardeners, community growers and landsharers have been promoting diversified set projects that, while i...
Abstract In each country, the occurrence of energy poverty among resident households is usually related to low income and its unequal distribution. Like other manifestations material deprivation, however, such a phenomenon likely be also correlated with some internal socio-political factors that allow persistence by preventing effective solutions. this paper, we build analyse dataset for European countries assessing role perceived quality public governance on different measures deprivation....
This paper investigates the emergence of urban gardening movement as a form post-environmentalist political practice. Despite general acknowledgment relevance environmental issues in contemporary world, according to Post-Environmentalism, thinking is becoming increasingly "de-politicised". The aim suggest that "re-politicisation" politics possible, taking into account practices emerging space. attachment place materiality can, by means common practices, make evident forgotten or ignored...
This article analyses Bent Flyvbjerg’s ‘dark side of planning’ theory and proposes to increase its critical strength by including, together with ideas rationality power, two further theoretical tools: the Foucauldian concepts governmentality biopolitics. The potentiality this inclusion is exemplified analysis provided about influence 18th-century colonial on real public garden planning in modern liberal cities most western European colonising countries. It aims show that concept ‘real...
This article addresses a new mode of planning that involves collaboration between State, private and community actors in the context growing urban gardening movements. It questions view as manifestation citizens’ dissensus towards administration’s institutional planning, expression ‘counterplanning’ whose aim is to resist consequences neoliberal governmentality. Although this interpretation certain extent true, it does not completely explain some current developments socio-spatial practices....
This study discusses the case of a 200 m2 container garden set up in polluted and neglected area School Management Economics University Turin. ‘L’Orto della SME’ is self-managed, it has become hub for variety stakeholders, within outside university. The project part framework Proposal Citizen Engagement, promoted by EIT Food Cross-KIC, which contributes to New European Bauhaus (NEB). paper looks at how such projects contribute create social cohesion around sustainability issues circularity...
<p>This special issue, through various contributions from distinguished scholars in the field, attempts if not to provide exhaustive answers then at least delineate perimeter of issues and scientifically circumscribe contours questions that still exist regarding smart cities. Specifically, ambition this issue is fuel a multidisciplinary debate on role cities—especially innovative ones—in ongoing (sustainable digital energy) transition processes. The will certainly stimulate an exchange...
The paper builds on the evidence of an increasing consensus towards citizens' engagement practices in shaping both form and functioning city, apparent distance between setting up governance structures adequate for participatory processes to be performed, daily urban planning design. Against this context, research investigates whether public participation are adequately appropriately addressed design practices. A bibliometric analysis processes' connection with studies (including governance,...
This paper investigates the emergence of informal planning practices and their relationship with new geometries power responsibility that characterise what is here defined described as ‘fluid governance’; leads to co-creative forms public space governance. In particular, research explores key role played by some politically progressive urban gardening in pivoting actions transform green spaces through into areas for food production collaborative management. challenges traditional governance...
The growing number of digitally-enabled social innovation initiatives have recently attracted scholars’ interest; and required an attentive consideration the complex entanglements between innovation, agency power. This paper contributes to debate on this juvenile research field by analysing different conceptualisations, cultural framing, socio-political innovation.It adopts a Foucauldian perspective in order analyse diverse discourses socially transformative digital that work as ‘social...
This article investigates the relationship between urban gardening and planning by building upon results of field research on initiatives in city Rome, Italy. The work is aimed at suggesting that, while often associated geography literature with informality practices (e.g. accidental or self‐made urbanism), actually presents character a distinctive form people's interaction space, here defined as "informal planning". includes that are intentionally put forward local dwellers intention space...
Digital Social Innovation (DSI) is a new concept referring to social innovation initiatives that leverage digital technologies potentiality co-create solutions wide range of needs. These generally take place in urban contexts. However, the existing literature, scarce attention devoted spatial dimensions and social, cultural or political space-related effects DSI practices. This article suggests critical geography perspective can address these gaps. After review relevant contributes,...
The paper contributes to the debate on polyvocal nature of social innovation via exploration one its principal manifestations: urban gardening. Initially, we wonder whether dualistic reading gardening, as a neoliberal vs revolutionary political initiative, is appropriate and productive, or rather, should recognize intrinsic ambiguity boundary-blurring able produce novelty. Following Gibson-Graham's intuition that escaping dichotomies can creative socio-political alternatives, explore gray...