In recent years I have contributed to designing public policies in the field of strategic planning for local and urban development, mainly in the Marche Region (see Public Policy Workshop). I have also participated as local coordinator or as an expert to the development of the following EU Projects
1. "PolyDev" - Polycentric development in Europe
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2. "Planet Cense" - Promoting spatial development approaches and actions for social and economic cohesion
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3. "Vision Planet" - Strategies for an integrated spatial development in the Central, Danubian and Adriatic Space
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4. "Pre-parity" - Preparing for the Enlargement
Urban regeneration projects, territorial competitiveness and economic development in the Marche Regione: guidelines
The report - commissioned by the Marche Region - aims at the identification of the "guidelines" for the evaluation of urban regeneration projects to be implemented in the Marche Region's cities over the next years, coherently with the new European Union's urban policy framework
Final Report
(Italian Version only)
Riqualificazione urbanza e sviluppo economico nelle Marche", January 2010.
European Investment Bank - JESSICA
Marche
Region: Evaluation of JESSICA Integrated Urban Sustainable Strategy Options
A study for the European Investment Bank (EIB) aiming at:
- analysing the urban dimension of the Marche Region’s economy and society;
- highlighting the current and potential disequilibria in the Marche Region’s urban systems;
- identifying the general features of an integrated urban sustainable strategy;
- laying down the general criteria for effectively delivering “integrated plans for sustainable urban development” ;
- providing an appraisal of the
- providing examples of “sustainable urban development plans”.
Final Report:
"Sustainable Urban Development in the Marche Region", November 2009.