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  1. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    April, 2011
    Italy, Europe

    The paper aims at discussing from a critical perspective the state of art of territorial policies on the national scale, through the political geography approach, interested in the restructuring processes of the role of the State and regional governments, and using the key of de-territorialisation/territorialisation effects of physical infrastructures.

  2. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    December, 2016
    Iran

    One of the most prominent consequences of rapid urbanization has recently been the disintegrated distribution of municipal services which predisposes inequality in citizens' benefiting from these services. Therefore, the city planners and managers' main goal must be to achieve the ideal of 'equality of opportunities' to help different groups of urban population have access to public services and eliminate conflicts in the provision of opportunities.

  3. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    June, 2014
    Italy

    Real estate funds are a financial instrument enabling investors to transform real estate Investments into shares of financial assets, producing liquidity without the investor having to acquire and dispose
    of property. A strong boost to this type of investment - an alternative to the type of securities - is given by the favourable tax laws that foster the creation, management and participation in real estate funds.
    This article summarises the main provisions related to tax applicable to funds in this sector.

  4. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    May, 2014

    The land coast, with particular emphasis the port-city, are in fact used more and more like a menu in which different users increasingly move freely according to their needs.
    The new definition parameters with respect to which the landscapes are recognizable, articulating configurations, immutable, and not concluded, but on the contrary, variables are always open and more leads, not the placement of functions, but the interaction between subjects, and actually pushed social, cultural, political and economic.

  5. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2014
    Italy, Europe

    We  highlight the mysterious liquidity that oversees the interpretation of the nature of the relation sea and cities, using to hyperbole from James Conrad in " Heart of Darkness ", while the reference to Saskia Sassen highlights the need of strong policies in the governance of reciprocity relationships. The heart of darkness continues to envelop the sea-land relations , as witnessed by the suffering of migrants on the sea and also the new faces of the suffering city ( migrant's reception centers in Italy) . It is believed that culture has a role in unraveling the mystery.

  6. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    April, 2015
    Italy

    The relevant role of spatial planning in the enforcement of climate change mitigation, managing the development of new low-carbon infrastructures and increasing system-wide efficiencies across sectors, has been addressed at global level (IPCC, 2014 WGIII). In this context, local GHG inventories appear a relevant tool toward the definition of a coherent, inter-sectorial background for local planning, mitigation, and adaptation policies.

  7. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    May, 2014

    The object of this work consists of the will to define a renewed relationship between spatial planning and transport systems, which focuses attention on road safety, whereas to date the studies on this relationship have mainly examined the transport impacts on land use.

  8. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    April, 2015

    In the definition of scenarios as key components underlying the decisions on city’s and territory’s transformation processes stands the comprehension of the interactions between multiple aspects that influence that dynamics. The spatial data knowledge and the development of new ICT solutions which can guide the planner towards strategic, reliable and shared decisions are essential. It is proposed a methodology in which to specialize the special approach established in previous projects developed by extending and implementing GIS technology Geographic Information System towards online intero

  9. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    March, 2016
    Italy

    Land take is a phenomenon of great concern nowadays because of the large number of its negative impacts regarding biological, economic and social balance. In Italy, the development of urban and other artificial land has been irreversibly transforming a non-renewable resource such as soil, regardless the almost constant population rate, with different speed depending of the region considered.

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