EURA brings together an inter-disciplinary network of urban
researchers from across Europe and beyond. It provides a
forum for cross-national debate on urban policy and acts
as a bridge between research and policy in this rapidly
urbanising world.
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CONFERENCE ORGANISERS
The conference is organised by the Department of Architecture and
Planning of Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with the Department
of Sociology and Social Research of University Milano-Bicocca and the
Department of Planning, Università IUAV di Venezia.
POLITECNICO
DI MILANO
Università
IUAV di
Venezia
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Alessandro Balducci
SCIENTIFIC BOARD
Alessandro Balducci, Guido Martinotti, Enzo Mingione,
Liliana Padovani, Gabriele Pasqui, Costanzo Ranci, Antonio Tosi,
Luciano Vettoretto, Serena Vicari.
CONFERENCE ORGANISERS
Valeria Fedeli (coordinator), Simonetta Armondi, Giulia Amadasi, Paola
Briata, Carolina Pacchi, Davide Ponzini, Marianna D’Ovidio, Giulia Fini,
Marianna Giraudi, Valeria Inguaggiato, Anna Moro, Lina Scavuzzo,
Daniele Villa.
VENUE
The conference takes place in the Leonardo Campus of the Politecnico
di Milano, Faculty of Architecture and Society, via Bonardi 3, Milano.
The book of program has been edited by Valeria Fedeli, Giulia Fini, Anna
Moro, Lina Scavuzzo.
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1. WELCOME ADDRESSES
5
2. TRACKS AND TRACK STATEMENTS
9
3. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
17
4. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
21
5. SESSIONS BY DAY
25
6. MOBILE WORKSHOPS
45
7. MEETING, SPECIAL SESSIONS, EVENTS
55
8. CONFERENCE GUIDELINES
59
9. CONGRESS FACILITIES
63
10. GENERAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
67
11. OUR SPONSORS
69
12. GRATEFUL THANKS
70
13. MAPS OF THE CONGRESS VENUE
73
14. INDEX OF AUTORS
77
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1. Welcome addresses
CONFERENCE THEME
LEARNING CITIES IN A KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY
European cities are engaged in difficult and challenging processes of
social, economical, institutional and territorial change. Contemporary
cities can be considered as learning places under different points of
view:
• as central nodes of a knowledge based economy, where
concentration and exchange of information and innovation generated by
people and firms produce new forms of economy, welfare and richness,
but also new forms of poverty and exclusion;
• as social laboratories, places which expose continuously their
citizens to the effects of social transformation: laboratories in which
the notion of citizenship is questioned and people have to learn to deal
with change and the multiplication of differences generated by a mobile,
multicultural society;
• as settings for institutional and political innovation: where major
transformations compel institutions to face with new emerging
problems of contemporary society and to develop new learning skills
and experience, new forms of governance, leadership, democracy,
policies and politics.
The conference will focus its attention on the exploration of these
major challenges and will foster a lively exchange and debate among
researchers in the field of urban studies, particularly pointing at
interactions among forms of knowledge and forms of urban governance.
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1. Welcome addresses
WELCOME OF THE CONFERENCE CHAIR
Prof. Alessandro Balducci, DIAP-Politecnico di Milano
On behalf of EURA, the Department of Architecture
and Planning of the Politecnico di Milano, the coorganising academic institutions, I want to express
a warm welcome to all the participants to the XI
EURA Conference in Milan. When some years ago
we decided to organize this event, we chose the title
“Learning Cities in a Knowledge Based Society”.
Milan is a city that went across a deep process of change in the last
30 years. Having been a strong industrial pole, the engine of the Italian
economy, it went through a complete transformation of its productive
base. Without big economic crises, factories in the core city shut down
one after another and were substituted by new activities in the fields
of fashion, design, research, education, communication, media, which
often used even the same physical spaces left empty by manufacturing
activities. This process has been paralleled by a great enlargement
of the metropolis into a mega-city-region, with the displacement of
population and activities and the attraction of new immigration flows
to service the new city which is taking shape. These kind of processes
are quite common in Europe and urban institutions are under pressure.
We need to explore how cities can learn to deal with the new problems
and opportunities proposed by the transition towards a knowledgebased economy. It is a situation in which urban research can take the
responsibility of understanding the direction of change and of indicating
effective means to deal with the new challenges: this is the kind of
reflection and dialogue we want to develop in this conference.
Milan is a vibrant city, with a beauty which is often hidden, not so evident as in many other Italian cities: staying here for a few days we hope
that you will be able to discover and enjoy its qualities.
Alessandro Balducci
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2 TRACKS AND TRACK STATEMENTS
1. EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRACTICES
Track chairs: Liliana Padovani, Carolina Pacchi
Track coordinator: Paola Briata
2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Track chairs: Roberto Camagni, Gabriele Pasqui
Track coordinator: Simonetta Armondi
3. LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Track chairs: Pierluigi Crosta, Valeria Fedeli
Track coordinator: Davide Ponzini
4. INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Track chairs: Serena Vicari, Antonio Tosi
Track coordinator: Marianna d’Ovidio
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2. Tracks and tracks statements
TRACK 1 Emerging Spatial Planning Practices
Liliana Padovani, Carolina Pacchi
Contributions addressed to this track are invited to focus on learning
processes developed in planning experiences and in planning practices,
to deal with the new challenges and opportunities set by a knowledgebased society.
Generally speaking, planning can be conceived as a social interaction
process in which different forms of knowledge interweave, producing
interactively new social knowledge.
The role of learning processes and knowledge in policy making is
increasingly recognised as a crucial issue both at theoretical level
and in planning practice. Increasing attention has been paid to the
ways knowledge is produced and exchanged in complex governance
arrangements, and on how in turn it can shape decision making
processes. In the planning field the focus is not just on expert or
professional knowledge, but on a broader range of knowledge forms,
from local and everyday to institutional. Furthermore knowledge
resources, in the different forms they may assume, are increasingly
perceived as an important asset in many of the core areas addressed
by planning: such as the pursue of good level urban quality, urban
promotion and regeneration, action in deprived urban areas. In this
perspective, looking at planning as a practice producing interactive
knowledge could be particularly relevant.
Based on planning theoretical approaches and practices, the track
suggests the papers to focus on some key issues in this field. Such
topics may be developed by theoretical approaches and/or case-studies:
a) planning practices in a knowledge-based society
How recent experiences deal with the restructuring and re-scaling
of the European space produced by the contemporary economy and
patterns of spatial interaction? Such planning practices may include
experiences of spatial planning for urban regions, but also practices
of knowledge exchange, policy transfer, and networking promoted by
some the EU programmes (Interreg, Urbact) and/or the implementation
of spatial European ideas (European Spatial Development Perspective:
polycentricism, corridors, urban regions,?).
b) learning processes in planning practice
How different spatial planning practices have learnt to deal with
different forms of knowledge (expert, experience, local, ordinary, etc.),
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overcoming the barriers between different knowledge-takers (through a
variety of interaction styles: deliberation, mediation, negotiation, etc )?
c) mutual learning and hybridisation processes at European level
Planning in Europe or European planning? Towards convergenceharmonisation of national regional and local planning styles and
practices, or diversity and progressive hybridisation through mutual
learning?
d) evaluation as a form of learning
How could a learning process’s outcomes and results be evaluated? On
the other hand, which perspectives for evaluation if considered not only
as a bureaucratic step focused on indicators, but also as a practice of
reflection and knowledge production with a focus on the quality of the
outcomes aimed at increasing the understanding of what works in a
planning process, and if different interventions could be more effective?
TRACK 2
Economic Development and Urban Change
Roberto Camagni, Gabriele Pasqui
In the last 20 years many scholars have studied urban economic
development and change emphasising the role of knowledge both
for firms and for social actors, citizens and institutions. The growing
importance of knowledge based economy and cultural industries in
urban contexts influenced the relevance of competitive factors and
of the spatial organisation of urban areas. Innovative ways to balance
competition and liveability, competitiveness and sustainability are at
stake in the international debate. This track explores transformations
fostered by a knowledge based economy, at European and global level,
in two directions: the analysis of urban dynamics and the problems and
possibilities of public policies for knowledge-driven urban change.
We suggest to submit papers related, but no limited, to key issues, such
as:
a) knowledge based economy and spatial organisation of urban areas
The spatial organisation of economic activities dramatically changed
in consequence of knowledge driven economic development. How are
knowledge based activities spatially articulated in cities and among
urban areas? What is the relationship between innovative clusters,
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information intensive and science-based economic sectors and the
restructuring of urban spaces and places? Which spatial policies for
knowledge based activities should be useful (if any)?
b) local and global networks
The growing importance networks among cities and of technological
networks in urban areas is one of the main features of knowledge based
economy. What are the new characteristics and dynamics of global
networks linking knowledge-based cities? What is the importance of
networks between knowledge-based cities in the global process of
urbanisation and decentralisation? What is (and what should be) the
role of ICT in local development for European cities? Urban networks
policies are possible and useful for increasing urban competitiveness,
liveability and social cohesion?
c) cultural industries and urban creativity
In successful urban economies cultural industries and creative activities
are often intended as crucial. Do these industries enrich the urban
environment? What patterns of urban development do they induce in
the city fabric? What kind of work opportunities do they open up? What
are the social, environmental and institutional factors stimulating urban
creativity? How do urban cultural policies respond to the quest for urban
brand imagery and positioning strategies and for economic and cultural
revitalization?
d) competitiveness, liveability and sustainability
A critical look to economic development processes in knowledge-based
urban areas shows a possible trade-off between competitiveness,
sustainability and social cohesion. What are (if any) these tradeoffs between urban competitiveness and attractiveness, and social
and territorial cohesion? What is the role of the social capital in
economic development? What are the main problems of (social and
environmental) sustainability for knowledge-based cities?
TRACK 3 Learning through Governance
Pierluigi Crosta, Valeria Fedeli
The concept of governance disclosed new spaces of observation and
reflection in international urban research stressing different disciplinary
fields and borders and opening new spaces of observation, reflection,
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project... Looking through a governance perspective in fact has offered
the possibility to deal with government as a complex, thick and ‘muddy’
thing: on the one side it has opened up the way to the research on
the way in which government (and government effects) is produced in
contemporary society. On the other it has fostered research on which
arrangements and mechanisms are (or can be) produced to deal with
the complexity and fragmentation of contemporary society. In this
second perspective, the call for (good) governance has been producing a
misleading reference: governance being assumed as a positive term, a
desired scenario to work for (and with governance, several concepts, as
social capital, have followed the same destiny).
A similar treatment has been given to the concept of ‘knowledge’:
a knowledge based society having become a synonym for a positive
society: in this sense, culture, rather than knowledge could be a more
useful concept to deal with, in the way in which it remains open to the
mixed, hybrid, ambiguous way culture is produced and used.
Focussing on governance in a knowledge based society, the track chair
invites contributions regarding, but not limited to:
a) governance modes and arrangements produced by contemporary
societies
Contemporary societies are continuously producing, reproducing,
reinventing new and old governance forms and modes, mechanisms,
dealing with the complexity and fragmentation which characterises
contemporary word. The track is interested in papers discussing,
among others, the impossibility of distinguishing among practices (what
people do) and policies (what the state do); stressing the so called (and
contested) privileged position of the state in the production of public
in so far producing policies; investigating the dissolution of the link
sovereignty-territoriality-citizenship, exploring the relevance of forms of
disorder and dis-organisation, dealing with the ambiguous role of social
capital, revealing the emergence of new forms of agency?
b) dealing with the production and use of knowledge in different
governance modes and forms
In a knowledge based society the relevance (both in terms of power and
constitutive weakness) of the use of different kinds/forms of knowledge
in decision making processes, policy making, assessing, evaluating,
governing etc. is evident. The track is interested in papers dealing with,
among others, the production of public as a learning process, where
public is seen as the not necessarily intended consequence of practices
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and acknowledgment processes and actorship is seen as interactive
process of constitution of the actor and construction of action?
c) looking at institutions as they try to open up and be open to social
learning processes
Institutions appear stressed and sometimes overwhelmed by social
change and governance problems. At the same time many of them
are engaged in fostering a new governance culture. The track is
particularly interested in hosting paper overcoming the contraposition
among representation and participation in a process perspective, where
interests are not predefined to agency; dealing with the pluralisation of
the notion of local democracy; attentive to un-intended consequences
and by-product outcomes and un-consistency and variability of
problems, actors, solutions; looking at conflict as positive factor in the
treatment of problems by way of social interaction?
TRACK 4
Integration and Cohesion in Knowledge - based urban
societies
Serena Vicari, Antonio Tosi
Knowledge-based societies face increasing challenges from the point
of view of their integrative and inclusive capacity. Flexibilization in
the labour market and restructuring of the social protection system
have significantly increased the vulnerability of large sectors of the
population and weakened the position of a variety of groups in society.
At the same time, new opportunities have developed as a result of a new
focus on the role of science, technology and life-long learning as the
avenues towards a new sustainable European society and economy. This
track explores these transformations in two directions: first, from the
point of view of their impact on urban form and on the social structure,
and secondly from a policy perspective; we request papers that assess
policies addressing new forms of inequality and social exclusion.
A critical look at the rhetoric, ideology, discourse and knowledge
mobilized in the spatialization of social problems and related policies is
also welcome.
The following key issues are identified:
a) urban re-structuring : processes of fragmentation, gentrification,
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segregation
In this section we invite papers dealing with the impact of new forms
of work in the knowledge-based economy. Renewed theoretical
considerations regarding the role of the State in gentrification and
the concept and process of social and ethnic segregation in European
cities are also welcome.Papers are expected to address questions such
as: is flexibility affecting high-level professionals in the knowledgeintensive industries and low-skilled workers to the same extent ? Are
these new forms necessarily linked to growing inequalities and poverty
in European cities? Which policies are able to mitigate the impact of
processes of marginalization and spatial segregation?
b) multicultural, multi-ethnic cities: diversity, inequality and conflict
Cities are the containers of many different cultures and identities which
represent a challenge to integration. How do processes of inclusion
and exclusion manifest themselves? Are different social and ethnic
groups gaining political and social citizenships ? Does urban conflict
increasingly take the form of cultural conflict?
c) mobility and processes of de-territorialization and
re-territorialization
Increased mobility among cities and within the city imply
transformations in the urban form and in the (dis)attachment of different
social groups to local places and spaces. How does the mobility of
people affect the new spatiality of the city? Does the urban structure of
contemporary cities influence the mobility styles of inhabitants? How
do mobility choices and accessibility to urban amenities and services
structure opportunities in contemporary urban areas? Do new forms
of inequalities arise from different mobility needs and capacities? What
kind of new spaces are defined by new social groups and practices? How
are new identities socially (re)constructed in the urban space?
d) claiming the right to the city: policies and practices of social
inclusion
Cities have innovated their instruments to provide social protection
to their citizens and these new arrangements deserve a thoughtful
critical appraisal. New social movements have nourished new initiatives
and practises responding to social needs. Papers should address
questions arising from the changing definition of the public sphere,
the effectiveness of participatory policies and the overall issues of
democracy and political and social citizenship.
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3. Keynotes speeches
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Ash Amin, Professor of Geography University of Durham (UK), is leading scholar in the field of
research in the challenges of urban and regional
economic development in the context of structural
change and international economic integration.
He is author, with Nigel Thrift, of Cities. Reimagining the Urban, 2002, Blackwell, one of the leading books in the last ten years.
Prof. Bruno Dente, Professor of Public Policies
at the Politecnico di Milano, is a leading scholar
in the field of policy studies and the analysis and
design of public policies in Italy. He is particularly
characterized by a strong commitment in applied research and field experimentation. He was
editor of “Le politiche pubbliche in Italia”, 1990, il
Mulino, one of the leading handbook in the public
policies field in Italy.
Prof. Guido Martinotti, Professor at the University
Milano-Bicocca, is a leading scholar in Urban
Sociology. He was among the first in Italy to focus
on processes of social change in metropolitan
contexts and his book, “Metropoli. La nuova
morfologia sociale della città”, 1993, il Mulino, has
been a central one in the Italian reflection.
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Ms Lucy De Groot, has been Executive Director of
the IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency
for local government ) since September 2003. She
was previously Director of Public Services in HM
Treasury for three and a half years, responsible
for major areas of public expenditure, as well as
the delivery of public service agreements and a
range of strategic policies including the Voluntary Sector and Every Child Matters. The IDeA is
owned by the Local Government Association of
UK and belongs to local government. They work
in close partnership with the following organizations to support and promote better local government: 4ps, local government’s project delivery
specialist; Local Authority Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) and Local Government
Employers (LGE), who represent local government
as an employer.
Mario Pezzini, joined OECD (Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development) in 1995
as Principal Administrator in charge of the work
on Distressed Urban Areas. From 1996 to 1999
he was the Head of the OECD Rural Development
Programme and from 1999 to 2007 the Head of
the Regional Competitiveness and Governance
Division. Before joining the OECD he was Professor in Industrial Economics at the École Nationale
Supérieure des Mines de Paris as well as in US
and Italian Universities. On several occasions Mr.
Pezzini has been economic advisor for international organizations and think tanks in the field
of economic development, industrial organization
and regional economics, with a particular focus
on policies for clusters and networks of small and
medium sized firms as well as on policies to valorize natural and cultural resources. A member of
several governmental advisory boards, Mr. Pezzini
was also manager in the Regional Government of
the Emilia-Romagna Region in Italy.
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4. General program
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
18.30
Pre-Conference RECEPTION hosted by“il SOLE 24 ore”, in collaboration with AIM (Associazione Interessi Metropolitani)
Thursday, 9 October 2008
9.30-13.00
REGISTRATION
9.30-11.30
EURA BOARD MEETING
11.30-13.00
OPENING SESSION chaired by Prof. Alessandro Balducci (Conf. Chair)
Welcome of Prof. Giulio Ballio, Rector of Politecnico di Milano
Keynote speeches:
Prof. Ash Amin (Durham University), “The Urban Public Realm after the
Good Citizen”
Prof. Bruno Dente (Politecnico di Milano), “Is urban government able to
learn?”
13.30-14.30
LUNCH
14.30-16.00
1st parallel session
16.00-16.15
COFFEE BREAK
16.15-18.00
2nd parallel session
18.00-19.00
EURA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
20.00
CONFERENCE DINNER
Friday, 10 October 2008
9.00-10.30
3rd parallel session
10.45-12.30
4th parallel session
12.30-13.30
LUNCH
13.30-17.00
Mobile workshops
19.00
RECEPTION HOSTED BY PROVINCIA DI MILANO
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4. General program
Saturday, 11 October 2008
9.00-10.30
4th parallel session
10.45-12.30
5th parallel session
12.30-13.30
LUNCH
13.30-15.30
CLOSING SESSION: LEARNING FROM CITIES?
Coordinated by Prof. Enzo Mingione, Dean of the Faculty of Sociology,
University of Milano Bicocca.
Keynote speeches:
Mr. Mario Pezzini (OECD, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development)
Prof. Guido Martinotti (University of Milano Bicocca, Professor of Urban
Sociology, SUM)
Ms. Lucy De Groot (IDeA, Improvement and Development Agency for
local government)
Timetable
morning
afternoon
Wednesday, 8
October
Pre-Conference
RECEPTION
Eura Board
Meeting
Thursday, 9
October
evening
Registration
1st and 2nd
Parallel
Session
Opening Session
Eura General
Assembly
Friday, 10
October
3rd and 4th
Parallel Session
Mobile
Workshops
Saturday, 11
October
4th and 5th
Parallel Session
Closing
Session
Conference
Dinner
Reception
hosted by
Provincia di
Milano
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5 SESSIONS BY DAY
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Thursday, 9 October 2008
14.30-16.00
16.00-16.15
16.15-18.00
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
TRACK 4
1.1 New Issues in
Spatial Planning
Approach (room
IV)
2.1 Innovation
processes
and policies
(room Gamma)
2.2 Urban
development
(room B)
3.1 What about
governance: is
it good or not?
(room G1)
3.2 Governance
and
Institutional
Fragmentation
(room G2)
4.1 Mobility and
processes of deterritorialisation
and reterritorialisation
(room A)
2.3 Cultural
Industry
(room gamma)
3.3 Governance
as a tool
(room G1)
3.4 Governance
and
Fragmentation
(room G2)
4.3 Urban
re-structuring:
process of
fragmentation,
gentrification,
segregation I
(room A)
4.4 Housing
II: Housing
practices and
policies (room B)
2.4 Urban
dynamics and
networks
(room IV)
3.5 Place as
an instrument
for governance
(room G1)
3.6
Governance:
actors and
operators
(room G2)
4.5 Housing
III: Changing
housing needs
(room A)
Coffee break
1.2 Metropolitan
Issues: Planning
Strategies and
Governance
(room IV)
1.3 Boundaries,
Communications
and Networks
in Planning
(room Rogers)
Friday, 10 October 2008
9.00-10.30
10.30-10.45
1.4 Complexity,
Information and
Planning
(room Rogers)
Coffee break
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10.45-12.30
13.30-17.00
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
TRACK 4
1.5 Learning
and Knowledge
Transferability
through Planning
Practices
(room Rogers)
1.6 Urban
Practices
(room IV)
2.5 Urban
development,
human capital
and social
change
(room Gamma)
3.7 Governance
as networking
(room G1)
3.8
GOVERNANCE/
Actors and
operators
(room G2)
4.6 Urban
re-structuring:
process of
fragmentation,
gentrification,
segregation II
(room A)
- SPECIAL
SESSION. Social
Polis: Creating a
social platform
on cities and
social cohesion
for FP7
(room B)
1.7 Concepts of
Community: A
New Challenge
for Planning
(room IV)
2.6
Sustainability
(room gamma)
3.9 Governance
as Networking
(room G1)
3.10
Governance
and Learning
(room G2)
4.7 Claiming
the right to the
city: policies
and practices of
social inclusion
(room A)
1.8 Area Based
Policies
(room Rogers)
1.9 Planning
Practices
(room IV)
2.7 Creativity
and
competitiveness
(room Gamma)
3.11
Governance
as Networking
(room G1)
3.12
Governance
and learning:
policies for
sustainability
(room G2)
Mobile
workshops
Saturday, 11 October 2008
9.00-10.30
10.45-12.30
13.30-15.30
Closing session
(room Rogers)
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5 Sessions by day
Thursday, 9 October 2008
9.30-13.30
REGISTRATION
9.30-11.30
EURA BOARD MEETING
11.30-13.30
OPENING SESSION, Room Rogers
13.30-14.30
LUNCH
14.30-16.00
1st parallel session
TRACK 1
Venue
EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Room IV
1.1 New Issues in Spatial Planning Approach
Chair/Discussant: L. Padovani - [email protected]
R. Atkinson, University of the West of England, The Chimera of Integration:
Spatial Planning and Urban Development. Competitiveness, quality and
integrated approach
P. Pucci, Politecnico di Milano - DiAP, Territories and populations on the
move: the Milan urban region
C. Tedesco, Dp-Iuav, Knowledge, (good) practices and ‘resistance to change’
in area-based initiatives
TRACK 2
Venue
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Room Gamma
2.1 Innovation processes and policies
Chair/Discussant: J. N. Larsen - [email protected]
T. Erbil, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, On the validity of firm-based
growth scenarios in the innovation related regional development approach
G. Pasqui, Politecnico di Milano - DiAP, Milan as a knowledge-based
economy: the role of innovation policies
M. Rousseau, University of Saint-Etienne , Struggling with urban decline.
Governance and regeneration in the post-industrial city: a comprehensive
model
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Venue Room B
2.2 Urban development
Chair/Discussant: D. J. Alibegovic - [email protected]
N. Maisetti, Université Paris La Sorbonne, Marseille, an international
economic actor?
F. Memo, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan in the global network of realestate capitalism
S. Morgado, LUOTP- Research Laboratory For Urban And Spatial Planning,
Shaping the knowledge-based city
D. Toprak, Middle East Technical University, Restructuring the city: politics,
dyamics and outcomes of “Urban renaissance” of Rome
TRACK 3 LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Venue Room G1
3.1 What about governance: is good or not?
Chair/Discussant: P.L. Crosta - [email protected]
B. Proto, Dp-Iuav, Lizardcities for security: protection tactics and ecologies
in Chicago
V. Borghi, University of Bologna, What is public in public policies? Notes from
a research about public policies of culture in urban context
U. Janin Rivolin, Politecnico di Torino - DITER, Repositioning planning in a
governance context: a technological perspective
TRACK 3 LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Venue Room G2
3.2 Governance and Institutional Fragmentation
Chair/Discussant: P. Swianiewicz - [email protected]
K. Zimmerman, Technical University of Darmstadt - ZIT, Institutional
innovation in metropolitan governance- the case of the Rhine-Neckar Region
M. Lackowska, Metropolitan governance constrains-perspective of the core
city leadership
J. Seixas, The reinvention of politics in the city- new perspectives of
interpretation and critical analysis to the governing structures of the city of
Lisbon
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5 Sessions by day
TRACK 4
Venue
INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Room A
4.1 Mobility and processes of de-territorialisation and
re-territorialisation
Discussant: M. Boffi - [email protected]; Chair: F. Zajczyk - francesca.
[email protected]
M. Colleoni, Università di Milano Bicocca, Mobility and transformation of
urban society. Milan and its meta-city
E. Vitale Brovarone, Politecnico di Torino - DITER, Correlation, causality, or
what? Finding and controversies on the relation between urban form and
mobility styles
M. Sepe, C.N.R.-DPUU Università di Napoli Federico II, Mobility in
contemporary city: new modalities and places
16.00-16.15
COFFEE BREAK
16.15-18.00
2nd parallel session
TRACK 1
Venue
EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Room IV
1.2 Metropolitan Issues: Planning Strategies and Governance
Chair/Discussant: R. Hambleton - [email protected]
A. Balducci, Planning as a learning process in a knowledge based city: the
case of the strategic plan for the Milan’s urban region
E. Beriatos, University Od F Thessaly, Metropolitan Governance in Post
Olympic Athens
R. Branco, E-Geo/Centro De Estudos Geografia E Plan Regional, R. Salvador,
Universidade Nova De Lisboa, Strategic Economic Planning for Lisbon
S. Scamuzzi, Politecnico di Torino - DITER, The immaterial legacy of OWG
in Turin which lessons for social and cultural regeneration? (OWG Olympic
world games)
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 1 EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Venue Room Rogers
1.3 Boundaries, Communications and Networks in Planning
Chair/Discussant: U. Janin-Rivolin - [email protected]
A. Cividin, The dynamics of cultural communication in multicultural settings:
evidence from the Gorizia and Nova Gorica area
S. Duehr, Radboud University Nijmegen, Planning the city-region: on the
visualisation of network space in regional spatial strategies
M. Sclavi, The uses of disorder and of humour in urban planning
P. Romeiro, CSIC - Spain, New urban spaces of interaction in the knowledge
based society
TRACK 2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Venue Room Gamma
2.3 Cultural industry
Chair/Discussant: J. P. McCarthy - [email protected]
K. C. Chen, Chung Hua University, To promote fashion in the city – from
catwalk to sidewalk
R. Kloosterman, M. Lavanga, Universiteit Van Amsterdam, The rise and fall of
urban cultural industries. Long term developments in relationship between
cities and the production of culture
M. Deinema, Universiteit Van Amsterdam, Global science processed in
Holland: balancing the Dutchness and globality of international academic
publishing by major Dutch publishers
B. P. Jacobsen, Urban place brands and the location of the creative
industries: A theoretical framework for measuring place brand equity
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5 Sessions by day
TRACK 3
Venue
LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Room G1
3.3 Governance as a tool
Chair/Discussant: A. M. Ilmonen - [email protected]
P. Cottino, Istituto Per La Ricerca Sociale, Policy design within difficult
peripheries
E. Gualini, Berlin Institute of Technology, Strategic urban projects as
‘reflective’ modes of governance? Contrasting frames in current urban
transformations in Berlin
A. Pawlikowska-Piechotka, University of Warsaw Institute of Tourism And
Recreation, Green heritage and its functional transformation. Contemporary
users of urban historic parks and gardens: their need and expectations
P. Newman, University of Westminster, Distributed public governance and
the design of new governance instruments
TRACK 3
Venue
LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Room G2
3.4 Governance and Fragmentation
Chair/Discussant: J. E. Klausen - [email protected]
R. Giffinger, University of Technology, D. Prosperi, Florida Atlantic University,
Principles of local territorial capital as taxonomic devices to assess
competitiveness of sub-metropolitan centers
C. Sohn, CEPS, The state metropolis Luxembourg: tiger or dinosaur?
J. L. Crespo, The Urban Management in the context of governance: the
public services within Lisbon Metropolitan Area
L. Ruggiero, Università di Catania - Dip. Sociologia, The Playgrounds of the
New Urban Elites: the Case of the Bicocca District of Milan
A. Bruzzese, Communicating project: features and requirements of a
governance tool
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 4 INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Venue Room A
4.2 Urban re-structuring: process of fragmentation, gentrification,
segregation
Discussant: D.Purdue - [email protected]
G. Cavalca, University of Milano Bicocca, Consequences of economic
transformation on labour market and poverty risks: comparison between
Milan, Rome and Naples
S. Syrett, Middlesex University, Deprived neighbourhoods in the
contemporary city: work, enterprise and new form of governance
C. Ranci, L. Maestripieri, F. Manfredini, R. Torri, Politecnico di MIlano - DiAP,
Social limits to growth: competitiveness and social cohesion in European
Cities
M. Garcia, M. Pradel, S. Eizaguirre, University of Barcelona, Governance and
social innovation in practices overcoming social exclusion in European Cities
TRACK 4 INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Venue Room B
4.3 Housing II: Housing practices and policies
Discussant: S. Cameron - [email protected]
Z. A. Daneshpour, Sh. Beheshti University, Housing policies, private
speculative housing development, rising of house prices and spatial
inequality – with a concise reference to Iran and Tehran
A. De Luca, M. Lancione, Eupolis & DITER, Social justice and cohesion:
policies, practices and housing problem in Turin
F. Santaniello, Social housing and local strategies. A research about
effectiveness in non profit intervention in Lombardy
Z. Kucerova and M. Mastalka, Brno University of Technology, Innovative
approach in the problem of deprived housing localities
18.00-19.00 EURA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
20.00 CONFERENCE DINNER
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5 Sessions by day
Friday, 10 October 2008
9.00-10.30
TRACK 1
Venue
3rd parallel session
EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Room Rogers
1.4 Complexity, Information and Planning
Chair/Discussant: L.Diappi - [email protected]
D. Ludlow, UWE, Planning practices in a knowledge-basewd society: policy
driven information serving policy integration
S. Occelli, G. Rabino, Politecnico di Milano - DiAP, Planning, new ICT and
complexity
V. Silhankova, M. Pondelicek, University of Pardubice, Sustainable indicators
observation as an emerging tool for planning practice and good governence
on the local level. An example from Czech Republic
TRACK 2
Venue
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Room IV
2.4 Urban dynamics and networks
Chair/Discussant: R. Camagni - [email protected]
I. Vinci, University of Palermo, The reshaping of the urban question in Italy:
cohesion without competitiveness?
P. Oana, Université Paris La Sorbonne, Urban change in Romania. The
challenge of managing urban areas in a globalising world
R. Giffinger, H. Kramer, University of Technology, The role of city ranking in
growing city competition
L. Avedano, C. Rossignolo, EU-Polis - DITER-Politecnico di Torino - Comune
di Torino, 20 years of urban networks: assessments and learning processes
T. Michailidis, National Technical University of Athens, Cities as growth
engines: the spatial planning’s role for the improvement of networking and
competitiveness
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 3 LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Venue Room G1
3.5 Place as an instrument for governance
Chair/Discussant: G.Hutter - [email protected]
C. Coletta, F. Gabbi, G. Sonda, DP-Iuav Venice, A case to explore the
fundamentals and byproducts of administrative rationality: Busker uses of
public space
L. Bifulco, M. Bricocoli, R. Monteleone, Politecnico di Milano - DiAP,
The reflective institution and the city. Space based policies upsetting
organization in Trieste
J. N. Larsen, L. Engberg, Danish Building Research Institute, Emergent forms
of organisation and knowledge management in urban renewal
A. Uttaro, Sapienza University Rome, Park desire: old mechanisms for new
practices?
TRACK 3 LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Venue Room G2
3.6 GOVERNANCE: actors and operators
Chair/Discussant: B. Denters - [email protected]
P. Swianiewicz, University of Warsaw, Portrait of the polish urban councilor
P. J. Klock, L. De Groot, B. Denters, University of Twente, Municipal
councilors in the Netherlands: strengthening the councilor as a
representative an scrutiniser
P. Getimis, N. Hlepas, University of Athens, Municipal Councillors in a
centralistic country: Their roles in Greek multi-level governance
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5 Sessions by day
TRACK 4
Venue
INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Room A
4.4 Housing III: Changing housing needs
Discussant: A. Tosi - [email protected]; Chair: J.Dangschat - jens.
[email protected]
F. Zajczyk, P. Palvarini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan between housing
demand and new housing needs
F. Peres de Faria, A. Lopes, V. Andrade de Melo, Ensp/Fiocruz, Youth and the
city: a study of young slum dwellers of Maquinhos (Rio de Janeiro/Brasil)
C. Nygaard,G. Meen, University of Reading, International migration and
housing demand
S. Conti, M. Vani, DP-Iuav - University of Venice, Casa Plastica: in defense of
an indefensible place
10.30-10.45
COFFEE BREAK
10.45- 12.30
3rd session
TRACK 1
Venue
EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Room Rogers
1.5 Learning and Knowledge Transferability through Planning Practices
Chair/Discussant: K. Zimmermann - [email protected]
K. Davies, University of The West of England, Knowledge and learning in
spatial planning. The role of strategic environment assessment
G. Hutter, I. Neumann, IOER - Leibniz Institute of Ecology And Regional
Development, Learning and spatial planning practices Towards a stage
model in shrinking cities
A. O. Erbil, Social Acceptance of Clean Energy Concept in Turkey within the
context of Sustainable Development Approach
E. Lepine, UWE, Sustainable urban development and knowledge
dissemination: What do cities want
E. M. Bello, Politecnico di Torino - DITER, Transport, land use and
contemporary city
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 1 EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Venue Room IV
1.6 Urban Practices
Chair/Discussant: C. Pacchi - [email protected]
A. Acierno, A. Mazza, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Fragmentation, spatial
segregation and unsafety in the recent urban development of Madrid
Z. Adham, M. Basirat, Urban design practice in Iran: The differences and
similarities with European countries
L. Berköz, ITU-Faculty of Architecture, The rise of gated community sprawl
in istambul
E. Minghini, Università di Bologna, Tensions between high-density inner city
areas and urban peripheral sprawl
I. Sanchez de Madariaga, Planning for the containment of urban sprawl
TRACK 2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Venue Room Gamma
2.5 URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN CAPITAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Chair/Discussant: G. Pasqui - [email protected]
C. Bahn, Curem, Cities as overlapping nodes of internationally organized
communities of practice
P. Briata, Politecnico di Milano- DiAP, Economic development and social
change: forms and roles of ethnic economies in contemporary cities
B. Borlini, Università di Milano-Bicocca Living in a complex city
D. Peel, University of Ulster, School of The Built Environment, University
challenge: higher education as city regeneration?
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5 Sessions by day
TRACK 3
Venue
LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Room G1
3.7 GOVERNANCE AS NETWORKING
Chair/Discussant: C. Calvaresi - [email protected]
M. Farrelly, H. Sullivan, University of Birmingham, Democratic performance
in governance networks for neighborhood renewal: Denmark, England and
the Netherlands
S. Löwis, Metropolitan governance Hamburg: a learning and organizing
process
N. Holman, London School of Economics, Linking partnership and plans: the
city growth initiative and strategic network integration
TRACK 3
Venue
LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Room G2
3.8 GOVERNANCE. Actors and operators
Chair/Discussant: P.Getimis - [email protected]
S. Armondi, Politecnico di Milano - DiAP, Development and cohesion policies
in Italy: a narrative approach
R. Hambleton, University of The West of England, City leadership and urban
innovation
E. Razin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Learning through democracy
or through professional bureaucracy: jerusalem and Israeli arab localities
as examples for urban governance in diverse societies
J. Van Ostaaijen, Tilburg University, The impact of urban populism
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 1 INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Venue Room A
4.5 Urban re-structuring: process of fragmentation, gentrification,
segregation II
Discussant: E. Mingione - [email protected]; Chair: M.Pradel [email protected]
P. Stouten, TU-Delft, Regeneration and production of space: spatial and
socio-economic segregation in the Oude Noorden District of Rotterdam
M. Fasli, Eastern Mediterranean University , The influence of social
Challenges on environmental identity of Nicosia’s Walled City
A. Carmo, A. Estevens, CEG, Faculdade De Letras, Universidade De Lisboa,
Fear, space and social cohesion in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
K. Wittebrood, Netherlands Institute For Social Research/SCP, Effects of
urban re-structuring of crime
N. Suzuki, University of Tokyo, Git oot o’ ma pach! Breaking down territorial
barriers to help young people’s social inclusion
TRACK 4 INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Venue Room B
SPECIAL SESSION
S. J. Cameron, Global Urban Research Unit, Newcastle University
Social Polis: Creating a social platform on cities and social cohesion for FP7
12.30-13.00 LUNCH
13.30-17.00 MOBILE WORKSHOPS
19.00 RECEPTION HOSTED BY PROVINCIA DI MILANO
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5 Sessions by day
Saturday, 11 October 2008
9.00-10.30
TRACK 1
Venue
4th parallel session
EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Room IV
1.7 Concepts of Community: A New Challenge for Planning
Chair/Discussant: S.Moroni - [email protected]
S. Chiodi, Politecnico di Torino - DITER, Contemporary Communities in
Housing: planning effects of concept of Community transformation
A. Contin, Sustainable growth of the urban metabolism
G. Galster, A. Santiago, Wayne State University, Does Neighbourhood Shape
the Opportunities of Disadvantaged Children? New Evidence from a Natural
Experiment
TRACK 2
Venue
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Room Gamma
2.6. SUSTAINABILITY
Chair/Discussant: S. Armondi - [email protected]
A. M. Maldonado, A. Romein, TU-Delft, Sustainable development in
technology cities in the Netherlands
J. Vargas Hernandez, Instituto Tecnológico De Cd. Guzmán, Environmental
and economic development shrinkage of Atenquique
Z. Morvaj, G. Cacic, UNDP Croatia, Energy management in cities
TRACK 3
Venue
LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Room G1
3.9 GOVERNANCE AS NETWORKING
Chair/Discussant: V. Fedeli - [email protected]
M. Roggero, D. Zikos, Ufz Leipzig, Participatory urban governance and the
amphidromos role of diversity
A. Røiseland, Bodø University College, The institutionalization of urban
governance. Organization of networks and Networking in organizations
M. Mareggi, Great number of actors in different theatres
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 3 LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Venue Room G2
3.10 GOVERNANCE AND LEARNING
Chair/Discussant: D. Ponzini - [email protected]
A. Porrello, E. Tommarchi, DP-Iuav - Università di Venezia, Governance and
Interculturalism for the “resurgent city”
I. Smith, Cities Research Centre, Uwe, Situated social learning and the
management of urban growth
S. Baum, A. Mahizhnan, N. Andiappan, T. Yigitcanlar, E-governance and
knowledge cities: policies and issues from the Singapore model
TRACK 4 INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED URBAN
SOCIETIES
Venue Room A
4.6 Claiming the right to the city: policies and practices of social inclusion
Discussant: S.Body-Gendrot - [email protected]; Chair: S.Vicari serena.
[email protected]
J. McCarthy, Heriot-Watt University, Social justice and urban regeneration
J. Sixsmith, R. Woolrych, Manchester Metropolitan University, Social
transformations and urban regeneration: building well being in Community
context
D. Purdue, UWE, Shared space: socially creative strategy for inclusion in
urban Public Space and Innovation in Environmental and Health Policies
J. Inzulza Contardo, University of Manchester, Has the State been promoting
gentrification as a strategy for inner cities?
A. Kearns, J. Bannister, Tolerance, Diversity and Space
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5 Sessions by day
10.45-12.30
TRACK 1
Venue
5th parallel session
EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Room Rogers
1.8 Area Based Policies
Chair/Discussant: P. Briata - [email protected]
C. Calvaresi, Strategy making for marginalised areas: What can we learn?
V. Monno, Politecnico di Bari - DIASS, Knowledge conflicts and learning
opportunities in urban policy making
M. Spaans, M. Van der Veen, E. Louw, F. Hobma, OTB - TU-Delft, What can
we learn in the Neaderlands from English planning practices in area
development?
F. Wukovitsch, TU-Berlin, Implementation of EU regional policy in European
cities: impacts on urban regeneration strategies in Berlin and Vienna
TRACK 1
Venue
EMERGING SPATIAL PLANNING PRATICES
Room IV
1.9 Planning Practices
Chair/Discussant: R. Atkinson - [email protected]
L. Damay, F. Delmotte, Fusl, New urban planning instruments: participation
or governance? The case of Brussels
A. De Candia, Politecnico di Torino, The territorial dimension of integrated
programmes: indicators and criteria
E. I. Falleth, G. Hanssen, Norwegian Institute For Urban And Regional
Research, New roles of civil society in neoliberal urban planning
A. Hynynen, Tampere University of Technology - School of Architecture, Urban
Scenes and Fallows. Creating spaces for creative economy
J. S. Dangschat, The knowledge base of urban planning - Planning between
government and governance
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5. Sessions by day
TRACK 2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CHANGE
Venue Room Gamma
2.7 Creativity and competitiveness
Chair/Discussant: D. Peel - [email protected]
M. P. Eastway, M. Pradel, J. T. Garuz, Universitat de Barcelona, Attracting
innovation and creativity as a challenge for competitiveness; the case of
Barcelona metropolitan region
T. Campbell, Urban Age, Learning Cities: Knowledge, Capacity and
Competitiveness
D. Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano, A theoretical framework on the role of
contemporary architecture as immaterial competitive factor
M. D’Ovidio, S. Mugnano, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan: not really a
city, but an “urban office”
TRACK 3 LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Venue Room G1
3.11 GOVERNANCE AS NETWORKING
Chair/Discussant: E. Gualini - [email protected]
E. Becker, TU-Berlin Usability of the knowledge of community foundations
Z. Dimadama, D. Zikos, Panteion University / Ufz Leipzig, Social Networks as
Trojan horses to challenge the dominance of hierarchy? Water governance
arrangements in the urban area of Volos, Greece
A. Agger, Roskilde University , New forms of participation in urban planning
in the Scandinavia countries
V. Fedeli, Institutions as intermediate spaces
I. Breda Vàzquez, P. Conceição, P. Mòia, Evaluation as a form of learning: a
methodology for urban policy networking
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5 Sessions by day
TRACK 1
Venue
LEARNING THROUGH GOVERNANCE
Room G2
3.12 Governance and learning: sustainability
Chair/Discussant: H. Heinelt - [email protected]
J. Van Assche, T. Block, University of Ghent, City indicators are a knowledge
based for urban governance. The case of the Flemish city monitor 2006
A. Kokx, Utrecht University, Partnerships in Dutch Urban Restructuring:
Building Sustainable Relationships or a Pragmatic Managerial Tool?
J. E. Klausen, O. Langeland, Norwegian Institute For Urban And Regional
Research, Urban Adaptation: a matter of Knowledge and governance
C. Pacchi, D. Zanoni, Governance, knowledge, legitimacy: a possible equation
in sustainability oriented policy?
12.30-13.30
LUNCH
13.30-15.30
CLOSING SESSION, Room Rogers
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6 MOBILE WORKSHOPS
1. Sectioning the city region. A bike tour along the Martesana canal
Leader: Alessandro Balducci
2. The Bicocca neighbourhood. Knowledge city: the University and the Metropolis
Leader: Marianna D’Ovidio
3. Visiting the new exhibition area in Rho-Pero
Leader: Luca Gaeta
4. Visiting Sarpi, a Chinese neighbourhood
Leader: Christian Novak
5. From Duomo to Rozzano: discovering Milan urban region
Leader: Gabriele Pasqui
6. Parco Nord
Leader: Antonio Longo
7. Milan and Its Music Places. A Historical Introduction
Leader: Davide Ponzini
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6. Mobile workshops
MOBILE WORKSHOPS - GENERAL INFORMATION
Eura Conference 2008 will give participants the opportunity to visit
and learn about Milan and its urban region guided by urban scholars.
This is a provisional programme: further details will be given at the
Conference. Some of the Tours will be run with Conference Coaches;
some will be organised on the base of public transportation.
MOBILE WORKSHOP 1
Sectioning the city region. A bike tour along the Martesana canal
Leader
Alessandro Balducci
The Naviglio Martesana is a water canal in the Lombardy region.
Running from the Adda river, in the vicinity of Trezzo sull’Adda, to Milan.
It is part of the system of Navigli of the Milan area. Approximately 38
kilometres long (the canal, not the tour), with a substantial section
covered over or infilled, its width varies between 9 and 18 metres, while
the depth is between one and three metres. Originally named Naviglio
Piccolo, it subsequently changed to Martesana from the name of the
county across which it runs. Along the way it crosses the boundaries
of the cities of Vimodrone Cernusco sul Naviglio Cassina de’ Pecchi,
Bussero, Gorgonzola, Gessate, Bellinzago, Lombardo, Inzago, Cassano
d’Adda, Vaprio d’Adda and Trezzo sull’Adda.The canal enters Milan
alongside Via Padova until Cassina de’ Pomm: at the junction with
Via Melchiorre Gioia it disappears underground following the route
of Via Melchiorre Gioia. While it has been for centuries a transport
infrastructure and a source for water exploitation, in the industrial
period it has been very recently re-discovered as a potential green-way
across the urban region.
Today it is a popular recreational area in the Adda Park river, known
for its leisurely and traffic free cycling paths. The cycling path along
martesana canal is an nteresting viewpoint of unexpected sections of
the territorial phenomena that take place along its course.
We will move with public transport to Gessate (approximately 30
minutes) where we will find all the bicycles and will come back towards
Milan along the canal bike path.
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6. Mobile workshops
Please note that the bike tour will be realized with the maximum
number of twenty participants. The tour will be cancelled in case of rain.
Meeting point: Agorà of Faculty of Architecture and Society, Politecnico
di Milano on 10 October 2008 at 1.30 p.m.
For further information: see the brochure
MOBILE WORKSHOP 2
The Bicocca neighbourhood.
Knowledge city: the University and the Metropolis
Leader
Marianna D’Ovidio
In Milan, like in several other European cities, a deep process of
industrial restructuring and the relocation of large and medium size
factories changed the physical and social fabric of the city during the
70s and 80s. Where the factory had once worked as the main ordering
principle of the territory, large gaps opened up in the urban fabric in the
form of dismissed industrial areas.
In the area of north-east Milan one of the largest industrial site was the
location of a large scale redevelopment programme geared to make
Milan a “knowledge city”. In the early 90s the area of Bicocca, where
the Pirelli tires factory-Bicocca was located, was redeveloped into
a new part of the city characterized by education, research, cultural
and residential facilities. A new university campus was built, along
with a national theatre, private residences, commercial and research
structures, i.e. the National Research Council, Siemens Company,
Deutsche Bank, as well as the new Pirelli headquarter and the Pirelli
Research Centre. Nowadays the Bicocca area is a vibrant centre of
different activities and a diverse population inhabits its spaces and
buildings; students, instructors and researchers at the university
and at the research centres, employees in the advanced service,
people working in logistics and personal services, a public made up
of participants in scientific congress and people attending cultural
activities and, of course, the local residents (about 2.000 inhabitants).
During the daytime the area is populated by almost 20.000 people on
average.
One of the largest urban renewal projects in Italy, Bicocca represents a
new centrality for the whole metropolitan area of Milan.
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In our visit we will be welcomed by the Bicoccaè association, which
takes care of the marketing of the area. We will visit the library in the
University Campus, where we will also have a short introductory lecture
about the Bicocca project by a member of the Gregotti Associates,
the group in charge of the redevelopment project; he will take us to
visit the Arcimboldi theatre and the Pirelli Headquarter which are the
two architectural masterpieces of the area. We will move south in the
neighbourhood and we will visit the ?Borgo Pirelli? with small villas
built at the beginning of the Twentieth Century by the Pirelli Company
for the managers? families. There we will meet Ms Beatrice Uguccioni,
the presidente of the IX° administrative district of the municipality of
Milan (where the Bicocca neighbourhood is located). After that we will
take the eco-bus (free) which connects the different parts of the Bicocca
neighbourhood and we will visit the Hangar Bicocca, an exhibition centre
which hosts, among others, The Seven Heavenly Palaces by Anselm
Kiefer.
Meeting point: Agorà of Faculty of Architecture and Society, Politecnico
di Milano on 10 October 2008 at 1.30 p.m.
We will reach the Bicocca neighbourhood by train from Politecnico:
the trip takes only 7 minutes and it lets us see a hidden part of the city,
which faces the railway which surround Milan.
Website
http://www.unimib.it/go/Home/English-version
http://www.hangarbicocca.it/
http://www.bicocca-e.org/
MOBILE WORKSHOP 3
Visiting the new exhibition area in Rho-Pero
Leader
Luca Gaeta
The new exhibition area has been developed between 2002 and 2005 in
the outskirts of Milan, as one of the largest European projects of the
time. The structure with a gross floorspace of 530,000 square meters
is built on a two million square meters site in the area, that formerly
hosted an oil refinery.
The project was promoted by Fondazione Fiera Milano, a private
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institution, and developed by Sviluppo Sistema Fiera, an engineering and
contracting company that is overseeing the transformation of the entire
Milan exhibition system.
The Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas has designed a complex of
eight pavillions distributed on both sides of a long promenade, covered
by a glasswing surface.
General Informations:
Cost approx. 550,000,000 euro
Total site size 2,000,000 sq. m
Length of central axis 1 km
Gross floorspace 530,000 sq. m
Indoor rentable area 200,000 sq. m
Outdoor exhibition area 60,000 sq. m
Conference halls 80
Restaurants 20
Bars 25
Glazing 200,000 sq. m
Parking spaces approx. 20,000
Landscaped area 180,000 sq. m
Meeting point: Agorà of Faculty of Architecture and Society, Politecnico
di Milano on 10 October 2008 at 1.30 p.m.
The exhibition area can be reached by the underground in approximately
45 minutes, but a coach will bring participants there.
MOBILE WORKSHOP 4
Visiting Sarpi, a Chinese neighbourhood
Leader
Christian Novak
A historic neighbourhood under metamorphosis
Sarpi neighbourhood, the famous Chinatown of Milan, shows powerful
signs of transformation triggered by global social changes: here, we find
a thick network of shops, venues, street vendors and all sorts of services
managed by Chinese businesspeople, and mainly catering for Chinese
customers. Here, Chinese immigrants that have only recently arrived
tend to come looking for information and housing or job opportunities,
while long-time Chinese residents gather to shop and exchange gossip
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about the Chinese community in Milan, in Italy and in China. However,
the Paolo Sarpi neighbourhood is not a ghetto: the Chinese who live
here are just a fraction of the overall Chinese community in Milan,
and many times those who can afford buying or renting the top floors
of the old local houses - that are being extensively renovated - are
young well-off Italian and foreign professionals, that are attracted by
the area’s strategic proximity to the emerging fashion district: so far,
showrooms and fashion agencies are clustered in the Brera-Garibaldi
area, but they are already starting to spill over towards Sarpi. The
residents of this neighbourhood, and also of the close neighbourhoods
Isola and Garibaldi are finding themselves involved - willingly or not - in
a new style of living and cohabitation, that follows the path of quick and
irreversible change, and dissolves worn-out identities to experiment
with new ones. This process is all but consistent and harmonious, it
entails controversies and conflicts.
The tour include three items: the metamorphosis of the commercial
structure, evolution and urban range; traditional, popular and mixed
buildings, and recent and renovated and gentrificated buildings; little
public spaces contended as sidewalks. We?ll see the new roads of
wholesale, the core of the old Chinese neighbourhood, the streets
of cultural associations and shopping. We’ll meet representative of
Viva Sarpi association, the Italian association of inhabitants, and a
spokesman of the Chinese dealers.
Meeting point: Agorà of Faculty of Architecture and Society, Politecnico
di Milano on 10 October 2008 at 1.30 p.m.
From Politecnico, Underground MM 2 from “Piola” to “Moscova”, then 5
minutes by feet until the beginning of Via Bramante. Time extimated for
the tour 2 hours and half. To go back to the city centre: tram number 3,
4, 7, 12, 14.
Some References
Lanzani A. Granata E. Novak C., Inti I., Cologna D., Esperienze e
paesaggi dell’abitare, Aim, Abitare Segesta, Milano 2006.
Farina P., Cologna D., Lanzani A., Breveglieri L., Cina a Milano.
Famiglie, ambienti e lavori della popolazione cinese a Milano, AIM Abitare Segesta, Milano, 1997.
Granata E. Novak. C., Polizzi E., Immigrazione dall?Asia e
trasformazione urbana, in Cologna D. (a cura di) “Asia a Milano.
Famiglie ambienti e lavori della popolazione cinese a Milano”, AIM Abitare Segesta, Milano, 2003.
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MOBILE WORKSHOP 5
From Duomo to Rozzano: discovering Milan urban region
Leader
Gabriele Pasqui
The tour is devoted to a quick view of Milan metropolitan area from the
center to the south, analysing changes in urban organization, functions
and activities from the metropolitan core to peripherical areas through
Milan municipality boundaries. The tour will show changes in urban
development and organization during the last century in a specific urban
“strip”.
During the tour there will be two steps:
- Gratosoglio, a social housing district built in the ‘60s characterized by
social and physical problems;
- Rozzano, a medium size city at the south of Milan boundaries, an
example of urban fringe sprawl, where the tour will stop.
At the end of the tour we will meet public officers and politicians of the
Municipality. With them we will discuss urban strategies of an important
metropolitan municipality.
Meeting point: Agorà of Faculty of Architecture and Society, Politecnico
di Milano on 10 October 2008 at 1.30 p.m.
The tour will be realized using private transport vehicle. The bus will
take participants to Rozzano and bring them back.
MOBILE WORKSHOP 6
Parco Nord Milano
Leader
Antonio Longo
Milan North Park is a large compact green area that spreads over 700
hectares to the north of Milan, through the boundaries of different
Municipality: Milan, Bresso, Cormano, Cinisello Balsamo, Sesto San
Giovanni and Cusano Milanino. It is one of the most important practice
of urban and landscape regeneration in the urban Milanese region.
It includes forests and areas that are interesting from a naturalistic
point of view as well as meadows, cycle tracks, urban gardens, play and
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sports areas. It was ideated during the 60’s and created beginning from
the first half of the 70’s with a recuperation and reclamation intervention
of the areas abandoned by the large factories.
It comes close to some of the most successful examples of metropolitan
parks in Europe (Munich, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Lyons and
Barcellona).
It is, in fact, the result of an architectural project designed specially for
the area with attention paid to the smallest details. The first part of the
project concerned a vast waste area belonging to the Breda steelworks,
which was bought by the City Council. The Management Consortium
has provided numerous facilities and activities which can be used by the
public, including a velodrome, bowling grounds, giant chessboards and
a dense network of pathways and footbridges so as to avoid main roads
when going from one section to the other.
The main offices are in a farmhouse at the centre of the redevelopment,
where a continuous programme of educational and recreational events
are held.
During the tour in the Park, the participants will meet the manager of
the Park and the technical staff.
Meeting point: Agorà Faculty of Architecture and Society, Milan
Polytechnic on 10 October 2008 at 1.30 p.m., with private bus from Milan
Polytechnic. The bus will take participants to the Park and bring them
back.
Website
www. parconord.milano.it
MOBILE WORKSHOP 7
Milan and Its Music Places. A Historical Introduction
Leader
Davide Ponzini
In its long history, Milan has often been at the center of the European
musical production and cultural life, e.g. through the its famous opera
theatres, but also with connected activities as musical publishing.
This study tour introduces to the places where Milanese cultural (and
properly knowledge-based) production developed, beginning from the
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Thirteenth to the Nineteenth Century. A short walk in the central area
will show, among other musical places: the Cathedral, the place where
the Royal Ducal Theatre was and the La Scala Theatre and its Museum.
Meeting point: Agorà of Faculty of Architecture and Society, Politecnico
di Milano on 10 October 2008 at 1.30 p.m.
We will reach the city centre using public transport.
Note:
Partecipants will be provided Public trasportation tickets if necessary.
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7 MEETINGS, SPECIAL SESSIONS, EVENTS
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COMMITEE AND BOARD MEETINGS, SPECIAL
RECEPTIONS AND SESSIONS
EURA BOARD MEETING
9.30-11.30, 9 October
SALA COMMISSIONI
This meeting is dedicated to the members of EURA BOARD
EURA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
18.00-19.00, 9 October
AULA ROGERS
This meeting, which is open to all participants in the Conference, will
provide you with an opportunity to learn about the future plans for EURA
and to express your views. The Agenda will be in your Conference Pack. Please come and contribute to a forward looking discussion!
Urban Research & Practice Reception to launch the journal
12.30-13.30, 10 October
SALA COMMISSIONI
Lunch reception hosted by Routledge
Urban Research & Practice Editors Board
SALA COMMISSIONI
9.00-10.30, 11 October
This meeting is dedicated to the members of the Editorial Board of the
journal.
SPECIAL SESSION: Social Polis: Creating a social platform on cities
and social cohesion for FP7, by S. J. Cameron.
10.45- 12.30, 10 October
Room B
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SOCIAL EVENTS
Pre-Conference reception hosted by ILSOLE24ore, in collaboration with
AIM (Associazione interessi Metropolitani)
18.30, 8 October
Venue: Il Sole 24 ore headquarters, via Monte Rosa 91, Milano, meet in
front of the main entrance
Welcome address by Mr. Pier Giuseppe Torrani, President of AIM
(Associazione interessi Metropolitani); a guided-tour organized by AIM
(Associazione interessi Metropolitani) into the building designed by the
Architect Renzo Piano, headquarter of the most important economic
journal in Italy and an “Aperitivo” offered by Politecnico di Milano,
Department of Architecture and Planning.
Transportations: Get off at Lotto Station on the RED metro-line
CONFERENCE DINNER
20.00, 9 October
Venue: OSTERIA DEL TRENO, Via San Gregorio 46, Milano
The Conference dinner will be hosted in the large room of this
restaurant, located in a historical building once occupied by a workers’
association of the Italian railways. All congress participants are invited
at the social dinner.
Transportations: Get off at CENTRALE STATION on the GREEN metroline
CONFERENCE RECEPTION, hosted by Provincial Administration of Milan
19.00,10 October
Venue: via Vivaio 1, Sala Affreschi and Giardino, main entrance of the
provincial building
The Conference reception, hosted and sponsored by the Province of
Milan, will be located in Sala Affreschi and in the historical garden of
the building of the Provincial Administration of Milan. After a welcome
from the Provincial representatives, the conference participants will be
offered an APERITIVO.
Transportations: Get off at SAN BABILA Station on the RED metro-line.
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VENUE
All meetings will take place in the main building of the Faculty of
Architecture and Society, Leonardo Campus of the Politecnico di Milano.
The Opening Session will be held in Aula Rogers, the Parallel Session
will be hosted in the following Rooms: IV, Gamma, Rogers, G1, G2, A, B.
See the maps and follows the signs around the faculty building.
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK
The registration and information desk will be located in the entrance
hall of the Faculty of Architecture and Society main building, next to
Aula Rogers. Hostess at the desk will help you with registration and
your accommodation details (if you have booked a room via the dedicate
website). In any case please contact the info-desk shall you have any
problems or requirements.
PRESENTERS GUIDELINES
Participants whose papers have been accepted are invited to give a lively,
dynamic and thought-provoking presentation of their work at the EURA
Congress 2008 in Milan. You will have 15-20 minutes to present your
work; 20-30 minutes will then be dedicated to the discuss the presented
papers at the end of the session.
A.
General information
- Presenters are asked to contact the person at the audiovisual
desk. In each room arriving 10 minutes before the beginning of the
session. Hand over the CD-ROM or USB device with your PowerPoint
presentation. Shall you need other software please use your Portable
PC.
- The computers in the presentation rooms will be Windows-based PCs
with Microsoft PowerPoint (Office XP 2002) installed. We recommend
PowerPoint (.ppt) for all user, but will accept Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
and HTML (.html) files as well. Presentation created either on PC
or Macintosh platforms should work, but verification of proper
performance, particularly if video is included in the presentation, is
essential.
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- Your presentation will be loaded on the Pc in the room where you will
be presenting just before the session and will be ready at the start of the
session.
- Please ensure that your presentation contains standard fonts only.
For cross-platform compatibility, the use of Times New Roman, Arial,
Helvetica or Symbols fonts is advised. Some other fonts may not
transfer properly from your computer to the system used presentation.
- Remember that you will be allowed to connect your own laptop to the
LCD projector in the presentation room just in the case you have special
programs to use.
- Presenters unable to present at the schedule time must notify the
Conference Manager and withdraw from the program. Schedule cannot
be rearranged.
B.
Presentation Tips
- Introduce yourself to the other participants and to the Track Chairs.
If no Track Chairs is present for whatever reason, please nominate
someone among presenters to act as the time manager for the session.
- Usually each speaker will be allowed a maximum of 15-20 minutes,
which means that you will not be able to read your full paper. Decide
what’s important! A paper will have many details, but only a few key
ideas. The talk should be organized around these.
- Presentations should be kept brief and time should be allowed for
questions from the audience and discussant. Concentrate on what is
new, interesting and different rather than providing full theory and
methodology.
- You will not be permitted to speak longer than the allocated time, as
this would be unfair to others presenters. The Track Chair is instructed
to intervene help you keeping time during your presentation.
- When presenting your paper, please be conscious of the considerable
variations that exist within the English language. Furthermore, for
many of the participants in the Congress, English may not be their first
language. When presenting it is important to observe some basic rules:
a. Speak slowly and with great clarity, recognizing that individual country
or regional accents may be difficult for the audience to understand.
b. Note that if you use culture-specific terms they may not be readily
understood by individuals from other part of the world. While it is
difficult to avoid using technical terms, there is also a responsibility to
explain their meaning. In summary, it is important that is accessible
to the broad range of cultural backgrounds of those attending the
Congress.
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C.
Equipment Available for Presenters
The conference will provide data projector. Data projector will be
set up in every presentation room. Presentation room will be staffed
by students, but these students are not experts in the use of the
equipment. We strongly recommend that you make yourself comfortable
with these types of projectors before your arrival. Most of them use
simple standard operating procedures.
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REGISTRATION DESK
The Registration desk will be located in the main entrance of the
building of the Faculty of Architecture and Society (accessible from via
Bonardi 3 and via Ampère 2). You will find there personnel in charge of
helping you with Registration procedure. When arriving at the conference please visit the Registration Desk where all conference materials
and your “Certificate of Attendance and Payment” will be distributed. In
case you have not paid or registered yet, please contact the Registration
Desk.
SIGNPOSTING AND FINDING YOUR WAY
All around the Faculty, accessible from two difference entrances (via
Bonardi 3, via Ampère 2) you will find the conference posters and maps
of the Faculty dedicated to the Conference. Most of the sessions and
events will be held in the glass and steel section of the building, but
please follow indications on site and maps in pages 73 - 75 in order to
find out the Room you are looking for. Students involved in the organization of the event, will be placed in visible places to help you find
the way. They will be wearing a bleu T-Shirt with the conference logo.
Please do not hesitate to ask them information about Rooms and Congress Facilities.
COFFEE BREAKS AND LUNCHES
Buffet, coffee breaks and lunches will be served in a specific space next
to Exhibition Hall. You will find tables to eat in the open space called
Agorà at the center of the building of Faculty of Architecture and Society.
PUBLISHERS
You will find publishers’ stands in a dedicated space next to the Exhibition Hall.
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EXHIBITION
In the occasion of the XI EURA conference the Faculty Exhibition Hall
will host an exhibition dedicated to “PROGETTO STRATEGICO CITTÀ
DI CITTÀ”, promoted and produced by the Provincial Administration of
Milan in collaboration with DiAP. The Exhibition “VIVIMI” was originally
held in Triennale di Milano and was then, after a restyling, reproduced in
several Municipalities of the Province: it provides interpretative description of Milan Urban Region and a vision for its future. Materials are in
Italian, but you will be provided a translated text.
Next to the Exhibition Hall, the “Tunnel” and Agorà area, will host:
the outcome of a photographic competition launched on the web (flickr
photographic website) on the themes of the mobile workshops organised in these days; a sound installation by the architect an musician
Nicola Ratti which reflects on the correspondences between visual and
auditory perception of territory; and a series of videos about the spaces
of the contemporary city from the photographer and video artist Cedrick
Eymenier.
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To afford you a comfortable stay in Milan, you’ll find some practical
travel information on this site: www.provincia.milano.it, www.comune.
milano.it
Climate:
Milan has a temperate climate. The mean daily temperature in October
is 18 °C or 23 °F. It is generally quite dry in October but you may experience some rain, so come prepared (umbrella)!
Public offices:
Public office are generally open Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. to 3.30
p.m. Banks are generally open on weekdays from 8.40 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
and from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Offices and banks are closed on Saturday and Sunday.
Driving:
A valid license is required for driving in Italy. Driving is on the right and
seat belts must be worn at all times. In Italy the speed limits are 130
Km/h on motorways, 80 Km/h on main roads and 50 Km/h in built-up
areas. Road signs give distance in Km.
Telephones:
Most public phones work with telephone cards. You can buy these cards
in stations, bookshops and newsagents.
Emergency calls:
The emergency number in Italy: 112 for police; 115 fire brigade; 118
medical emergencies.
Tips, TAX:
Tips are quite common in restaurants, bars and taxis.
All prices normally include TAX.
Taxis in Milan
For using a Taxi please use the following numbers
02-4040
02-8585
02-6969
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11 OUR SPONSORS
Provincia di Milano, Assessorato al Piano Strategico
The Provincial Administration of Milan is supporting the conference hosting a
Conference Reception on the 10th of October, and offering the Exhibition VIVIMI,
which will be held in the Faculty of Architecture Exhibition Hall during the
Conference VISIT THE website www.cittadicitta.it, dedicated to the STRATEGIC
PROJECT promoted by the Provincial Administration of Milan.
AIM - Associazione Interessi Metropolitani, is a private institution funded in 1987
by an important group of Enterprises and Banks of the city of Milan, in order to
promote research projects and studies to help the city of Milan in its cultural,
social and economic development. In twenty years of activity, AIM has published
about 90 research projects: in particular in 2002, it has produced a series of open
study tours dedicated to citizens in order to rediscover the city of Milan and its
urban transformations. These study tours, made in collaboration with the URBAN
Center of Comune di Milano, are illustrated in a number of guides titled “Conoscere Milano”, each of them dedicated to the illustration of the urban itineraries
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12 GRATEFUL THANKS
The XI EURA Conference success is based on the passionate
work of a large group of people and organizations, to which goes
our grateful thanks:
General Organization
Valeria Fedeli
Exhibitions, space management, products management
Anna Moro
Production of conference materials
Lina Scavuzzo, Giulia Fini
VIVIMI
Paolo Cazzola, studio Carmi
Installazione sonora
Nicola Ratti
http://www.nicolaratti.com
Video
Cedrick Eymenier
http://www.coriolislab.org/
GFOSS
Andrea Giacomelli - GFOSS.it
http://www.gfoss.it/mapparemilano
Photo Exhibition
Daniele Villa and the photographers of Eura Milan 2008 group on
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/groups/eura2008/
IL SOLE 24 ore
Laura Bassi
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AIM
Luisa Toeschi
Provincia di Milano
Daniela Gasparini, Matteo Mauri, Barbara Lucini, Emanuela
Repossi, Claudia Barbieri
Polipress
Marina Currò, Laura Rolla
Students
Ivan Oliva, Daniele Pennati, Dario Sbalzarini, Bahar Songuler
Translators
Samantha Belotti, Christian Oxenius, Hadar Livne, Laura Cibien
EURA SECRETARY
Giulia Amadasi, DiAP
EURA BOARD
In particular Pawel Swianewictz, Robin Hambleton, Rob Atkinson
Mobile workshop leaders
Alessandro Balducci, Marianna D’Ovidio, Luca Gaeta, Antonio
Longo, Christian Novak, Gabriele Pasqui, Davide Ponzini
The local organising committee
Valeria Fedeli (coordinator), Giulia Amadasi, Simonetta Armondi,
Paola Briata, Marianna D’Ovidio, Carolina Pacchi, Davide Ponzini,
Giulia Fini, Valeria Inguaggiato, Marianna Giraudi, Anna Moro,
Lina Scavuzzo, Daniele Villa
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13 MAPS OF THE CONGRESS VENUE
Area under
construction
MM2
Via Compagni
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GROUND FLOOR
to 2nd Floor
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BASEMENT
W.C.
from ground floor
Tunnel
Stairs
FIRST FLOOR
Stairs
From First floor
from ground floor
W.C.
W.C.
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14 INDEX OF AUTHORS
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14. Index of authors
A
ACIERNO, A. ………………………..........…………..............
ADHAM, Z. ……………………………………..…….......….......
AGGER, A. ……………………………………..….......……........
ANDIAPPAN, N. ……………..………….............….…........
ANDRADE DE MELO, V. .….…….……......………...........
ARMONDI, S. ……..……………............……………….........
ATKINSON, R. .....………………….....…….……….…….......
AVEDANO, L. .....……………………...…………………….......
37
37
43
41
36
38
28
34
B
BAHN, C. ………...…………...…………………....................
BALDUCCI, A. …...…………………………….....................
BANNISTER, J. …………………………………………...........
BASIRAT, M. ………………………………..........................
BAUM, S. ………………………………….............................
BECKER, E. ………………………………………....................
BELLO, E. M. …..……………………………….....................
BERIATOS, E. …..……………………………………...............
BERKÖZ, L. ………..………………………………………..........
BIFULCO, L. ………..……………………………….….............
BLOCK, T. ……………..……………………………..................
BORGHI, V. ……………..……………………………….............
BORLINI, B. ……………...……………………………..............
BRANCO, R. ………………..……………………………...........
BREDA VÁZQUEZ, I. ………………………………..............
BRIATA, P. ……………………………………………….............
BRICOCOLI, M. …………………………………….................
BRUZZESE, A. ………………………………….....................
37
30
41
37
41
43
36
30
37
35
44
29
37
30
43
37
35
32
C
CACIC, G. ………………………..……………………………….....
CALVARESI, C. ……………..…..……………………..............
CAMERON, S. J. ......................................................
CAMPBELL, T. ........................................................
CARMO, A. …………………….………....…………................
CAVALCA, G. …………………….……….…………….............
CHEN, K. C. ………………...……………......…...................
CHIODI, S. ……………………………………..…………............
CIVIDIN, A. ……………………………………..…….….............
COLETTA, C. ……………………………………..……..............
COLLEONI, M. ……………………….………….…................
40
42
39
43
39
33
31
40
31
35
30
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CONCEIÇÃO, P. ………………………………….……............
CONTI, S. ……………………………………………..................
CONTIN, A. ……………………………………….....................
COTTINO, P. …………………………………………................
CRESPO, J. L. ………………………………………................
43
36
40
32
32
D
D’OVIDIO M. …………….…………………………...................
DAMAY, L. …………………………………………….................
DANESHPOUR, Z. A. ….…………………...…..................
DANGSCHAT, J. S. ..................................................
DAVIES, K. ………………………...………………...................
DE CANDIA, A. ……...………...……………………...............
DE GROOT, M. ……………................……………..............
DE LUCA, A. …………………………….…………..................
DEINEMA, M. ………………………….........…….................
DELMOTTE, F. ……………………………………...................
DENTERS, B. …………………….………………….................
DIMADAMA, Z. ……………………..………………...……........
DUEHR, S. …………………...……………………...................
43
42
33
42
36
42
35
33
31
42
35
43
31
E
EASTAWAY, M. …………….....……................................
EIZAGUIRRE, S. ……………………....…….…....................
ENGBERG, L. A. ………………………….……...……............
ERBIL, A. O. .............................................................
ERBIL, T. …….……………………………………...…...............
ESTEVENS, A. …………………………….…………….............
43
33
35
36
28
39
F
FALLETH, E. I. ………………………………........................
FARRELLY, M. ………………………………………................
FASLI, M. ……………………………………..…......................
FEDELI, V. ………………………………………………..............
42
38
39
43
G
GABBI, F. …………………………………………..................... 35
GALSTER, G. …………………………………………................ 40
GARCIA, M. ………………………….………………................. 33
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GARUZ, J. T. ………………………………….........................
GETIMIS, P. .............................................................
GIFFINGER, R. ......................………….…....................
GUALINI, E. …………………………………………..................
43
35
32, 34
32
H
HAMBLETON, R. ……………………………...……...............
HANSSEN, G. S. …………………...................................
HLEPAS, N. ..............................................................
HOBMA, F. …………………………....................................
HOLMAN, N. ………………………….................................
HUTTER, G. …………………………...................................
HYNYNEN, A. …………………………................................
38
42
35
42
38
36
42
I
INZULZA CONTARDO, J. ………………................……... 41
J
JACOBSEN, B. P. ……..…………….………...................... 31
JANIN RIVOLIN, U. ….……………….....................……... 29
K
KEARNS, A. …………………………....…...........…....….......
KLAUSEN, J. E. ……………………..................……..........
KLOCK, P. J. ............................................................
KLOOSTERMAN, R. ………………….................…..........
KOKX, A. …………………………........................................
KRAMER, H. ………………………….................................
KUCEROVA, Z. ………………...........…………...................
41
44
35
31
44
34
33
L
LACKOWSKA, M. ……....………………...............…….......
LANGELAND, O. ……………………………..............….......
LANCIONE, M. ……………….................…………....….…..
LARSEN, J. N. ………………....................…………..........
LAVANGA, M. ………………………...….............................
LEPINE, E. …………………..............………......................
29
44
33
35
31
36
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LOPES, A. …………………………...............................…...
LOUW, E. …………………………..............................….....
LÖWIS, S. ……........……………................……….............
LUDLOW, D. ………………………….................................
36
42
38
34
M
MAESTRIPIERI, L. ……………….…….…............…….......
MAHIZHNAN, A. …………………………...........……….......
MAISETTI, N. ………………..............………………….........
MALDONADO, A. M. ................................................
MANFREDINI, F. …………………….............……...……....
MAREGGI, M. ……………………..............……....…………..
MASTALKA, M. ……………………..............…….…..……...
MAZZA, A. …………………………....................………………
McCARTHY, J. …………………………..................………….
MEEN, G. ………………………….……………..…….………......
MEMO, F. ……………………....................………....………..
MICHAILIDIS, T. ………….......................……………......
MINGHINI, E. E. ………………........................……….....
MÓIA, P. …………………………....……………............……….
MONNO, V. ………………………...............…....……………...
MONTELEONE, R. …………………...............…….……....
MORGADO, S. …………………………………..........….….....
MORVAJ, Z. ………………………….................……………...
MUGNANO, S. …………………………...............…………….
33
41
29
40
33
40
33
36
41
36
29
34
37
43
42
35
29
40
43
N
NEUMANN, I. ………………..........……………………......... 36
NEWMAN, P. ………………………….................…...…...... 32
NYGAARD, C. ……………………....................……........... 36
O
OANA, P. ................................................................. 34
OCCELLI, S. ……………………..............……................... 34
P
PACCHI, C. …………………………….………..................….. 44
PALVARINI, P. …………………………..............…...…....... 36
PASQUI, G. …………………………...................…………….. 28
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PAWLIKOWSKA-PIECHOTKA, A. …............…….......
PEEL, D. …………………………....…………................……..
PERES DE FARIA, F. …………….............…………….…..
PONDELICEK, M. ……………..............……………….......
PONZINI, D. …….............……………………....……………..
PORRELLO, A. ……...................……………………....…...
PRADEL, M. M. …..................…….....……………………..
PROSPERI, D. …...........………………………....…………….
PROTO, B. ……..................…………………………..…....….
PUCCI, P. ……............……………………....…………………..
PURDUE, D. …….................……………………....………….
32
37
36
34
43
41
33, 43
32
29
28
41
R
RABINO, G. ………................……………………….…….......
RANCI, C. ……………...................………….………….........
RAZIN, E. ………............…………………................….......
ROGGERO, M. ……...... ……………………....…………….…..
RØISELAND, A. .......................................................
ROMEIN, A. ……….........…………………...…………………...
ROSSIGNOLO, C. …….................….………………...…....
ROUSSEAU, M. ………........…………………..............…...
RUGGIERO, L. ………………………...........….………..........
34
33
38
40
40
40
34
28
32
S
SALVADOR, R. ………………......…..............………….......
SANCHEZ DE MADARIAGA, I. ………............………....
SANTANIELLO, F. ………………….....................…….....
SANTIAGO, A. ………………...........…………....……………..
SCAMUZZI, S. ………….............………………....…………..
SCLAVI, M. ………………...................………….…………....
SEIXAS, J. …….............…………………….....………………..
SEPE, M. ……………………....................……....……….…..
SEQUEIRA ROMEIRO, P. ……...............………………….
SILHANKOVA, V. ………………..................…………….....
SIXSMITH, J. …………...............………………......…........
SMITH, I. ………………..........…………............................
SOHN, C. …………………......................………....….……..
SONDA, G. …………………...................………..…………….
SPAANS, M. ……….................…………………....………….
STOUTEN, P. ………..............………………....……………..
SULLIVAN, H. ………………............………….....……………
SUZUKI, N. …………………....................………....………..
SYRETT, S. ……………………..................….…....………….
SWIANIEWICZ, P. …………………………....................….
30
37
33
40
30
31
29
30
31
34
41
41
32
35
42
39
38
39
33
35
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T
TEDESCO, C. ……………………………...............…………...
TOMMARCHI, E. ………...............………………….....…….
TOPRAK, D. ………………………............……....…………….
TORRI, R. ………………………..................…....…………….
28
41
29
33
U
UTTARO, A. M. ………………...........…………………………. 35
V
VAN ASSCHE, J. ……………….........………….…….….......
VAN DER VEEN, M. ……………………............…...…......
VAN OSTAAIJEN, J. ……………………...............……......
VANI, M. …………………………...….............…………….…..
VARGAS HERNANDEZ, J. G. ……...........……………....
VINCI, I. ………………………....………………..................….
VITALE BROVARONE, E. ……….....................…....…..
44
42
38
36
40
34
30
W
WITTEBROOD, K. ……………............................…....... 39
WOOLRYCH, R. ……………………….…........................... 41
WUKOVITSCH, F. …………………………..............…....... 42
Y
YIGITCANLAR, T. ………….…......…...........…………....... 41
Z
ZAJCZYK, F. ……………….……….....................……........
ZANONI, D. ……………………….…...................………......
ZIKOS, D. ..................................……….…………….......
ZIMMERMAN, K. ....................................................
36
44
40, 43
29
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