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SUMMARY:Strategic Planning for Contemporary Urban Regions:  the case of Mi
 lan's “Città di Città” project. - Alessandro Balducci\, Professor of
  Planning and Urban Policies\, Politecnico di Milano
DTSTART:20130130T150000Z
DTEND:20130130T163000Z
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CONTACT:Joanna Laver
DESCRIPTION:How can we influence the development process of a metropolis w
 hich is becoming a mega-city region and faces dispersed urbanisation\, tra
 ffic congestion\, air pollution\, housing shortages and excessive land con
 sumption\, when traditional planning tools have failed? \n\nThe strategic 
 project Città di Città organised by the province of Milan in the period 
 2004 to 2009\, was an attempt to address these issues through a series of 
 actions at different levels. It was a proposal for a new description of ur
 ban change\, and of the emerging problems\, a proposal for a new vision wi
 th ‘habitability’ as the main strategic objective. A variety of tools 
 was used in the conviction that a change in the behaviour of local actors 
 is only possible through their direct involvement in the planning process\
 , and that this involved promoting co-operation instead of enforcement. As
  a result\, strategic spatial planning becomes much more experimental\, no
 n-linear and interactive\, a ‘voyage of discovery’ promising new persp
 ectives. \n\nThis lecture discusses the foundations in theory and practice
  for an exploratory-based concept of strategic planning and identifies its
  limits and potentialities.\n\nArchitect and PhD in Planning\, Alessandro 
 Balducci is vice-rector of the Politecnico di Milano\, where he is Profess
 or of Planning and Urban Policies and former Head of the Department of Arc
 hitecture and Planning (2001-2008) as well as director of the internationa
 l PhD program in Spatial planning and Urban Development (2009- 2012). He w
 as President of AESOP\, the Association of the European Schools of Plannin
 g (2001-2004)\, one of the founding members of the European Urban Research
  Association (EURA) and is currently Chair of the Italian Society of Urban
 ists (SIU).\n\nHe is author/editor of 13 books and more than 100 articles 
 and essays in Italian and English. \n\n\nPlease note change of time for th
 is talk to 15.00 (this week only)
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 7
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