Local development: tools and applications

Course objectives

The course provide participants with the theoretical, methodological and technical tools that are needed in order to understand and to manage local development processes. The main themes are: agglomeration processes, polarization and spatial uneveness across geographical scales; the role of institutions, the "new regionalism" and the non-economic foundations of economic development; local production systems and transnational production networks; the relation between innovation, geographical space and development; Italian and European regional development policies and their most recent evolutions. During the laboratories, participants will select a region, study that region with qualitative, quantitative and cartographic methods, identify a local development strategy and the instruments for its design and implementation.

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FILIPPO CELATA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Programme: 1. Socio-spatial inequalities and regional disparities: agglomeration economies; polarized development; policies to reduce regional disparities in Italy and in Europe. 2. Local economic systems: post-Fordism and flexible specialization; industrial districts and clusters; institutions and social capital; new regionalism and local development. 3. Innovation and territory: high-tech clusters and regional innovation systems; tacit knowledge and face-to-face relationships; creativity and urban development. 4. Local development and globalization: transnational production and territory; global value chains and regional development; globalization and the city. 5. Urban economies and inequalities: urbanization and development; urban structure and land rent; urban regeneration and gentrification, urban networks and hierarchies.
Prerequisites
None.
Books
Bignante E., Celata F., Vanolo A. (2022), Geografie dello sviluppo: una prospettiva critica e globale (2nd edition), Torino: UTET.
Frequency
In presence
Exam mode
The exam is oral, and includes the evaluation of a final project for students attending the laboratory.
Bibliography
Not available.
Lesson mode
Lectures and lab
FILIPPO CELATA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Programme: 1. Socio-spatial inequalities and regional disparities: agglomeration economies; polarized development; policies to reduce regional disparities in Italy and in Europe. 2. Local economic systems: post-Fordism and flexible specialization; industrial districts and clusters; institutions and social capital; new regionalism and local development. 3. Innovation and territory: high-tech clusters and regional innovation systems; tacit knowledge and face-to-face relationships; creativity and urban development. 4. Local development and globalization: transnational production and territory; global value chains and regional development; globalization and the city. 5. Urban economies and inequalities: urbanization and development; urban structure and land rent; urban regeneration and gentrification, urban networks and hierarchies.
Prerequisites
None.
Books
Bignante E., Celata F., Vanolo A. (2022), Geografie dello sviluppo: una prospettiva critica e globale (2nd edition), Torino: UTET.
Frequency
In presence
Exam mode
The exam is oral, and includes the evaluation of a final project for students attending the laboratory.
Bibliography
Not available.
Lesson mode
Lectures and lab
  • Lesson code10589276
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseTerritory's management and enhancement
  • CurriculumApplicativo-progettuale
  • Year1st year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDM-GGR/02
  • CFU6
  • Subject areaDiscipline geografiche, geologiche e dell'ambiente