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ECONOMICS AND TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION AND PLANNING

Syllabus

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Learning Objectives

LEARNING OUTCOMES: The course aims to provide students some tools able to interpret the fundamental processes, planning and economic-territorial governance that guide the development of contemporary European society taking into account national and regional differences. Specific impacts and policies are measured and related to the training offer of new skills for the future employment of young people in Europe, with particular attention to the city regeneration job market (see CE 2023), whose road map includes: the new EU programming 2021-27 Smart Specialisation 4+ and Industry 4.0, the EU 5 pillars of Next generation EU, Recovery&Resilience Plan and related Finance, adaptable soft skills, digital economy and automation; targeted policy guidelines; research and use of Big Data to identify in real time the territorial dynamics in progress (affordable housing, Real Estate, taxation, etc.).) highlighting the use of unconventional data in grid 1x1 km to LAU2 and FUA; the use of Big Data to capture functionality and potential of cities in the corridors of European growth using sources such as social networks, ERDF projects, etc.relating them with digital ecosystems; the urban-rural connection which would require additional investments of Cohesion Policy in FUA interconnected beyond simple physical accessibility (new models of governance). The general field of study and application is part of the sustainable, cohesive and competitive development of economic, social and territorial systems, offering a theoretical interdisciplinary vision within the CoS. The course includes, among other things, the holding of seminars to promote the integration of students into the world of work in the EU. All accompanied by the examination of concrete cases and excellence to allow visitors to measure themselves against the real conomy and the territory. In this context, the basic applications of TIA process, indicators and GIS-STeMA are also provided in order to valorise the Resilience&Recovery Projects.
Classroom tutors are available to students during the exercise phases.


KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Student will be able to interpret the phenomena of place evidence that assume territorial relevance and orient policy/decision making (e.g. innovation technologies, tourism, digital, Cultural heritage, ESDP 2021 (Territorial Agenda 2030), Green/Blue economy, Climate Change, circular economy, territorial and urban agenda, etc.) in regional, national and international networks 2021-27. Therefore, the student will acquire the methodological and cognitive tools to understand the fundamental territorial processes that affect urban and rural society on the basis of the most recent European and international guidelines.


APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Student will be able to apply, through exercises and the drafting of targeted reports, the theoretical knowledge provided. Themes already tested with the support of explanatory case studies concerned: spatial planning contents, migration, Climate Change adaptation and mitigation, Cultural Heritage, circular economy, EU and national/regional expenditure of the Cohesion Policy 2027 and ESIF, TIA Applications.


MAKING JUDGEMENTS: Through the knowledge gained through the study of teaching, and practical application, the student will be able to assess the main determinants, problems and institutional and public sector interests in the complex areas of planning, quality planning and sustainable development; the paradigmatic transition towards a culture of soft-flexible-adaptive skills in economics and planning; of territorial competitiveness design; of the organisation of economic space on a European and local scale; of urbanization and de-urbanisation; of the circulation of people, goods and information according to green and blue parameters. Students will acquire their own judgement skills thanks to their teroric and applied understanding of the fundamental points of reference in the explanation of economic-territorial processes and territorial economic development at different subsidiary scales and multilevel governance.


COMMUNICATION SKILLS:The course will enable the student to transfer the knowledge acquired in their own contexts of origin (EU countries and extra EU). In this sense, at the end of the course, students must be able to demonstrate their ability to communicate, through classroom presentations, the readings and skills acquired through the study, the paradigmatic foundations of progress underway in the EU, the transition to development processes that affect the economy and territorial planning.


LEARNING SKILL: The student will be put in a position to learn not only the knowledge related to the discipline in question but will also be able to acquire the knowledge related to the study of other teachings of territorial sciences and the knowledge to address the problems of the territory of reference of the institutions to be support to policy / decision making.


Prerequisites

Since it is a optional course, it is not necessary students has taken preparatory examinations before.
However the student is required to have a minimum geographical knowledge of the EU structure and organisation. A constant commitment in the classroom is suggestedin order to participate to critical discussion and applied exercises.
To have the access to course's material, students are required to register by the course page.
The instructions are directed towards both those who regularly attend and those who do not.

Program

Programme of Course in Economics and territorial organisation and planning

The couse is organised in 5 modules, by 36 hours of lessons in presence (6 CFU)

Module I: Introduction and education to a common lexicon (12 hours)
• policies and dimensions of the European Union 2021-27: sustainability, cohesion, subsidiariety, competitiveness, social territorial integration
• Economic and Political geography, macro-regional approach and integrated strategy
• Main changes and place evidence of the EU structure; effects from the Global crisis
• Spatial and Territorial policy and cross-border cooperative integration into 2027 Strategy
• drivers of economic development in EU: capital city-region, cities and towns, metropolitan and large areas. Comparative case studies (Rome, Berlin Paris, Vienna, London, Madrid, Great region, etc.)
Module II: modelling in Economic geography and Spatial/Territorial planning: from theory to practice (8 hours)
• Interpretative and predictive models: as models in space continuum, hierarchical models, in discrete space models, aggregated and dynamic disaggregated models, ecological and biological models, models for sustainability in competitiveness, polycentric organization and models
• The review of Porter’s Diamond
• new relationship between firms and territory (i.e. industrial methabolism, Enterprise 4.0, etc.)
• Cities in Europe: networks and economic development models, new functionality, challanges
Module III: Determinats of the territorial development 2021-2027 (4 hours)
• the impact of crisis and new global-local relation
polycentrism
• role of the urban-rural relashionship in Europe
• Quality (in production and environment)
• resources and Strucutural Funds 2027
• Cohesion Policy and territorial potential capital
• Information and Communication Technology, smart models and S3 platforms in EU
• Migration and social inclusion
• Sustainable development and Energy policy, SDGs
• resilience, Cultural Heritage and new wellness indicators
Case studies and best practices
Modules IV trans-national cooperation, programs and projects in EU and Italy (6 hours)
• Green new Deals 2027 and Territorial Cohesion Policy
• Regional policy 2021-27, N+3 and N+2 and topics (Climate Change, Energy, migration, technology, ecc.)
• the revisited Territorial Agenda 2030
• from the Leipzig Chart to Urban Agenda 2027
• RIO+20, new Paris 2015, circular and green economy
• Blue Growth
•Strategy for Infrastructures and Recovery&Resilience Plan and related finance
• New European multilevel Governance
. new programming and ESIF and new funds
Examples of EU (ESPON, ENPIMED, MED, URBACT II-III, Adrian-Jonian, etc) and national programs (PON Metro, Territorial Agenda, Habitat III, Inner peripheries and internal areas)
Module V: New tools (6 hours)
• Geographical Information System (GIS) and AI
• data gathering, organisation and territorial geo-reference (at NUTS and LAU)
• Data base and Atlas – Use of ESPON tools
• Territorial Capital and ex ante assessment processes
• Territorial Impact Assessment process by STeMA
• DNSH and revisited CBA
• how support the “decision makeing”

slides, papers and documents will be made available during the course

Books

PREZIOSO M. (ed.) (2020), Territorial Impact Assessment of Territorial cohesion in the Italian regions, Bologna, Patron (INTRODUZIONE E CAP.1).
PREZIOSO M. (2020), STeMA: a Sustainable Territorial economic/environmental Management Approach for the TIA, in E. Madeiros (ed), Territorial Impact Assessment. The Handbook, Springer.
U. Fratesi (2024). Regional Policy. Theory and Practice. London, New York: Routledge, per I soli Capp. 4, 5, 7, 8
ARL (2024), Planning, https://www.arl-international.com/sites/default/files/dictionary/2021-09/planning.pdf.

In addition, slids, papers, documents are suggested as upgrated in support of each module.

Bibliography

Other references:
Joaquín Farinós y Enrique Peiró (2018), TERRITORIO Y ESTADOS - Elementos para la coordinación de las políticas de ordenación del Territorio en el siglo XXI TERRITORY AND STATES - Essentials for coordination of Spatial Planning policies in XXIst Century, Velencia: tirant humanidades.
PREZIOSO M., D’ORAZIO A. (2018). The Urban Regeneration Stakes: Rome or the Unaccomplished Change. In: (a cura di): Baron N. Romero J., Cultura territorial e innovacíon social. ¿Hacia un nuevo modelo metropolitano en Europea del Sur?. p. 205-216, Valencia:PUF - Publicacions de la Universitat de València.
PREZIOSO M. (2018), Rethinking planning in Italy. In: (a cura di): Joaquín Farinós y Enrique Peiró, TERRITORIO Y ESTADOS - Elementos para la coordinación de las políticas de ordenación del Territorio en el siglo XXI TERRITORY AND STATES - Essentials for coordination of Spatial Planning policies in XXIst Century. p. 507-536, Velencia: tirant humanidades, ISBN: 978-84-16556-85-4
PREZIOSO M (2018), Sustainable Growth: Cities and Territories can make Europe competitive again. In PREZIOSO M. (a cura di), Capitale umano e valore aggiunto territoriale – Prospettive geografiche a confronto, Roma, Aracne, pp.51-70.
PREZIOSO, M. (2017), STeMA: A TERRITORIAL INTEGRATED STRATEGY FOR THE SUSTAINABLE, COMPETITIVE AND COHESIVE (TOURISTIC) PLANNING. in Sechi Nuvole M. (a cura di), Sistema integrat del paisatge entre antropitzaciò, Geo-economia, Medi ambient i desenvolupament econòmic. Girona: Documenta Universitaria. pp.401-420.
D’ORAZIO A., PREZIOSO M. (2017), Surfing Multiple Dimensions: An Integrated Approach in Maritime Spatial Planning, in Kitsiou D. and Karydis M. (eds), Marine Spatial Planning: Methodologies, Environmental Issues and Current Trends, New York, Nova Science Publishing, pp. 401-420.
PREZIOSO M. (2017), Territorial cooperation in Europe and Italy: risks and opportunities of macro-regions,, in Ferlaino F., Iacobucci D., Tesauro C. (a cura di), QUALI CONFINI? Territori tra identità e integrazione internazionale, Milano: FrancoAngeli, pp. 57-76.
PREZIOSO M. (2013). Researching in geography beyond the spatial planning, matching science, theory and practice. In: Science in support of European Territorial Development and Cohesion. Second ESPON 2013 Scientific Report. Luxembourg: ESPON. pp. 175-181.
PREZIOSO, M; D’ORAZIO, A; CORONATO, M; PIGLIUCCI, M; SARGOLINI, M; IDONE M., T; PIERANTONI, I; OMIZZOLO, A; CETARA, L; STREIFENEDER, T; FAVILLI, F; HUBER, M; JUNGMEIER, M; KIRCHMEIR, H; ANDRIEU, J; BRICHE, E; MERAD, M; VIGNAL, M; ZHIYANSKI, M; GEORGIEVA, M; GLUSHKOVA, M; BORISOVA, M. (2018), LinkPAs – Linking networks of protected areas to territorial development, Scientific report, Luxembourg: ESPON.
PREZIOSO M. (2019), Measuring the progress towards Territorial Cohesion: a TIA application to the regional development programs, Third ESPON 2013 Scientific Report. London/Luxembourg: ESPON (in print).
PREZIOSO M. (2020), STeMA: a Sustainable Territorial economic/environmental Management Approach for the TIA, in E. Madeiros (ed), Territorial Impact Assessment. The Handbook, Springer.

Other scientific supports will be suggested during the lectures' development.

Teaching methods

The course is submitted in presence, by the guide-lines of the University and Faculty of Economics.

Exam Rules

About the Academy Year 2024-2025 the typology choice is 'oral examen' in presence, in compliance with the University guidelines. Any change will be communicated to scholars by mail.
The objective of the exam is to assess the achievement level of the expected learning outcomes, by an oral exam of variable duration (20-30').
During the oral exam, the level of knowledge of the topics covered will be verified evaluating both the ability to expose the course' topics in an appropriate manner and, above all, the ability to connect and compare the different topics covered in the course.
Learning verification apply equally to attending and non-attending students and must be consistent with the expected learning outcomes defined above.

Criteria for the formulation of the opinion expressed in thirtieth:
o Not suitable: important deficiencies and/ or inaccuracies in the knowledge and understanding of the topics; limited ability to analysis and synthesis, frequent generalizations.
or 18-20: knowledge and understanding of arguments just enough with possible imperfections; ability to synthesis analysis and autonomy of judgment sufficient.
o 21-23: Knowledge and understanding of routinary topics; Ability to correct analysis and synthesis with coherent logical argument.
or 24-26: Discrete knowledge and understanding of the arguments; good analytical skills and synthesis with strictly expressed arguments.
or 27-29: Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the topics; remarkable analytical skills, synthesis. Good judgment autonomy.
or 30-30L: Excellent level of knowledge and understanding of the topics. Remarkable ability of analysis and synthesis and autonomy of judgment. Arguments expressed in an original way.

Exame session 2024-2025 Oral examen
1. The exam bookings will be available on Delphi as usual (http://delphi.uniroma2.it) according to normal procedures. Students are invited to participate in the examination
2. The examination appeal will be done in presence, strictly following the indications as set out in a University course guidelines. Students need to be prepared in order to sustain a mature dialogue and to demonster the full knowledge of topics.
3. The candidate and the Commission component shall be simultaneously in place for the duration of the examination session. Physical presence is required in the same place as all the teachers.
4. Registration of the examination session is prohibited.
5.On the day of the exam, the roll call of the booked students will be made in order to verify the students actually present, then the exam roll call will be open; students will be called to take the exam in the order deemed appropriate. It is recommended that other students are advised to not disturb the examiner.
6.The student called will be explicitly asked to close the mobile phone. The identity of the candidate examined will be verified by exposing the ID cardt. Ihe student will not be allowed to wear hats and will have to show his ears (to avoid the use of micro-earphones).
7. At the discretion of the Commission, it will be communicated to the Student as soon as the result of the examination or the next student will proceed to the examination.