December 10th and 11th, 2013 The Changing Italian Cities Emerging Imbalances and Conflicts Tuesday, December 10, 09:00 a.m - 07.00 p.m. Antonio Calafati (GSSI and Academy of Architecture, Mendrisio) "The Changing Italian City: Theoretical Challenges" Carlo Salone and Angelo Besana (Polytechnic and University of Turin) “Urban Shrinkage. Theoretical Reflections and Empirical Evidence from a Southern European Perspective Paolo Veneri (OECD) and David Burgalassi (University of Pisa) "Urban Evolutions in Italy: Trends in Spatial Structures and Their Economic Implications" Sandra Annunziata (Roma Tre University) "Gentrification and Urban Policies in Italy" Alessandro Coppola (Milan Polytechnic) "Evolutions and Permanences in the Politics (and Policy) of Informality: Notes on the Case of Rome" Ferdinando Fava (University of Padua) "The Urban Margins and the City: Anthropological Perspectives on the Current Urban Transformations. The cases of Palermo and Bologna" Adriano Cancellieri (University IUAV of Venice) "Small Cities of Difference: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Crisis" Camilla Perrone (University of Florance) "DiverCity at Stake under Planetary Urbanization: Theoretical Pitfalls and Challenges to the Italian Cities" Francesco Chiodelli (GSSI) "Relevance and Evolution of Muslim Spatialities in the Changing Italian cities" Wednesday, December 11, 09:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m. Simonetta Armondi (Milan Polytechnic) “Human Capital and New Urban Hierarchies. Discussing Rescaling Processes in Lombardy’s Cities" Chiara Lucchini (Urban Center, Turin) "Just a Physical Matter? Development Strategies and Urban Planning after Post-Fordist Transition in Turin Elisabetta Rosa (Turin Polytechnic) "Roma Migrants and Urban Planning and Policy. Marginality as Resource? The Case of Turin" Federico Zanfi (Milan Polytechnic) "The Città Abusiva in Contemporary Southern Italy: Present Conditions and Evolutionary Perspectives" Marco Cremaschi (Roma Tre University) "Worldy, Eternal or Divided? Repositioning Rome" Attendance of the seminar is free and open. All prospective attendants are kindly requested to register GSSI Gran Sasso Science Institute by sending an email to [email protected] via Francesco Crispi, 7 L'Aquila Info: [email protected].