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Macro-Regions, Local Systems and Cities: Conceptualisation of Territory in Italy since 1950

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  • Antonio G. Calafati

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Macro-Regions, Local Systems and Cities: Conceptualisation of Territory in Italy since 1950 - (Paper first received, April 2009; in final form, July 2009) How to conceptualise the territory has been a controversial issue in Italy both because of the variety of the scientific research programmes seeking to explain territorial performances and because of the extent to which the territorial organisation of the economic process has changed in the past five decades. The paper primarily discusses how the Italian territory has been conceptualised since the 1950s, relating changing conceptualisations, on the one hand, to theoretical shifts and, on the other, to the need to capture the rapidly and profoundly changing territorial organisation of the Italian economy. The paper also argues that the introduction and use of the concept of ?local system? have raised two fundamental scientific questions which have still to be properly addressed - and are now prominent on the research agenda. Keywords: territory, cities, local development, regional disparities, Italy JEL Classification: R11, O18

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  • Antonio G. Calafati, 2009. "Macro-Regions, Local Systems and Cities: Conceptualisation of Territory in Italy since 1950," SCIENZE REGIONALI, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 8(3), pages 11-34.
    • Handle: RePEc:fan:scresc:v:html10.3280/scre2009-003002
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    1. Andrea CIRILLI & Paolo VENERI, 2010. "Spatial Structure and CO2 Emissions Due to Commuting: an Analysis on Italian Urban Areas," Working Papers 353, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
    2. Paolo VENERI & David BURGALASSI, 2011. "Spatial Structure and Productivity in Italian NUTS-3 Regions," Working Papers 364, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
    3. Antonio G. Calafati & Paolo Veneri, 2013. "Re-defining the Boundaries of Major Italian Cities," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(5), pages 789-802, May.
    4. Paolo VENERI, 2010. "The Identification of Sub-centres in Two Italian Metropolitan Areas: a Functional Approach," Working Papers 343, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
    5. Antonio Calafati, 2016. "The Metropolitan Question In Italy," RIEDS - Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica - The Italian Journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies, SIEDS Societa' Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica, vol. 70(2), pages 15-34, April-Jun.
    6. Carlo Magni, 2014. "Vettori di contaminazione e integrazione fra citt? e campagna: le aree metropolitane di area vasta," QUADERNI DI ECONOMIA DEL LAVORO, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2014(102), pages 129-144.
    7. Roberta Capello & Camilla Lenzi, 2018. "The dynamics of regional learning paradigms and trajectories," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 727-748, September.

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    Keywords

    territory; cities; local development; regional disparities; italy jel classification: r11; o18;
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    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure

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