Description:
Post-Metropolitan Territories and Urban Space is the product of a research project funded by the Italian national Ministry for Education and University. It constitutes a thorough overview of a country that is one of Europe's most diverse in terms of regional development and performance: Italy. This book brings together case studies of a number of Italian cities and their hinterlands and looks at new forms of urbanization, exploring themes of sustainability, industrialisation, de-industrialisation, governance, city planning and quality of life.