Taylor & Francis Strategic Management of Sustainable Urban Development: Economic Downturns, Metropolitan Governance and Local Communities (River Publishers Series in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering)

If we assume recession as being the starting point for policy challenges, then we can interpret these economic downturns as opportunities for change and the reshaping of society, landscapes and the latent mechanisms of growth. This book illustrates different aspects of local strategic development introducing a novel interpretation of the intimate relationship between demographic and economic aspects in complex socio-environmental systems. A specific approach investigating the mechanisms of local development, cultural and environmental values within a strategic territorial vision, is proposed. Coming from and appealing to diverse academic backgrounds, our book address paradigmatic visions about regional and urban dynamics, focusing on landscape transformations and socioeconomic disparities. Technical topics discussed in the book include:   Urban management;  Metropolitan governance;  Landscape;  Spatial planning;  Applied economics; Regional demography. About the Author Sabato Vinci, MBA, Ph.D. is expert in Public Management and Governance. He is Research Fellow in Business Economics at University of Rome Tre, and Principal Researcher with coordination duties in the Public Governance and Health Management research line at Research Laboratory in Economics, Governance and Ethics of Organisations (LEGEA) on Department of Political Sciences, dealing mainly with State-owned enterprises, healthcare organisa- tions, local public utilities, urban management and territorial development strategies. He held a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from LUISS Business School and a Ph.D. in the scientific field of Business Economics from University of Roma Tre. He collaborated in some research activi- ties for "Fabio Gobbo" Industrial and Financial Research Group (GRIF) at LUISS Guido Carli University and for Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA). He is former adjunct Professor at Master in Business Administration (MBA) and in other post-graduate Masters at Link Campus University. He is former adjunct Professor of Public Finance and Finance Management at National School of Administration (SNA) of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy. He carries out scientific and professional advisory activities for members of the European Parliament and for other Italian public institutions. He is a member of research groups and study commissions about management and economics matters. He has published many papers for national and international journals.Luca Salvati, M.S., Ph.D. is expert in Regional Statistics, Demography, Economic Geography and Urban Planning. He is aggregate professor of Economic Statistics at University of Macerata - Department of Economics and Law, dealing mainly with institutional and economic statistics, statistics for the territory, theory of indicators, sustainable development and urban growth. He held a Ph.D. in Economic Geography and was a former staff researcher of the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) and of the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) in Italy. He has published more than 400 articles in English, 30 books, and many thematic essays, also with specific contributions on multivariate statistics and spatial analysis.