B029797 - BIOECONOMICS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Some optional reading for further information is in English

Integrated models of relationships between territory and economy.
Module A): theoretical foundations of the bio-economy, contemporary challenges of sustainable development, urban models of local development.
Module B): industrial districts and local development, statistical tools, and mapping of local systems (prof. Bellandi).
Module A) & B): workshop and student presentations on the application of methods of economic evaluation on projects of sustainable territorial development

Module A): Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Bioeconomia, Bollati Boringhieri, 2003, capitoli 2 e 3; Nicolò Bellanca e Luca Pardi, O la capra o i cavoli. Salvare il pianeta, migliorare il benessere e magari rilanciare la crescita? Non si può. E allora? Firenze University Press, 2020, capitolo 4; Kate Raworth, L’economia della ciambella, Edizioni Ambiente, 2017, capitolo 6; Enrico Moretti, La nuova geografia del lavoro, Mondadori, 2013, pp.77-123; Stefano Bartolini, “Città verdi e felici?”, Equilibri, 2/2020; Simone D’Antonio e Paolo Testa, Le città sono la soluzione. Un viaggio nell’Italia dei Comuni innovativi, Donzelli, Roma, 2021.

Module B): Slides by the teacher and other complementary material in download on moodle during the teaching period; Giacomo Becattini (2009) Ritorno al territorio, Il Mulino, Bologna (chapters I.3; II.4; III.3,4,5);
ISTAT (2020). Rapporto sul territorio 2020. Ambiente, economia e società, Roma, par. 4.1-2-3-4-5-6-7, Appendice.

The modules A and B propose the main coordinates for reading the territorial systems with the help of integrated models of relations between economy, society and the environment, in a bio-economy perspective.
The main knowledge objects of learning concern the circles between land construction and economy, the models of the industrial district and local development, the theoretical foundations of the concept of bio-economy, the contemporary challenges of sustainable development.
The skills to be acquired also concern the application of the concepts and theoretical schemes mentioned above to the multilevel reading of territorial systems, with specific attention to Italy and Tuscany, also in the context of projects on sustainable territorial development and the circular economy.

Basic notions of economics and statistics are useful.

The lessons are organized in dual mode.

Complementary texts, all available on moodle, especially useful for tutorial tracks, group work, presentations.
Module A):
- On the links between local systems and the environment:
1) Paolo Perulli, “La nuova città del XXI secolo”, Equilibri, 2/2020;
2) Giulia Lucertini, “La città circolare”, Equilibri, 2/2020.
3) Giulio Sapelli, “Città e metropoli in una poliarchia mondiale in trasformazione”, Equilibri, 2/2020.
4) Luca Bianchi, Amedeo Lepore, Stefano Palermo, Imbriani Cesare, Piergiuseppe Morone, Mario Bonaccorso, “Il Mezzogiorno e le opportunità della bioeconomia circolare nell’evoluzione dell’economia globale”, Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, 4/2020.
5) George Owusu, Charlotte Wrigley-Asante, “Urban Inequality and Poverty in the Global South”, Equilibri, 2020.
6) Margarita Greene, “Rethinking the city in the face of the pandemic: Community and Neighbourhood”, Equilibri, 2020.
7) Enrico Moretti, “Trappole della povertà e città attraenti”, nel suo La nuova geografia del lavoro, Mondadori, 2013, pp.179-214.
8) Saskia Sassen, “La città globale”, nel suo Sociologia della globalizzazione, Einaudi, 2008, capitolo 4.
9) Edward Glaeser, un capitolo a scelta dal suo Il trionfo della città. Come la nostra più grande invenzione ci ha reso più ricchi, intelligenti, ecologici, sani e felici, Bompiani, 2013.
10) OECD, “Understanding innovation in cities”, in Enhancing Innovation Capacity in City Government, 2019, pp.15-36.

Module B):
- Becattini G. (2015), La coscienza dei luoghi. Il territorio come soggetto corale, Donzelli, Roma
- Bellandi M. e Magnaghi A. (a cura di) (2017), La coscienza di luogo nel recente pensiero di Giacomo Becattini, Firenze University Press, Firenze
- ISTAT (2020). Rapporto sul territorio 2020. Ambiente, economia e società, Roma
- ISTAT (2021). Rapporto Annuale 2021. La situazione del Paese, Roma
- CERVED (2021). Rapporto Italia sostenibile, Roma
- Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (2021). Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza, Roma.
Other materials and texts will be put in download during the teaching period on moodle http:// e-l.unifi.it

The exam is integrated within the assessment procedures of the II year Territorial planning laboratory. In particular, the preparation of specific insights into the contents of this module and their presentation will be required.

The main knowledge objects of learning concern the circles between land construction and economy, urban models of local development, the theoretical foundations of the concept of bio-economy, the contemporary challenges of sustainable development, the application of methods of economic evaluation to projects of sustainable territorial development.

Module A structure:
Lectures (20 hours)
1) Introduction to the bioeconomic approach;
2) Sustainable development, Green New Deal, Circular economy;
3) From the Anthropocene to the Urbanocene: a planet dominated by cities;
4) Innovation and sustainability in local government;
5) Cities and the economy of happiness;
6) Future cities.

Workshop on methods of economic evaluation and projects of sustainable territorial development (4 hours together with prof. Bellandi).
Students' presentations (4 hours led together with prof. Bellandi).

Module B structure:
Lectures (20 hours)
1) Introduction and discussion of materials for research and students’ presentations;
2) Construction of the territory, local systems, policies of local development;
3) Industrial districts, trans-local enterprises, and models of local development;
4) The study of Italian local systems;
5) Case studies

Workshop on methods of economic evaluation and projects of sustainable territorial development (4 hours together with prof. Bellanca).
Students’ presentations (4 hours led together with prof. Bellanca)