sustainable development – Tafter Journal

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Non-hype instruments for territorial development

As occurs in almost every branch of human activity, our sector is often influenced by trends that condition the work of academicians and practitioners. Today as yesterday, we assist to the explosion of tools whose impact could affect both the…

Technology for Culture - Culture for Technology

Reflections on the use of the territorial data and GIS in tourism: the Italian case

This paper focuses mainly on issues related to digital tourism with connection to the italian context, in an attempt to show the potentiality offered by the GIS for the development of the tourism sector. For this reason, it will be…

Topics of Interest

Megacities: Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability

Recently we can see several changes in our society but one of the most important is the transformation of human settlement systems. It is important to consider that for the first time in the history of the human, more than…

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

The Governance of Metropolitan Areas in Italy: a Plan to Enhance Competitiveness

This paper aims to underline the need for a “metropolitan governance” in Italy with particular emphasis on the central area of Veneto region. Following on from a recent work by the authors Corò e Dalla Torre (2015) the “metropolitan issue”…

Cities, Urbanism, Architecture and Citizenship

It happens in Turin. From Cascina Roccafranca to the “Case del Quartiere Network”

In the last 20 years Turin has gone through several radical transformations and changes. When we talk about that we can’t forget its passage from “industrial town” to “post-industrial town”, breaking away from its past. From automotive to baby-parking and…

Culture for humans: education, psychology and health

Does Culture makes us happier – and healthier?

People’s happiness and wellbeing are undoubtedly at the center of today’s modern life – we could even dare to say that our generation is obsessed with the pursuit of happiness, with finding the perfect balance between our inner desires and…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

Cultural responsibility. Small steps to restore anthropology in economic behaviour. Interviews and best practices

Cultural responsibility (CR) links the terms “culture” and “responsibility”. This connection calls for a respectful attitude towards different cultural expressions and intercultural dialogue, in a society characterized by globalization and the spread of knowledge-based economy and cultural and creative industries.…