<em>Macro-Regions, Local Systems and Cities: Conceptualisation of Territory in Italy since 1950</em> - (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...

<em> La città come sistema progressivo: evoluzione strutturale e sviluppo economico</em> (di Antonio G. Calafati) - ABSTRACT: The city as a progressive system: structural evolution and economic development. By moving from the theory of ‘progressive systems’ and assigning to the causal relationship...

Without full awareness of the practical implications and methodological difficulties, conservation policies have been given significant priority in Italy in the past decade. Considering the extraordinary cultural and ecological value of Italian landscapes, this role assigned to conservation...