In the field of the territorial planning the problems related to the management of information increase everyday. This process needs of more and more effective and efficient Knowledge Management techniques. Such techniques lead to a suitable organization (and therefore to a more detailed analysis) of the phenomena, which in turn suggests how to choose the actions to perform. At the same time, t...

Successful implementation of marine conservation plans is largely inhibited by inadequate consideration of the broader social and economic context within which conservation operates. Marine waters and their biodiversity are shared by a host of stakeholders, such as commercial fishers, recreational users and offshore developers. Hence, to improve implementation success of conservation plans, we ...

Territorial transformation processes can be seen as complex decision problems, due to the presence of multiple conflicting objectives, many different stakeholders to be involved, high levels of uncertainty associated with the decision outcomes, long term consequences, the presence of intangible elements and the spatial distribution of the different impacts. The present research aims at providin...

The paper deals with relationship between industrial policies and territorial environmental policies in industrial clusters, and proposes an innovative approach to the decision making. Because of the globalisation processes, the European SMEs operating in industrial clusters are showing difficulties in maintaining their market competitiveness and nourishing their capability to achieve economic ...

La relazione stabilita dal lavoro etnografico sviluppa un legame tra antropologi e interlocutori in grado, certe circostanze, di produrre cambiamento. Si tratta spesso una trasformazione non direttiva, risultato insito nella stessa che, attraverso il dialogo, permette vagliare criticamente posizionamenti dinamiche determinata arena sociale. Sulla scorta cinque anni sul campo come membro gruppo ...