B029797 - BIOECONOMICS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

ITALIAN

The module proposes:
a) A reading of sustainable territorial development through models of the relationship between economy, society, and the environment, especially local models, according to bioeconomy perspectives;
b) The consideration of ISTAT databases and maps for the interpretation of Italian local economies;
c) Application to the evaluation of sustainable development projects.

The conceptual insights will have as premise cases of industrial districts and metropolitan cities.

GER-3 Georgescu Roegen N. (2003), Il programma bioeconomico minimale. In Georgescu Roegen N. (2003), Bioeconomia. Verso un’altra economia ecologicamente e socialmente sostenibile, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, pp. 95-97 [in download uso solo didattico su moodle]
BEC-L Becattini G. (2015). La metafora del lago, breve metafora per la Società dei Territorialisti. In Becattini G., La coscienza dei luoghi. Il territorio come soggetto corale, Donzelli, Roma, pp.111-114 [in download uso solo didattico su moodle]
STOR Storai D. (2019), La città e il distretto pratese come laboratori di processi di sviluppo locale a base industriale. Report finale borsa di studio G. Becattini, PIN e Comune di Prato, Prato.
MB-GDO Bellandi M. e Dei Ottati G. (2016), Origine e storia dei distretti industriali toscani. In AA.VV. La storia economica toscana fra Ottocento e Novecento, Pacini, Pisa [in download manoscritto, pp. 1- 30]
BELL-SIC Bellandi M. (2007), Sistemi di produzione locale e organizzazione, in Martino G., Perugini C., Sediari T. (a cura di), La sicurezza degli alimenti. Contributi all'analisi economica, Donzelli, Roma [in download manoscritto, pp. 1- 17]
IRPET IRPET (2020). Il sistema produttivo toscano, Firenze, par. 5.2, http://www.irpet.it/archives/56735
BEC-III.4 Becattini G. (2009), Costruire il territorio. In Becattini G., Ritorno al territorio, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 265-280 [in download uso solo didattico su moodle]
ISTAT- ISTAT (2015) La nuova geografia dei sistemi locali, Roma, par. 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6. https://www.istat.it/it/files//2015/10/La-nuova-geografia-dei-sistemi-locali.pdf
MB-AC-ES Bellandi, M., Biggeri, M., Cavaliere V., Lombardi M. Strategie di innovazione, bellezza organizzativa e territoriale, ed integrazione sociale per un’ara metropolitana sostenibile. La costituzione di un quadro per l’analisi e l’azione. Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Economia e l’Impresa Università degli Studi di Firenze, Collana Working Papers – Economics, n. 7, 2020, sezione 1 [in download]
EC&ECO Economia & Ecologia (a cura di) (2021), Quadro di Analisi dell’economia circolare in Appennino bolognese, Città metropolitana di Bologna, Bologna, par. 1 [in download, pp.1-30].
SILLIG Sillig C. (2011), La valutazione dei progetti di sviluppo locale in un’ottica di sostenibilità. In N. Buratti e C. Ferrari, La valorizzazione del patrimonio di prossimità tra fragilità e sviluppo locale. Un approccio multidisciplinare. Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 103-126 [in download]
The lectures are based on parts of the texts recalled above.
Texts complimenting the reading list, non compulsory, but useful for the work on presentations will be recalled on the Moodle platform moodle http:// e-l.unifi.it

This module aims to develop students' awareness of the need to also incorporate an economic approach into strategic local planning projects.

To this end, the module will develop specific knowledge on:
- models and concepts of territorial development, on the study of cases of local productive systems, on their relations with the territory in a perspective of sustainability;
- use of geographies of local ISTAT systems in case studies;
- methods of economic evaluation of sustainable development projects.
The skills acquired will allow the application of the concepts and theoretical schemes referred to above to the multilevel reading of territorial development, starting from local systems, with specific attention to Italy and Tuscany, also in the context of research on sustainable development and circular economy.

Basic notions of economics and statistics are useful.

Lectures (28 hours), exercises (10 hours), seminars (4 hours); students elaborate presentations (workgroups or individually) and discuss them in classroom (6 hours)

The presentations (see section "modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento") are selected by students (individually or in groups) within a list more precisely specified at the lesson.

The exam is integrated into the assessment procedures of the II-year Territorial Planning Laboratory.
In particular, the following will be required:
- the preparation of short research into the contents of this module and its presentation; the presentation can be the result of group work; it involves the preparation of a presentation file and its use in the classroom for presentation; the individual contribution must be recognizable;
- a written test on questions concerning a part of the reference texts in class; the written test includes 4 to 6 open-ended questions; the written test can be repeated once by January 2023;
- the evaluation of the module (average of the results of the presentation and of the written test) is individual and out of thirty and will enter the final evaluation of the Laboratory;

The texts for the written test (a subset of the reference texts for the lessons) are:
Bellandi M. e Dei Ottati G. (2016), Origine e storia dei distretti industriali toscani. In AA.VV. La storia economica toscana fra Ottocento e Novecento, Pacini, Pisa.
Bellandi M. (2007), Sistemi di produzione locale e organizzazione, in Martino G., Perugini C., Sediari T. (a cura di), La sicurezza degli alimenti. Contributi all'analisi economica, Donzelli, Roma.
ISTAT (2015) La nuova geografia dei sistemi locali, Roma, par. 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6.
Economia & Ecologia (a cura di) (2021), Quadro di Analisi dell’economia circolare in Appennino bolognese, Città metropolitana di Bologna, Bologna, par. 1
Sillig C. (2011), La valutazione dei progetti di sviluppo locale in un’ottica di sostenibilità. In N. Buratti e C. Ferrari, La valorizzazione del patrimonio di prossimità tra fragilità e sviluppo locale. Un approccio multidisciplinare. Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 103-126

Module sessions include lectures, tutorials, seminars, an intermediate written test, and student presentations.
The lessons, in particular, are organized around three thematic nuclei:
a) The first part introduces the relationship between land construction and sustainable development starting from the models of the industrial district and local development by Giacomo Becattini, and from a reference to the bioeconomic program as proposed by Nicolas Georgescu- Roegen;
b) The second part concerns the multilevel reading of the territories, in particular, the identification of various types of local systems by ISTAT with specific databases and maps;
c) The third part concerns the methods of economic evaluation of sustainable development projects
The nuclei a), b) have the support of the discussion of cases of local productive systems in the face of contemporary challenges.
In particular, the following sequence of sessions is foreseen (N.B. specific topics and sequence of sessions can be adapted during the module):
Introduction of the module and its relationship with the Laboratory: Development, bioeconomy, places
The metaphor of the lake and sustainable territorial development
The case of the industrial district of Prato
Places, local development, and industrial districts in Italy
External development economies
Discussion I - on topics from previous lessons, and exercises for written test
The case of the industrial district of Santa Croce sull'Arno and the industrial purifiers
Specific public goods, between external development economies and diseconomies
Territory and development policies
Local systems and geographies of Italy. Socio-demographic specializations
Productive specializations and cultural value of Italian local systems
Discussion II - on topics from previous lessons, and exercises for written test
Introduction and discussion of material for short research and presentations
The case of the metropolitan city of Florence
Local urban systems and land use
The territorial levels of the circular economy, again on sustainable development
Methods of economic evaluation of sustainable development projects
Seminar on Practices of Assessment Methods
Discussion III, on topics from previous lessons and exercises for the written test
General review for written test and discussion review
Written test, and set up for presentations
Seminar on Biosphere, economy, and future to be invented
Classroom presentations

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