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The volume contains the results of the research project "Governance Analysis Project (GAP) for the Smart Energy City. The actualization of Smart Cities in the Metropolitan Areas of Europe and Italy” conducted within the PON “Smart Energy Master for the energy management of the territory” at the University Federico II of Naples (TeMA Lab of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering). Smart Cities have gained increasing relevance in the scientific debate and in the national and international operational practice, emerging as one of the opportunities to rethink cities and, more generally, the life of urban communities. First reflections, researches and projects on the issue seem to converge towards the idea that a “smart” urban development should not only be a result of the yet necessary and unavoidable infrastructural endowment (physical capital) and of its continuing innovation, but also of the quality of human, social and environmental capital, conceived as strategic factors for development. A “smart” city is, primarily, a city able to effectively satisfy the needs of its citizens respecting the rules imposed by the environmental context. It is in such a debate that the project GAP fits with the aim to address Smart Cities in light of the administrative reorganization of Italian large cities as a consequence of the Law 56/2014. With a scientific approach, the volume provides a comprehensive and updated framework of how Italian and European Metropolitan cities are declining the Smart City issue and this thanks to the collection of a wide-ranging screening represented by more than 1.000 initiatives including researches, projects, interventions, technologies, etc. Furthermore, one original element of this research is that after an analysis conducted through indirect sources, a phase of dialogue with “stakeholders” was carried out (and of this there is a wide picture in the volume in which, by the way, are reported long excerpts of the interviews). This has enabled to give a clearer framework of what is now experimenting in Italian and European cities, avoiding being totally naïve for interventions and projects labelled as “smart”, but often lacking of innovative methods and contents. The volume is articulated in 16 chapters: two chapters present the comparison among 12 Italian metropolitan cities, instituted by Law 56/2014, with reference to the ongoing experimentations (chap.1) and indicators of smartness (chap.2); one chapter (chap.15) illustrates how 5 European cities (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bristol and Bruxelles) are interpreting the Smart City model; one chapter (chap.16) illustrates the ongoing experimentation in 3 Italian metropolitan cities (Milan, Venice and Bologna) directly explained by those who are carrying on the interventions (local technical bodies or associations); the remainder chapters are dedicated each to one of the 12 metropolitan cities analyzed (Milan, Turin, Genoa, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bari, Reggio Calabria, Palermo and Catania).

Smart Governance --- Metropolitan areas --- Italy --- Smart city

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Metropolitan areas -- Economic aspects. --- Urban economics. --- Urbanization -- Social aspects. --- Agricultural Economics --- Business & Economics --- Metropolitan areas --- Urbanization --- Economic aspects. --- Social aspects.

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Les questions les plus complexes auxquelles sont aujourd’hui confrontés les gouvernements locaux concernent les aires métropolitaines. Comment gérer en effet les mouvements continus d’étalement urbain ? Quelles solutions apporter à la dissociation croissante s’opérant au fil des ans entre les espaces de vie des individus et leurs espaces politico-institutionnels ? Face aux nouveaux enjeux - développement économique, ségrégation sociospatiale, protection de l’environnement… - qui justifient plus encore qu’auparavant des comportements et pratiques de coopération, la démocratie territoriale se trouve paradoxalement soumise à un processus global de fragmentation qui fragilise substantiellement la légitimité de son action. Les sciences sociales et en particulier la science politique se devaient donc d’étudier les effets profonds et multiples de ce décalage grandissant sur le fonctionnement de la démocratie territoriale. Le GRALE (Groupement de recherches sur l’administration locale en Europe) et le Laboratoire européen associé du CNRS CODE (Comparer les démocraties en Europe) ont ainsi décidé de relever ce défi scientifique en soutenant, entre 2003 et 2006, un programme de recherche comparative internationale, l’Observatoire international des métropoles (OIM). Issu de ce programme, l’ouvrage présente une série d’analyses approfondies, nationales et comparatives, des principaux enjeux socio-politiques de la métropolisation dans différents pays occidentaux.

Metropolitan government. --- Metropolitan areas. --- Urbanization --- Political aspects. --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban development --- Urban systems --- Cities and towns --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Rural-urban migration --- Conurbations --- MAs (Metropolitan areas) --- Metropolitan statistical areas --- Urban areas --- Consolidation of local governments --- Urban politics --- Local government --- Metropolitan areas --- Municipal corporations --- Municipal government --- urbanisation --- politique urbaine --- administration --- agglomération urbaine --- sociologie urbaine

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Metropolitan areas --- Suburbs --- City planning --- City planning. --- Metropolitan areas. --- Suburbs. --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Outskirts of cities --- Suburban areas --- Suburbia --- Conurbations --- MAs (Metropolitan areas) --- Metropolitan statistical areas --- Urban areas --- Government policy --- Management --- Growth --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology

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"City-regions are areas where the daily journeys for work, shopping and leisure frequently cross administrative boundaries. They are seen as engines of the national economy, but are also facing congestion and disparities. Thus, all over the world, governments attempt to increase problem-solving capacities in city-regions by institutional reform and a shift of functions. This book analyzes the recent reforms and changes in the governance of city-regions in France, Germany and Italy. It covers themes such as the impact of austerity measures, territorial development, planning and state modernization. The authors provide a systematic cross-country perspective on two levels, between six city-regions and between the national policy frameworks in these three countries. They use a solid comparative framework, which refers to the four dimensions functions of institutions and governance, ideas and space. They describe the course of the reforms, the motivations and the results, and consequently, they question the widespread metropolitan fever or resurgence of city-regions and provide a better understanding of recent changes in city-regional governance in Europe. The primary readership will be researchers and master students in planning, urban studies, urban geography, political science and governance studies, especially those interested in metropolitan regions and / or decentralization. Due to the uniqueness of the work, the book will be of particular interest to scholars working on the comparative European dimension of territorial governance and planning"-- Provided by publisher.

Metropolitan government. --- Consolidation of local governments --- Urban politics --- Local government --- Metropolitan areas --- Municipal corporations --- Municipal government --- Development economics and emerging economies