2018•Unpublished venueRequires access
Italian metropolitan cities. A quantitative analysis aimed at the implementation ofgovernance and innovation policies
Giuseppe Mazzeo
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Abstract
The paper analyses the metropolitan system in Italy. The debate on this matter has been going
on for 60 years with peaks in specifi c moments. Aim of the paper, is to verify the adequacy
of the system of 15 metropolitan cities in terms of relevance and weight on national and
international scale.
The paper begins from the analysis of the backgrounds and of the actual state of the research
on the metropolitan issue. A second section analyses the metropolitan cities in Italy in terms of
signifi cance on an international scale and in terms of system of rules and functions.
The third part identifi es the main sectors infl uencing metropolitan cities stating it in specifi c and
transversal sectors. The paper deepens the specifi c sectors using a system of indicators and
statistical analyses bringing to the computation of indices of metropolisation. These indexes
outline more precisely the belonging of the Italian cities to the metropolitan category confi rming
the hypothesis that 15 metropolitan cities is a too large sample.