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Culture and identity in the strategies of a medium-small sized town

italy, urban policies, italia, città, pianificazione urbana,
tools, city, strumenti, politiche urbane, la spezia,
identità, town plannin, identity, education & research

Daniele Virgilio

It is described the case of La Spezia, a small coastal city in the north-west of Italy with a population of about 95,000 that has had a history of changes and discontinuities, sometimes of a catastrophic proportion, that have marked its process of formation, growth, crisis and reinvention.

This article appears in issue 129 of Urbanistica (pag. 75).