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Prof. Cristina Coscia
Politecnic of Turin

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Conference paper
Published: 23 March 2021 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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To be sustainable, projects concerning built heritage resources need to take into account multiple dimensions, including the social one. More particularly, the implementation of initiatives combining either restoration or adaptive reuse with the achievement of social goals may be in some cases greatly recommendable: In fact, these types of interventions could be able not only to preserve and transmit the intrinsic and cultural components of built heritage but also to extend the relevance of the resources to larger segments of society and generate a multifaceted social impact overall. However, to effectively achieve social objectives, the adoption of evaluative thinking seems recommendable. Given this framework, this chapter strives to integrate the regeneration project of a system of historical farmhouses located in Volpiano, Italy, with actions aiming to favor the social inclusion of NEETS (i.e., youths not in education, employment, or training). Considering that the redevelopment of the system of the historical farmhouses was previously studied under the lens of corporate social responsibility, the integration of the social impact perspective represents an evolution in the discourse. By a methodological and processual perspective, the paper then proposes to follow the steps of logic models, while combining qualitative and quantitative evaluation approaches able to firstly describe and then quantify the multiple values engendered through the interventions. Finally, the contribution highlights that the application of evaluative thinking and evaluation procedures to built heritage projects with social objectives may facilitate both the definition and achievement of shared goals and thus function as a real catalyst of value.

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Cristina Coscia; Irene Rubino. Unlocking the Social Impact of Built Heritage Projects: Evaluation as Catalyst of Value? Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2021, 249 -260.

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Cristina Coscia, Irene Rubino. Unlocking the Social Impact of Built Heritage Projects: Evaluation as Catalyst of Value? Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2021; ():249-260.

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Cristina Coscia; Irene Rubino. 2021. "Unlocking the Social Impact of Built Heritage Projects: Evaluation as Catalyst of Value?" Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 249-260.

Journal article
Published: 26 November 2020 in Sustainability
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The environmental, economic and social challenges re-launched in the European Union Agendas (e.g., Horizon 2020 and Europe 2020–2030) have recently returned to being highly debated. In particular, policies and interventions in the field of social housing (SH) are still remaining crucial issues for urban regeneration. These interventions are aimed to combine sustainability criteria with architectural, urban and environmental quality. In this context, our goal in this article is to provide an innovative perspective on the topic highlighting the positive returns enabled by the logic of the social impact approach (SIA). A pilot project is proposed to be performed in the VI arrondissement of Paris. Starting from the French regulatory context and the requirements set by the “Paris Affordable Housing Challenge” competition, the levers of social finance for new social demands and the levers of incentives are applied to a real case. The research results show that the application of the emerging principles of social impact investing (SII) in areas difficult to access in the private market had positive returns. The final aim of the article is to outline guidelines that consider the quality, management and generation of the social impact requirements highlighted in the proposal to facilitate the application of the SIA to other interventions and contexts.

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Cristina Coscia; Subhash Mukerjee; Bianca Palmieri; Chiara Quintanal Rivacoba. Enhancing the Sustainability of Social Housing Policies through the Social Impact Approach: Innovative Perspectives form a “Paris Affordable Housing Challenge” Project in France. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9903 .

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Cristina Coscia, Subhash Mukerjee, Bianca Palmieri, Chiara Quintanal Rivacoba. Enhancing the Sustainability of Social Housing Policies through the Social Impact Approach: Innovative Perspectives form a “Paris Affordable Housing Challenge” Project in France. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9903.

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Cristina Coscia; Subhash Mukerjee; Bianca Palmieri; Chiara Quintanal Rivacoba. 2020. "Enhancing the Sustainability of Social Housing Policies through the Social Impact Approach: Innovative Perspectives form a “Paris Affordable Housing Challenge” Project in France." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9903.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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Urban regeneration processes represent a key element for contemporary cities aiming to pursue sustainable development strategies; however, the challenges set by present socio-economic conditions require that smart and novel solutions able to effectively achieve urban regeneration goals (e.g. enhancement of inhabitants’ quality of life through actions on buildings and the urban environment, improvement of housing conditions, reduction of spatial social inequalities, etc.) be conceived. In this context, new approaches leveraging on the social innovation framework and aiming to generate a positive social impact are progressively emerging, facilitating not only the achievement of pre-defined goals but also the generation of new value chains that still need to be fully explored and evaluated. Given this framework, in this paper we firstly present the relationships occurring between urban regeneration, social innovation, social impact and values, underlying the increasing role of stakeholder engagement and of new investment paradigms. Secondly, we summarize the main evaluation approaches that have been applied so far to the description and measurement of social impact, then proposing a preliminary classification of the frameworks used to evaluate innovative urban initiatives and social impact-oriented investments. Thirdly, we advance that social-impact oriented initiatives entail further components of value that have not been generally taken into account into traditional urban regeneration approaches, then proposing an original definition of this concept of value. Finally, we suggest that the new value chains that are generated by innovative and social impact-oriented urban regeneration initiatives require the development of evaluation approaches able to capture these specific components of value.

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Cristina Coscia; Irene Rubino. Fostering New Value Chains and Social Impact-Oriented Strategies in Urban Regeneration Processes: What Challenges for the Evaluation Discipline? Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 983 -992.

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Cristina Coscia, Irene Rubino. Fostering New Value Chains and Social Impact-Oriented Strategies in Urban Regeneration Processes: What Challenges for the Evaluation Discipline? Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():983-992.

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Cristina Coscia; Irene Rubino. 2020. "Fostering New Value Chains and Social Impact-Oriented Strategies in Urban Regeneration Processes: What Challenges for the Evaluation Discipline?" Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 983-992.

Journal article
Published: 03 June 2020 in Sustainability
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Built heritage resources (BHRs) are multidimensional assets that need to be conceived under a sustainability and circular economy framework. Whereas it is essential that their conservation, management, and enjoyment are sustainable, it is also necessary that the environmental, cultural, and socio-economic contexts in which they are integrated are sustainable too. Like other amenities, BHRs can improve the quality of the urban environment and generate externalities; additionally, they may influence sectors such as real estate, hospitality, and tourism. In this framework, this contribution aims to identify spatial relationships occurring between BHRs and short-term rentals (STRs), i.e., a recent economic phenomenon facilitated by platforms such as Airbnb. Through the application of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis techniques and taking Turin (Italy) as a case study, this article provides evidence that spatial correlation patterns between BHRs and STRs exist, and that the areas most affected by STRs are the residential neighborhoods located in the proximity of the historic center of the city. Relations with other sets of socio-economic variables are highlighted too, and conclusions suggest that future studies are essential not only to monitor sustainability issues and reflect on new housing models and sustainable uses of buildings, but also to understand the evolution of the phenomenon in light of the pandemic Covid-19.

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Irene Rubino; Cristina Coscia; Rocco Curto. Identifying Spatial Relationships between Built Heritage Resources and Short-Term Rentals before the Covid-19 Pandemic: Exploratory Perspectives on Sustainability Issues. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4533 .

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Irene Rubino, Cristina Coscia, Rocco Curto. Identifying Spatial Relationships between Built Heritage Resources and Short-Term Rentals before the Covid-19 Pandemic: Exploratory Perspectives on Sustainability Issues. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4533.

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Irene Rubino; Cristina Coscia; Rocco Curto. 2020. "Identifying Spatial Relationships between Built Heritage Resources and Short-Term Rentals before the Covid-19 Pandemic: Exploratory Perspectives on Sustainability Issues." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4533.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2019 in International Journal of E-Planning Research
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Nowadays, through ICT supports and their applications, the concept of smart cities has evolved into smart communities, where the collaborative relationship between citizens and public administration generates multi-dimensional impacts: urban sites are living labs and agents of innovation and inclusion. As a first step, this article aims to critically review the state of the art of the assessment methods of these impacts through a set of synthetic indicators; the second step is to elaborate a specific framework to evaluate quality of life through a set of impact indicators for smart communities and inclusive urban processes. According to some referenced authors, cities and communities are smart if they perform well in six smart categories: smart economy; smart people; smart governance; smart mobility; smart environment; and smart living. Considering a recent experiment carried out in Turin (Italy), the authors propose a methodology, whose trial is ongoing, based on a hierarchical multiscale framework defining a set of smart community indicators.

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Francesca De Filippi; Cristina Coscia; Roberta Guido. From Smart-Cities to Smart-Communities. International Journal of E-Planning Research 2019, 8, 24 -44.

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Francesca De Filippi, Cristina Coscia, Roberta Guido. From Smart-Cities to Smart-Communities. International Journal of E-Planning Research. 2019; 8 (2):24-44.

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Francesca De Filippi; Cristina Coscia; Roberta Guido. 2019. "From Smart-Cities to Smart-Communities." International Journal of E-Planning Research 8, no. 2: 24-44.

Journal article
Published: 22 August 2018 in Sustainability
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In the last few decades the renewal of waterfront contexts has been especially inspired by neoliberal approaches favoring the creation of residential units and entertainment facilities. However, sustainability frameworks suggest that the economic dimension should be interpreted in a way that goes beyond the profitability of the interventions and that takes into account non-monetary values as well. In light of the complex social value (CSV) theory—which considers as a fundamental value component the intrinsic values attributed by communities to environmental and cultural heritage resources—this article proposes the adoption of exploratory methods to firstly map and then integrate citizens’ points of view into the evaluation and design of redevelopment scenarios, selecting the ex-industrial complex of Officine Piaggio (Italy) as a case study. Survey results highlighted that discrepancies between the new functions advanced by official redevelopment proposals and citizens’ opinions were present, and that values such as memory and collective meaning need to be considered if multidimensional sustainability represents a goal. Coherent with these results, a new project scenario is then envisioned and implications related to the application of exploratory methods in the decision-making and policy-design processes are finally advanced.

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Cristina Coscia; Giulia Lazzari; Irene Rubino. Values, Memory, and the Role of Exploratory Methods for Policy-Design Processes and the Sustainable Redevelopment of Waterfront Contexts: The Case of Officine Piaggio (Italy). Sustainability 2018, 10, 2989 .

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Cristina Coscia, Giulia Lazzari, Irene Rubino. Values, Memory, and the Role of Exploratory Methods for Policy-Design Processes and the Sustainable Redevelopment of Waterfront Contexts: The Case of Officine Piaggio (Italy). Sustainability. 2018; 10 (9):2989.

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Cristina Coscia; Giulia Lazzari; Irene Rubino. 2018. "Values, Memory, and the Role of Exploratory Methods for Policy-Design Processes and the Sustainable Redevelopment of Waterfront Contexts: The Case of Officine Piaggio (Italy)." Sustainability 10, no. 9: 2989.

Conference paper
Published: 19 May 2018 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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Cities are multifunctional entities that attract a large variety of differently motivated travelers, and new approaches allowing to evaluate the economic impacts generated by tourists in the age of ICT and sharing economy are now definitely needed. More particularly, the spread of a digitally-enabled peer-to-peer accommodation system such as Airbnb is transforming the hospitality domain: if its economic consequences may affect cities and territories at large, the first stakeholders involved in this new economic dynamic are hosts renting their under-used properties to guests. In this framework, this article aims at providing an overview on Airbnb revenue generation patterns, focusing on Turin (Italy) as a case study. Firstly, the article provides insights about the performance of different types of accommodations (i.e. entire homes/apartments and private rooms), suggesting that hosts may adopt different strategies not only to get the most from their properties and appeal different targets of potential guests, but also depending on the physical attributes of their properties. Then, the article advocates for the implementation of methodological approaches combining quantitative and qualitative perspectives, as to better contextualize data-analysis and deepen the interpretation of this innovative economic phenomenon.

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Irene Rubino; Cristina Coscia. Airbnb Revenue Generation in the Urban Context: An Analysis of Renting Patterns and Dynamics. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2018, 643 -651.

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Irene Rubino, Cristina Coscia. Airbnb Revenue Generation in the Urban Context: An Analysis of Renting Patterns and Dynamics. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2018; ():643-651.

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Irene Rubino; Cristina Coscia. 2018. "Airbnb Revenue Generation in the Urban Context: An Analysis of Renting Patterns and Dynamics." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 643-651.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2018 in TERRITORIO
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Cristina Coscia; Teodoro Chiaravalloti. Vuoti urbani e patrimonio del demanio storico-artistico: una road map per l'ex Carlo Alberto di Acqui Terme. TERRITORIO 2018, 128 -142.

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Cristina Coscia, Teodoro Chiaravalloti. Vuoti urbani e patrimonio del demanio storico-artistico: una road map per l'ex Carlo Alberto di Acqui Terme. TERRITORIO. 2018; (84):128-142.

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Cristina Coscia; Teodoro Chiaravalloti. 2018. "Vuoti urbani e patrimonio del demanio storico-artistico: una road map per l'ex Carlo Alberto di Acqui Terme." TERRITORIO , no. 84: 128-142.

Conference paper
Published: 26 April 2018 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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Nowadays the strategies underlying agricultural and environmental policies (the Lisbon strategy “EU 2020”)—in particular the Sixth Environment Action Programme 2010: Our Future, Our Choice—emphasize the need to create a market that is more environmentally friendly and “responsible”. The recent debate shows that the “green” variable in financial management is placed at the center of employers’ thoughts on both the discretionary dimension (culture, ethics and responsibility) and the normative-prescriptive dimension. Some positive experiences reveal the following topics: (1) the approaches of multifunctional agriculture in synergy with the themes of the European debate on Corporate Social Responsibility; (2) the definition of a new business framework; and (3) the management model oriented to stakeholders and to ethical management. The vision of the green entrepreneur in managing the company is an innovative point of view with respect to legal obligations and falls within the sphere of responsibility for environmental management. The literature, in fact, focuses on: (1) a responsible business-management model based on the “stakeholder” model, as opposed to the “shareholder model”, where the creation of value is not confined to equity holders of risk, but in which companies assume management objectives that bring mutual benefit to the community; and (2) the development of specific items in the analysis of financial statements that take into account aspects of environmental responsibility. In accord with this, the paper analyzes the application of the principles of the “responsible” management process to an Italian case study and to underline which effects they have on the scenario of enhancement of the historical farmhouse system in Volpiano (Canavese, in the metropolitan region of Turin, Italy). The coexistence of historic rural settlement patterns and new housing and industrial estates is rather common and widespread, but this case is paradigmatic, because in the territory of Volpiano the applied measures and principles followed a paradigm change in dealing with this historic farmhouse structures coexisting among new housing and industrial estates: this is an issue of great importance and not only at the local level. In fact, the final project scenario was subject to operational feasibility analysis using traditional instruments. Some specific reflections were made to estimate the financial investment for restoration and re-functioning, on the timing of site preparation and management data, and on the identification of financing channels (PSR—Programma di Sviluppo Rurale and the European CAP—Common Agricultural Policy). Lastly, feasibility is linked to the economic social responsibility, with elements of originality in the test performance and new assumptions concerning the risk/return ratio.

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Cristina Coscia; Valentina Russo. The Valorization of Economic Assets and Social Capacities of the Historic Farmhouse System in Peri-Urban Allocation: A Sample of Application of the Corporate Social Responsible (CSR) Approach. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 615 -634.

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Cristina Coscia, Valentina Russo. The Valorization of Economic Assets and Social Capacities of the Historic Farmhouse System in Peri-Urban Allocation: A Sample of Application of the Corporate Social Responsible (CSR) Approach. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():615-634.

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Cristina Coscia; Valentina Russo. 2018. "The Valorization of Economic Assets and Social Capacities of the Historic Farmhouse System in Peri-Urban Allocation: A Sample of Application of the Corporate Social Responsible (CSR) Approach." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 615-634.

Journal article
Published: 26 December 2017 in Labor e Engenho
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A fronte di imponenti operazioni di ristrutturazione industriale -in particolare di ripensamento di tutto il processo economico di produzione dell’energia- che coinvolgono molte aree dell’Occidente (e non solo), una questione emergente è quella dei patrimoni “elettrici” dismessi e della riqualificazione dei contesti su cui sono localizzati. Il percorso della valorizzazione –di fatto consolidato disciplinarmente- per questo comparto offre suggestioni di ricerca e di dibattito con alcuni elementi di innovazione: 1) una reinterpretazione della teoria del valore e delle sue componenti classiche; 2) la sinergia tra interventi architettonici e interventi economici strutturali; 3) l’urgenza di operazioni di censimento, di costruzione di conoscenza attraverso banche dati e nuovi flussi di informazioni; 4) il control management dei processi. Il contributo ha l’intento di ripercorrere lo stato dell’arte sul tema e di rileggerlo alla luce dei nuovi approcci di valorizzazione uniti ad un’ottica ambientale e di economia circolare. Fanno da supporto a tale analisi critica, la lettura di casi nazionali italiani (a partire dalle operazioni condotte da Enel) ed internazionali, dove si stanno già generando esternalità, intangibile e benefici attesi oltre che plusvalori economici.

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Cristina Coscia. Paesaggi elettrici e nuove economie: valori, patrimoni, responsabilità sociali e management. Labor e Engenho 2017, 11, 436 -445.

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Cristina Coscia. Paesaggi elettrici e nuove economie: valori, patrimoni, responsabilità sociali e management. Labor e Engenho. 2017; 11 (4):436-445.

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Cristina Coscia. 2017. "Paesaggi elettrici e nuove economie: valori, patrimoni, responsabilità sociali e management." Labor e Engenho 11, no. 4: 436-445.

Original articles
Published: 29 November 2017 in Journal of Applied Statistics
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This paper applies probabilistic graphical models in a new framework to study association rules driven by consumer choices in a network of Italian museums. The network consists of the museums participating in the programme of Abbonamento Musei Torino Piemonte, which is a yearly subscription managed by Associazione Torino Città Capitale Europea. It is available to people living in the Piemonte region, Italy. Consumers are card-holders, who are allowed entry to all the museums in the network for one year. We employ graphical models to highlight associations between the museums driven by card-holder visiting behaviour. We use both simple undirected graphs and more complex directed graphs, and we do not make any hypothesis on the models but rather learn their structures directly from the data. We also use methodologies and tools for robust network identification and principal component analysis to complete the analysis of the phenomenon.

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Cristina Coscia; Roberto Fontana; Patrizia Semeraro. Graphical models for complex networks: an application to Italian museums. Journal of Applied Statistics 2017, 45, 2020 -2038.

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Cristina Coscia, Roberto Fontana, Patrizia Semeraro. Graphical models for complex networks: an application to Italian museums. Journal of Applied Statistics. 2017; 45 (11):2020-2038.

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Cristina Coscia; Roberto Fontana; Patrizia Semeraro. 2017. "Graphical models for complex networks: an application to Italian museums." Journal of Applied Statistics 45, no. 11: 2020-2038.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in International Journal of E-Planning Research
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This paper explores an innovative approach to open policymaking and citizen-responsive urban planning. It reports on project MiraMap carried out by the Politecnico di Torino (the Polytechnic University of Turin). The project engages both citizens and the Public Administration in a reporting process concerning critical issues, as well as positive trends and resources within the Mirafiori Sud administrative area of Turin (Italy), through the use of a digital collaborative platform. The experiment was a real case study geared at evaluating the use of open source technologies to foster e-participation in urban planning. MiraMap has been set up with an eye to achieving integration within the current administrative management process and to involving new actors in the decision-making process through a “collective governance” approach. Therefore, this paper seeks to set up a methodological (and technological) framework, which is seen as crucial for addressing the complexity and dynamics of urban planning and programming, by integrating the perspectives of citizens through their actual engagement.

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Francesca De Filippi; Cristina Coscia; Roberta Guido. How Technologies Can Enhance Open Policy Making and Citizen-Responsive Urban Planning. International Journal of E-Planning Research 2017, 6, 23 -42.

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Francesca De Filippi, Cristina Coscia, Roberta Guido. How Technologies Can Enhance Open Policy Making and Citizen-Responsive Urban Planning. International Journal of E-Planning Research. 2017; 6 (1):23-42.

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Francesca De Filippi; Cristina Coscia; Roberta Guido. 2017. "How Technologies Can Enhance Open Policy Making and Citizen-Responsive Urban Planning." International Journal of E-Planning Research 6, no. 1: 23-42.

Book chapter
Published: 31 December 2016 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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The extensive architectural heritage of Italy often finds itself in conditions of severe deprivation and neglect or inactivity. Moreover, such heritage is often located in contexts characterized by the absence of public resources and the presence of weak markets. Their valorisation is linked to the possibilities of re-use. The identification of new locations is often treated in a minimalist manner: contrasting with public use to that of private individuals and contradicting the criteria identified by the economy to define the public or private nature of the assets. In many cases, the approach to re-use is critical and incomplete due to the lack of an in-depth analysis of the economic and financial feasibility of the interventions. This paper reviews the traditional approaches regarding the enhancement of public and private properties, taking into account the theories regarding the value and economic evaluation tools. From this point of view, the case study—“Ivrea, the 20th century Industrial City”, nominated in the UNESCO Tentative List—is emblematic. The authors intend to support the Public Administration of Ivrea in the concrete actions of valorisation of heritage, including the revision of the Management Plan already presented. Its valorization potential departs from the imbalance between supply and demand issues of spaces. In conclusion, this paper succeeds in reporting on the strategic importance of when cultural heritage, both immaterial and material, should be used, regardless of the state of its use and conservation. Attention is focused on IT capabilities with respect to their ability to reconnect the individual assets to systems and involve new audiences.

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Cristina Coscia; Rocco Curto. Valorising in the Absence of Public Resources and Weak Markets: The Case of “Ivrea, the 20th Century Industrial City”. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2016, 79 -99.

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Cristina Coscia, Rocco Curto. Valorising in the Absence of Public Resources and Weak Markets: The Case of “Ivrea, the 20th Century Industrial City”. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2016; ():79-99.

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Cristina Coscia; Rocco Curto. 2016. "Valorising in the Absence of Public Resources and Weak Markets: The Case of “Ivrea, the 20th Century Industrial City”." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 79-99.

Journal article
Published: 30 March 2016 in IEEE Access
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Increasingly over the last decade, there has been attention and expectations on the role that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions can play in increasing accountability, participation, and transparency in the public administration. In addition, attention to citizen participation is more and more at the center of the debate about smart cities. However, technological solutions have been often proposed without considering the first citizen's needs and the sociotechnical misalignment within the city, i.e., in peripheral area. This paper outlines the design and implementation process of a we-government IT tool, called MiraMap. The project has been developed in the Mirafiori District in Torino (Italy), a neighborhood, which is characterized by the problems of marginality and by several undergoing urban transformations with a very high potential for social and economic development in the next few years. This makes Mirafiori Sud a valuable case study environment to experiment new methods and IT solutions to strengthen the connection between citizens and public administration. The object of MiraMap, indeed, is to facilitate communication and management between citizens and administration in reporting of issues and claims but also in submitting proposals. Collecting and handling of this information in an efficient way are crucial to improve the quality of life in urban suburbs, addressing more targeted and better performed public policies. In order to achieve those results, we combined First Life, a new local social network based on an interactive map, with a business process management system for easing reports about claims and proposals to be handled. The research process involves an interdisciplinary team, composed by architects, computer scientists, engineers, geographers, and legal experts, with the direct participation of local administrators and citizens.

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Francesca DE Filippi; Cristina Coscia; Guido Boella; Alessio Antonini; Alessia Calafiore; Anna Cantini; Roberta Guido; Carlo Salaroglio; Luigi Sanasi; Claudio Schifanella. MiraMap: A We-Government Tool for Smart Peripheries in Smart Cities. IEEE Access 2016, 4, 3824 -3843.

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Francesca DE Filippi, Cristina Coscia, Guido Boella, Alessio Antonini, Alessia Calafiore, Anna Cantini, Roberta Guido, Carlo Salaroglio, Luigi Sanasi, Claudio Schifanella. MiraMap: A We-Government Tool for Smart Peripheries in Smart Cities. IEEE Access. 2016; 4 ():3824-3843.

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Francesca DE Filippi; Cristina Coscia; Guido Boella; Alessio Antonini; Alessia Calafiore; Anna Cantini; Roberta Guido; Carlo Salaroglio; Luigi Sanasi; Claudio Schifanella. 2016. "MiraMap: A We-Government Tool for Smart Peripheries in Smart Cities." IEEE Access 4, no. : 3824-3843.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2015 in TERRITORIO
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The recent debate on policies for the redevelopment of state property in Italy has involved several public and private stakeholders. Attention has focused on architectural heritage capable of generating significant economic effects and on the preliminary phase of public projects, with explicit reference to the UK approach to the project planning. Focusing on a number of shortcomings in Italian legislation concerning public works and on the importance of the briefing phase, a methodological approach based on the integrated use of three techniques (SWOT Analysis, CIA and AHP) and aimed at structuring the project brief is proposed. The La Marmora Barracks of Turin is presented as a case study to show how an operational support during the briefing phase can help to define strategic guidelines for the development of projects and the enhancement of the value of architectural heritage

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Cristina Coscia; Elena Fregonara; Diana Rolando. Project management, briefing and territorial planning. The case of military properties disposal. TERRITORIO 2015, 135 -144.

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Cristina Coscia, Elena Fregonara, Diana Rolando. Project management, briefing and territorial planning. The case of military properties disposal. TERRITORIO. 2015; (73):135-144.

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Cristina Coscia; Elena Fregonara; Diana Rolando. 2015. "Project management, briefing and territorial planning. The case of military properties disposal." TERRITORIO , no. 73: 135-144.