From Smart City to Smart Region by Corinna Morandi Andrea Rolando & Stefano Di Vita

Author:Corinna Morandi, Andrea Rolando & Stefano Di Vita
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

improvement of spatial quality and development of a system of services (physical and immaterial) at both the urban scale and (according to variable geometries) wider regional scale; an improvement that may also be based on the use of ICTs and the integration of innovative digital experiences able to enhance relations between physical places and the experiences of people moving within space.

The university campuses located within the metropolitan region between Milan and Turin may provide useful support for a space-time spread of Expo 2015 and for urban and regional technological innovation through the development of a coordinated and integrated system of material and immaterial services, and the promotion of cultural, recreational and accommodation activities. At the same time, Expo may become an opportunity to enhance local resources (such as the campuses) and upgrade services and functional excellences (such as the universities), not only in the event’s short-term perspective but specifically in the post-event long-term one: that is, it may be a real and educational opportunity for encounter between event visitors and local society. In this large spatial context, structured and traversed by an increasingly articulated system of physical networks, Expo 2015 may also be an opportunity to strengthen immaterial knowledge networks whose nodes are university campuses: the development, coordination, and integration of physical and digital services provided by universities may therefore boost the competitiveness and sustainability of the broad metropolitan region between Milan and Turin.

The Milan universities have an important role in the human capital formation, technological transfer, and internationalization which underlie the local socio-economic system. This phenomenon, however, must be considered on a wider scale, given the recent regional decentralization of several local universities because of the size and complexity now reached by the local urban settlements. Indeed, the Milan metropolitan area extends into three Italian regions (Lombardy, Emilia Romagna and Piedmont) and crosses the borders of the Swiss Canton Ticino (Balducci et al. 2010). The features of the Milan university system are therefore also apparent in the cases of Turin and the intermediate area between the two cities:in Turin, beginning with the importance of the local university system in the post-industrial spatial and socio-economic transformation of the city;

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