All countries in the world have progressively developed and consolidated spatial governance and planning systems that are a more or less direct consequence of their model of society, their administrative traditions and technical cultures. Within this wording, “spatial governance” refers to the decision-making process through which the public actor assigns the right to use and develop land, through the use of “spatial planning” techniques. Through time, this process has been accompanied by a fertile debate in the field of planning theories, exploring and further refining the scope and substance of spatial planning as well as the procedures devoted to its practice. In addition to national spatial governance and planning systems, since the Second World War a number of transnational organization instituted and consolidated, may they be supranational or intergovernmental in nature, as an answer to the incremental emergence of globalization tendencies. Despite not being characterised by any spatial planning competence, such organizations concur, to a greater or lesser extent, to shaping the evolution of urban and regional policies and planning in the various countries. This occurs through the development of more or less coercive guidance documents (e.g. The European Spatial development Perspective or the United Nations' New Urban Agenda), through the provision of specific development actions and incentives (e.g. World Banks' financial support to local development, EU cohesion policy etc.), or even through the development of rules and regulations to be taken on board by countries (e.g. as in the case of those areas in which the European Union detains direct competence). The course addresses the issues and problems outlined above, in order to provide students with (i) a theoretical standpoint on the nature of spatial governance and planning systems and how they change and evolve through time; (ii) a critical comparison of selected spatial governance and planning systems in Europe and beyond and (iii) an informed perspective of the institutional and operational influence of transnational organizations over domestic contexts, with particular attention for the European Union.

The course aims to convey to the student the following knowledge: - theoretical perspectives on the institutional understanding of spatial governacne and planning; - analytical elements defining the nature of a spatial governance and planning system, and allowing for the comparison of different systems; - spatial governance and planning systems in key European Union countries and in other regions of the world (e.g. Western Balkans, Latin American countries, Japan etc.) - institutional reasons of the EU intervention in the field of spatial governance, main features of European spatial planning; - nature of European territorial governance and forms of interaction with the spatial governance and planning systems of the Member States; - nature of other transnational and/or intergovernmental institutions that have a more or less explicit spatial governance and planning agenda. The course aims, therefore, to give the student the following skills: - ability to discern between substantive and procedural spatial governance and planning theories, with particular reference to the (neo)institutionalist approach to planning - ability to distinguish the significant characters of a spatial governance and planning system; - ability to recognize the main instruments of spatial planning in a country; - ability to understand the institutional and operational complexity of spatial planning in Europe. - ability to recognise and describe existing transnational and/or intergovernmental institutions and the main features of their spatial governance and planning agendas

Basic knowledge of the institutional framework around which spatial governance and planning activities are pivoted, either in Italy or in another State.

Part I. Planning theories and their contribution to comparative planning studies. Preliminary introduction to the what is intended with spatial governance and planning systems and how the planning theories debate have approached this issue in both substantive and procedural terms. Overview of the existing classifications of territorial governance and spatial planning systems in Europe and in the world. Part II. Territorial governance and spatial planning in the European States. Exploration of the institutional and operational characteristics of spatial governance and planning in five European countries, paying attention to both the institutional structure of the systems and the spatial planning tools, as well as to the discursive elements that characterise the domestic agendas and practical issues related to spatial planning implementation. Part III. Territorial governance and spatial planning in other parts of the world. Selected examples providing the students with a broader, panoramic view on how spatial governance and planning works outside the European Union. Part IV. The transnational dimension of territorial governance Investigation of the role played by supranational, international and intergovernmental organizations in promoting territorial development and, more in particular, in influencing the progressive evolution of domestic spatial governance and planning systems. The territorial policies of the European Union will be presented, together with the EU tools for intervention in territorial governance, and the definition of emerging concepts such as "European spatial planning" and "European territorial governance". At the same time, the role of other international and intergovernmental organizations will be taken into account (e.g. the role of the Council of Europe, the United Nations, the OECD, the World Bank etc.).

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Teaching is organized in twelve lectures: PART I 1. Course introduction 2. Planning theories and comparative spatial planning studiesTerritorial governance and spatial planning systems. PART II 3. Italy 4. France 5. United Kingdom 6. Germany 7. Poland PART III 8. Western Balkans 9. Selected South American examples 10. Japan and the United States PART IV 11. European Union territorial governance and the "Europeanization" of spatial planning 12. The role of international and intergovernmental organizations Moreover, students are required to prepare (in groups of 4-5 people) a presentation and a short essay concerning the topics discussed during the lectures (exact topics will be presented during the first week of classes). This activity, the details of which will be specified in the classroom, will require each group to produce a presentation (that will take place during the lectures) and a short essay (to be delivered during the last lecture).

The materials for the study of the topics of the course consist of: (1) the slides of the lectures, (2) specific texts (papers and/or book chapters) pertinent to each lecture, that will be indicated by the lecturer in due time and (3) individual notes. In particular, participation to the lectures is required and students are required to collect their notes individually. To facilitate this activity, the traces of the lectures will be made available in time on the teaching web-portal. Other texts (books, essays, reports, scientific articles, web-links, movies) will be suggested during the course in relation to the topics discussed.

Slides; Strumenti di collaborazione tra studenti;

Modalità di esame: Prova scritta (in aula); Elaborato scritto prodotto in gruppo;

Exam: Written test; Group essay;

... Exam: Written test; Group essay; Each student's final assessment is composed by the following elements: a) the results of a written exam (maximum 20 points); b) the evaluation of a group project, consisting in a presentation and a short essay (maximum 10 points); The written test will contain 10 open questions to be answered within 2 hours, without being able to consult the teaching material. Each question will account for a maximum of 2 points, for a maximum total of 20 points. Students will be also required to work in groups (4-5 students) to unfold specific issues dealt with during the lectures. Each group will then have to (i) present the result of their research in a ad hoc series of seminars that will take place during the course and (ii) produce a short essay to be delivered during the last lecture of the course. The presentation+essay account for a maximum of 10 points. Through the above activity, the exam aims at verifying that students have acquired knowledge and skills concerning: - analytical elements to define, describe and interpret a territorial governance and spatial planning system; - territorial governance systems in key European countries and in other regions of the world (e.g. Japan, United States, South American countries etc.) - institutional reasons of the EU intervention in the field of territorial governance, main features of European spatial planning; - nature of the process of European territorial governance and forms of interaction with the territorial governance systems in Europe; - nature of other transnational and/or intergovernmental institutions that have a more or less explicit territorial governance and spatial planning agenda. - ability to distinguish the significant characters of a territorial governance and spatial planning system; - ability to recognize the main instruments of spatial planning in a country; - ability to understand the institutional and operational complexity of spatial planning in Europe. - ability to recognise and describe existing transnational and/or intergovernmental institutions and the main features of their territorial governance and spatial planning agendas

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.