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Nicola Martinelli; Mariella Annese; Giovanna Mangialardi

doi:10.6092/issn.3034-8544/18964

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Nicola Martinelli Polytechnic University of Bari

Nicola Martinelli is full professor of Urban Planning at the Polytechnic University of Bari, where he was pro-rector with responsibility for the Right to Study from 2009 to 2013 and where he carries out teaching and research activities. He is currently coordinator of the Degree Course in Architecture at the DArCoD. He was one of the founders of the Network of Universities for Sustainability RUS in 2014 and a member of the National Executive until 2017. An active member of urban@it since its foundation, he is currently its President. He has been a member of the Higher Council for Cultural and Landscape Heritage since 2023. He is co-editor of the “International Journal of Urban Planning and Smart City” and P.I. of the PRIN “RUSH Responsive University Student Housing”.
Mariella Annese Polytechnic University of Bar

Mariella Annese, PhD in Sustainable Urban Design, is a researcher in Urban Planning at the ArCoD Department of the Polytechnic University of Bari where she carries out research activities focusing on the marginal territories of contemporary living and possible regeneration strategies. She has also conducted research on the impacts of settlement and tourism dynamics in the coastal landscape and is the author of essays and projects about urban regeneration, a field in which she investigates as part of national research groups and clusters. Since 2021 she has been executive director of urban@it - National Centre for Urban Policy Studies.
Giovanna Mangialardi Polytechnic University of Bari

Giovanna Mangialardi, PhD, is an adjunct professor in ICAR 21 at the Polytechnic University of Bari, ArCoD. She participates in the research activities of the project for the regeneration of areas affected by Xylella, funded by the MIPAAF, of the "Puglia Regione Universitaria" project, and of the national PRIN research project "RUSH Responsive University Student Housing". She served as a research fellow for five years at the University of Salento and currently holds the position of Associate Editor for the International Journal of Urban Planning and Smart City, published by IGI Global.

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.3034-8544/18964

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right to study, university-territory, urban regeneration, youth policies, urban accessibility

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The Volume introduced by this editorial is the first issue of "URBANA. International Journal of Urban Policies and Studies," an open-access peer-reviewed international journal that aims to publish innovative and original papers on the processes and values of socio-spatial complexity of urban policies and practices. URBANA aims to prioritize reflection on the operationalization of public policies for cities and territories; in this perspective, this Volume is peculiarly keen on the role of Italian university institutions and cities, called to deal in various ways with the new challenges of contemporaneity to enable a faster turn toward sustainability and a more potent synergy between the actors involved.

The first Volume takes up and amplifies the issues discussed in December 2022 during the Conference "LE UNIVERSITÀ PER LE CITTÀ E I TERRITORI. Proposte per l’integrazione tra politiche universitarie e politiche urbane" organized in Bari by urban@it, with the sponsorship of the Puglia Region, ADISU Puglia, RUS, and Polytechnic University of Bari, in collaboration with the ArCoD Department of Polytechnic University of Bari.

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