LE AREE METROPOLITANE COME CONCETTO GUIDA NELL’ANALISI E NEL GOVERNO DEL TERRITORIO
This paper discusses the relationship between the various concepts of territorial descriptions and the different policy approaches to the concept of metropolitan areas. The aim is to show that we need a radical rethinking of the theory and methods of analysis of the urban phenomenon, in order to make them functional to the necessities of new concepts for a new urbanization and development. The paper is divided into three parts.