Ricerc@Sapienza

Increasingly, we hear of ‘smart’ cities, communities, governance and people as constituting the basis of initiatives by which we might address various social and environmental problems, particularly those connected with sustainability, usually by means of an ‘intelligent’ connection with the ‘network society’. This book addresses the issues raised by the emergence of ‘smart’ dimensions and initiatives in society, critically engaging with questions surrounding the feasibility of what smart initiatives propose and the extent to which they can really offer solutions to the challenges we face.

The chapter aims at investigating the concept of smart community starting from the definition of the concept. It is a conceptual category increasingly used and which is complementary to other concepts currently objects of reflection such as – among others – those of smart cities and smart society. We will then try to identify the characteristics of the smart community which differentiate it from related concept, focusing, moreover, on the role played by science and technology.

Il presente saggio si interroga, a partire dalla prospettiva propria della sociolo-gia generale e attraverso una riflessione teorica, sulla dimensione di senso e significato mediante la quale il concetto e il fenomeno della smart city sembra declinarsi attualmente.

Presentazione di un piccolo edificio scolastico per la prima infanzia destinato ai residenti di una zona industriale della periferia di Pisa. Si tratta infatti di un edificio ad elevate prestazioni energetiche caratterizzato da uno spazio unico suddiviso in ambiti differenziati, all'avanguardia anche nella concezione dello spazio educativo per l’infanzia