25.05.2022-27.05.2022 Post COVID Dynamics: Green and Digital Transition, between Metropolitan and Return to Villages' Perspectives

25.05.2022-27.05.2022
Post COVID Dynamics: Green and Digital Transition,
between Metropolitan and Return to Villages’ Perspectives

NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES 2022
BRIEF INSIGHT

NMP2022
                                                                              International
                                                                              Symposium
                                                                              Fifth
                                                                              Edition
The New Metropolitan Perspective International Symposium 5th edition is promoted by the
LaborEst, PAU Department, Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy, in partnership
with a qualified international network of academic institutions and scientific societies.
The Symposium is supported by the CLUDs Laboratory of the PAU Department, directed
by Professor Carmelina Bevilacqua, with the synergic cross-linked research projects TREnD
(Transition with Resilience for Evolutionary Development) and ZES (opportunity Zones for
innovation EcosystemS governance) funded by the European Horizon2020 Program under the
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions – RISE and IF, and SOUND (Smart Open UrbaN- rural Data),
funded by the Italian Ministry of Research under the PRIN Program.

SYMPOSIUM LANGUAGES
ENGLISH - ITALIAN
WEB SITE
www.nmp.unirc.it

IMPORTANT DATES
October 1st, 2021 Session submission deadline
November 28th, 2021 Paper submission deadline
February 6th, 2022 Notification to authors
February 17th, 2022 Author Registration deadline
May 25th-27th, 2022 Symposium

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS
Francesco Calabrò, Lucia Della Spina - LaborEst - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, IT
María José Piñeira Mantiñán - GRUPO ANTE - University of Santiago de Compostela, SP

ORGANISING BODY
ASTRI – Scientific Association on Interdisciplinary Research and Regional Studies

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DESCRIPTION

POST COVID DYNAMICS: GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION,
BETWEEN METROPOLITAN AND RETURN TO VILLAGES’ PERSPECTIVES

The event is organized with the aim to receive contributions from national
and international scientific community on urban/rural dialogue within
policy agendas of sustainability, transition and cohesion, according to the
directions of the Green Deal and Agenda2030.

Facing with the scenario of great transformations that this century brings with it, cities and
territories, citizens and communities are called to discuss, to share a vision of the future and a
medium-term strategy. It is no coincidence that on an international level, in the last ten years the
“strategic visions” of cities and territories have multiplied, developing policies, projects, allocating
resources, designing their future.

Today the administrative boundaries no longer correspond to the physical, social, economic,
cultural or environmental reality of urban/territorial development and new governance models
are needed to manage the territorial system in its complexity: from the housing emergency to
the exorbitant number of empty houses, the explosion of urban mobility and the movability, the
internal and international migrations, the big data management and the internet of things, the
private and common goods, the environmental risks, the industry 4.0 and the climate change.
The territorial differences between metropolitan cities and internal areas already present but
exacerbated by the crisis, has pitted the delays accumulated over the years, especially in the
digitization sector, hypothesizing possible unlocking solutions.

In line with this, the debate emerged from the Symposium past edition highlighted the the
progressive loss of relevance of the location factor, a paradigm shift of centre-periphery dualism
in terms of accessibility and its measurement. Villages and inland areas are no longer just tourist
destinations, but places of attraction for new forms of housing, in the name of quality of life.
Localization choice that could concern wealthy professionals also looking for environmental
quality, the urban underclass of services to people looking for lower real estate values, young
people with entrepreneurial ambitions that are combined with a more sustainable lifestyle.

The planning discipline is faced with the new challenge of planning working time by reconciling
it with a very strong demand for a different life cycle. A challenge that Stefano Boeri identifies
with the concept of reciprocity on the French model between the city and the system of villages
for which those who plan to move their lives in a place other than the city, have the guarantee of
staying within a circular economy circuit on agriculture, forestry, craftsmanship and intellectual
work linked to the big city. A challenge addressed by the idea of ‚The 15-Minute City‘ theorized
by Carlos Moreno to create this new multicenter and polycentric city, making accessibility to
essential local services a priority, within a maximum distance of 10 to 15 minutes on foot or by
bicycle.

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DESCRIPTION

In this context the issue of the green and digital transition is fundamental and important for
Europe and especially for the less developed areas, but who is in charge of it?

The pandemic has caused an acceleration of this already present trend, generating the awareness
of the fact that today changing one‘s life plan, that is to reside and work in a small town without
losing contact with the city, has become a real and achievable possibility. The hyper-connectivity
that characterizes the present strengthens our relationship with what surrounds us in a more
immediate way, and the growth of micro-mobility, according to Jeffrey Schnapp, is part of this
transformation that is underway, which from the sociological point of view will also change our
perception of spaces.

Throughout Europe, digital technologies are already part of the urban heritage, while rural areas
are experiencing a rapid transformation, which involves risks but also offers the opportunity to
take on a new and different role. In this context, smart villages, and new relationships with urban
areas lead the transition to a greener, healthier and more caring society. Cities and territories
have access to several financial means at the EU level to achieve their objectives of regeneration,
such as the European Structural and Investment Funds, the European Framework Programmes,
the Just Transition Fund, InvestEU, the Next Generation EU instrument – with its Recovery and
Resilience Facility - and other EU funds. Cities are seen as both the source of and solution to
today‘s economic, environmental and social challenges. Urban policies therefore have wider
cross-border significance, which is why urban development is central to the EU‘s Regional Policy.
The reforms of the investment plans require effective multilevel governance in which multiple
governments, national, regional and city councils, are autonomous but interdependent in the
complementarity of planning strategic solutions based on mutual learning and negotiation.

In the perspective of the ecological transition, the reconversion of the construction sector is
another topic of absolute centrality, demonstrating how the environmental objectives of the
European Green Deal represents an innovation-driven development strategy for Europe towards
a reorganization of priorities, making sustainable development the top strategic priority. At the
governance level, the new EGD strategy raises several crucial multilevel governance challenges.
Actors who were not at the center of the European integration process like the regions, or
absent, as cities and communities are now likely to play a crucial role. The links between new
technologies and sustainability tend to focus on the role played and that can play the city
at EU level in fighting climate change. By contrast, this role cannot be based exclusively on
experiences that emerge mainly from prosperous cities or capitals, because these do not reflect
Europe as a whole.

Session and paper proposals are encouraged to target these concepts according to the Symposium
main theme of Post COVID Dynamics: Green and Digital Transition, between Metropolitan and
Return to Villages’ Perspectives. The approach may be theoretical, methodological, thematic,
interdisciplinary and have broadly conceived or more narrowly focused subjects.

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CALL FOR SESSIONS

 SESSIONS may be theoretical, methodological, thematic, interdisciplinary and
 have broadly conceived or more narrowly focused subjects. Sessions that embrace
 cross-cultural, transnational and Euro Mediterranean based issues are particularly
 welcome. Topics exploring the core-peripheral territorial dialogue, green and digital
 transition, innovation ecosystems are encouraged.

Session proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. CST, October 1st, 2021. Please send the
proposal form to nmp@unirc.it and indicate the corresponding author if there is more than one
organizer. Remember, the official language of the conference is English and all submissions
should be in English. The Session will be approved if it will receive at least 6 contributions.
After the manuscripts reviewing process, the thematic sessions that will not maintain at least 6
contributions, will be merged according to the related topics.

Please bear in mind that each participant cannot be author, alone or with others, of more than two
papers. The sessions’ chairs are entitled to 1 free publication and have the task of identifying two
referees for each paper with the support of the Scientific Organizing Committee; they will also
receive a certificate for their work.

For details on past editions visit the Conference website: www.nmp.unirc.it
Download the session proposal form HERE

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PROCEEDINGS

NMP2022 PROCEEDINGS
Submitted papers
will be carefully peer-
reviewed by at least
two experts, chosen by
subject/area,
and evaluated on
originality, significance,
technical accuracy and
clarity of exposition.

Accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
(2367-3370) by SPRINGER. Where required, the publication in open access
should be specifically requested and has additional costs. LNNS volumes are
indexed in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), part of Clarivate
Analytics’ Web of Science; Scopus; etc.

The Proceedings from the past editions of this Symposium are already indexed
in the Thomson Reuters (WoS) Conference Proceedings Citation Index (New
Metropolitan Perspectives 2014, 2016 eds.) and SCOPUS (New Metropolitan
Perspectives 2018, 2020 eds.).

Among other publication opportunities, Authors of selected outstanding papers
will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for consideration of
publication in:
- international scientific journals, selected by the scientific board.
- LaborEst national scientific journal ISSN Online 2421-3187.

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PAPER SUBMISSION

 NMP2022 PAPER SUBMISSION
        Step 1 - Register
Authors must firstly be registered to the symposium web-platform.
Registration:
- Click on “Account” button on the top left side of the page
- Follow the instruction to finalize the registration
- Fill in the registration form
- Please note! As last step of the registration form, specify “create account as” “Author: Able to submit
items to the conference”
- Press the “Create” button at the end of the registration

      Step 2 - Prepare your paper proposal
1 - Before submitting your papers, please remember to download the Template Packet via nmp.unirc.it
2- At least one author for each accepted final paper must be registered.
3 - Please remind that preliminary abstract submission is not needed.
4 - All experimental or theoretical papers must be written in UK English and report original, previously
unpublished research results.
5 - The total length of the submitted paper should be between 6- and 10-pages including Title, abstract,
figure, legends, tables and references. Papers with less than 6 pages will be automatically rejected.
6 - Authors may submit more than one paper, multiple authors either. For each additional paper by the
same author, there is a charge of 320 € per additional paper. Each author can propose a maximum of 2
papers per session, and present just one paper during the symposium.
7- Please, make sure your paper has a “.docm” extension before submission.
For example: NMP_MyPaper.docm

      Step 3 - Submit your paper
1 - Click on the “STEP ONE OF THE SUBMISSION PROCESS” button to submit your paper.
2 - Fill in the submission form. Note that abstract cannot be longer than 500 words. The upload of a word
file of the paper is required to finalize your submission.
3 - To accelerate the review process and guarantee the final decision in due time, the paper will be sent to the
reviewers few days after the submission. For this reason, authors are warmly invited to upload just papers
ready to be referred. The upload of the final version can be done after the review process is terminated.
4 - You can check the list of papers for which you are author or co-author once you log-in to the web-
platform.

The definitive programme will be available by the end of April 2022 on nmp.unirc.it

Submit your paper via NMP web platform according to the call for papers deadline.
Follow the Symposium updates www.nmp.unirc.it

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SYMPOSIUM‘S FEES

Submit your paper via the NMP web platform according to the call for papers
deadline. Follow the Symposium updates www.nmp.unirc.it

PARTICIPATION FEES

                                       Senior                Early Career**       Accompanying Senior
                                 in presence/online       in presence/online

REGULAR                         320,00 €/ 240,00 €        190,00 €/120, 00 €             80,00 €

REDUCED*                        250,00 €/160, 00 €        110,00 €/90, 00 €              80,00 €

* Members of the scientific partnership and invited authors.
** This special rate must be considered benefit for young researchers, therefore it applies to only a
contribution drawn exclusively from PhD candidates, Fellows, Graduate students (whose condition is
duly attested).

            Please note: the fee is intended to cover a contribution of max 10 pages length.

                      Additional paper‘s pages (max 4 extra pages)                40,00 €/extra page

     Extra Costs      Additional paper by the same author (max 2 papers
                                                                                 320,00 €/extra paper
                      per session)
                      Publication in Open Access                                     60,00 €/page

WHAT IS INCLUDED
The registration fee includes:
In presence presentation: Paper Presentation, Proceedings’ file, Attendance to all Sessions and coffee
breaks, one paper to be published in LNNS (2367-3370), SPRINGER, ASTRI membership for the event.
Virtual presentation: Paper Presentation, Proceedings’ file, Attendance to all Sessions, one paper to be
published in LNNS (2367-3370) - SPRINGER, ASTRI membership for the event.
The length of each camera-ready paper will be limited to 10 pages.
The registration fee includes the publication of one accepted paper of up to 10 pages, in the symposium
proceeding. For each additional sheet there is a charge of 40,00 €, with a maximum of total 14 pages
lengths.
For each additional paper by the same author, there is a charge of 320,00 €. Each author can present a
maximum of 2 papers per session.
OPEN ACCESS: Where required, the publication in open access should be specifically requested and
subject to availability check, has the additional cost of 60,00 € per page.
Payment instructions for authors and participants will be given by February 2022. The registration fee for
Accompanying Guests is 80,00 €.

NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES 2022
SPECIAL EVENT

EDOARDO MOLLICA AWARD

ASTRI Association is honored to commemorate again this NMP edition the figure and work of
Edoardo Mollica – full Professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation, pioneer in the research field
of Inner Areas and open-eyed scholar of Metropolitan Cities.

The Award is aimed at encouraging the participation of young researchers in the scientific debate. The
prize will be awarded to the most innovative and original papers written and presented exclusively by
young scholars, in response to the Call For Papers NMP2022. Alternatively, the candidate’s contribution
should be clearly recognizable. For young scholar is meant who has not yet turned 35, at the starting date
of the symposium, Ph.D. or Ph.D. candidates, without a permanent university contract.

The research topics should relate to the theme of Inner Areas, intercepting the issues of sustainable
development, cultural heritage, identity, metropolitan cities or economic policies.

Those interested are invited to send an email to the NMP2022 Secretariat at nmp@unirc.it, communicating
the interest in applying for the award by the 28 of November 2021.

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Ibtisam Al Khafaji – Al-Esraa University College of Baghdad (Iraq)
Shaymaa Fadhil Jasim Al Kubasi – Department of Architecture, University of Koya (Iraq)
Pierre-Alexandre Balland – Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands)
Angela Barbanente – Politecnico di Bari
Massimiliano Bencardino – Università di Salerno
Josef Benedek – RSA – Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)
Christer Bengs – SLU/ Uppsala Sweden and Aalto / Helsinki (Finland)
Adriano Bisello – EURAC Research
Mario Bolognari – Università degli Studi di Messina
Kamila Borsekova – Matej Bel University (Slovakia)
Nico Calavita – San Diego State University (USA)
Roberto Camagni – Politecnico di Milano, Presidente Gremi
Sebastiano Carbonara – Università degli Studi “Gabriele d‘Annunzio“ Chieti-Pescara
Farida Cherbi – Institut d’Architecture de TiziOuzou (Algeria)
Antonio Del Pozzo – Università degli Studi di Messina - Unime
Maurizio Di Stefano – Icomos Italia
Alan W. Dyer – Northeastern University of Boston (USA)
Yakup Egercioglu – Izmir Katip Celebi University (Turkey)
Khalid El Harrouni – Ecole Nationale d’Architecture, Rabat (Morocco)
Gabriella Esposito De Vita – CNR/IRISS Istituto di Ricerca su Innovazione e Servizi per lo Sviluppo
Fabiana Forte – Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli“
Chro Ali HamaRadha – Dept. of Architectural Engineering / Faculty of Engineering / Koya University (Iraq)
Christina Kakderi – Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Greece)
Olivia Kyriakidou – Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece)
Ibrahim Maarouf – Alexandria University, Faculty of Engineering (Egypt)
Lívia M. C. Madureira – Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento – CETRAD (Portugal)
Tomasz Malec – Istanbul Kemerburgaz University (Turkey)
Benedetto Manganelli – Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Giuliano Marella – Università di Padova
Ezio Micelli – IUAV Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia
Nabil Mohäreb – Beirut Arab University, Tripoli (Lebanon)
Mariangela Monaca – Università di Messina
Bruno Monardo – Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza“
Giulio Mondini – Politecnico di Torino
Pierluigi Morano – Politecnico di Bari
Grazia Napoli – Università degli Studi di Palermo
Fabio Naselli – Epoka University
Antonio Nesticò – Università degli Studi di Salerno
Peter Nijkamp – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Davy Norris – Louisiana Tech University (USA)
Alessandra Oppio – Politecnico di Milano
Leila Oubouzar – Institut d’Architecture de TiziOuzou (Algeria)
Sokol Pacukaj – Aleksander Moisiu University (Albania)
Aurelio Pérez Jiménez – University of Malaga (Spain)
Keith Pezzoli – University of California, San Diego (USA)
María J. P. Mantiñán – University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Fabio Pollice – Università del Salento
Vincenzo Provenzano – Università di Palermo
Ahmed Y. Rashed – Founding Director “Farouk ElBaz Centre for Sustainability and Future Studies
Paolo Rosato – Presidente SIEV
Michelangelo Russo – SIU – Società Italiana degli Urbanisti
Helen Salavou – Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece)
Stefano Stanghellini – INU – Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica
Luisa Sturiale – Università di Catania
Ferdinando Trapani – Università degli Studi di Palermo
Robert Triest – Northeastern University of Boston (USA)
Claudia Trillo – University of Salford (UK)
Mediterranea University Committee
Giuseppe Barbaro            Giovanni Leonardi                  Domenico Nicolò
Concetta Fallanca           Tommaso Manfredi                   Adolfo Santini
Giuseppe Fera               Domenico Enrico Massimo            Simonetta Valtieri
Massimiliano Ferrara        Marina Mistretta                   Giuseppe Zimbalatti
Tommaso Isernia             Carlo Morabito                     Santo Marcello Zimbone

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