International summer school of urbanism and planning

The international Summer School of Urbanism and Planning scheduled from 7 to 13 September in the Filippo Canu municipal conference hall will be dedicated to the theme of environmental risk, expressed in the Porto Torres area. The initiative will see the participation of Italian students from the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning of the University of Sassari and Japanese students of regional cooperation studies and community development, involved in an intensive course of study and planning in the Turritan context.
The project was born thanks to an initial agreement signed between the municipal administration and the DADU of the Sassari university.
The international Summer School, in fact, is promoted by the Municipality of Porto Torres, through the delegations to Culture and Public Education, in collaboration with the chairs of Urbanism and Planning and Ecology.
Precisely in view of the activation of the intensive training course, in recent days, a first operational meeting was held between the councilors Maria Bastiana Cocco and Gavina Muzzetto and the teachers Paola Rizzi and Silvia Pulina , respectively, urban planner and ecologist of DADU UNISS. The meeting was the opportunity to start the educational, organizational and logistical collaboration and start planning the organization of the international workshop in detail.
Two Japanese professors will also participate in the Summer School: Professor Satoshi Otsuki from the Faculty of Regional Studies of Kochi University and Professor Masahiro Shirotsuki from the Nagoya University of Foreigner Studies.
In the coming weeks, the theme and program of educational activities will be defined in detail.
«We are really proud - declared the councilors Maria Bastiana Cocco and Gavina Muzzetto - to be able to contribute to the organization of an international project of this scale in our city. Thanks go to the teachers who made their skills available to make this path possible. Paola Rizzi's main research area, in fact, concerns the development of a sustainable, inclusive and long-lasting approach to urban and territorial planning and Silvia Pulina studies in particular the effects of anthropic activities and climate change on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. This is an important opportunity for discussion and growth which strengthens the synergy between the municipal administration and the University of Sassari."

«This school is the summer and Italian edition of the spring school held every year in Japan» adds Professor Rizzi.