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LEONARDO MERCATANTI

Research Area

Active Research fields

Urban governance; inclusion, resilience and urban sustainability; commerce; perception of volcanic and seismic risk in the Mt. Etna region, Berkeley school.

Research projects of the last 5 years

-Research Projects of National Interest PRIN 2004 “Ecosistema urbano: buone pratiche per il governo della sostenibilità urbana e dello sviluppo compatibile”;
-Research Projects of National Interest PRIN 2006 “Metodi, processi e politiche integrate per il governo della sostenibilità”;
-Research Projects of National Interest - PRIN 2015 (Co-financed): Commerce, consumption and cities: practices, planning and governance for inclusion, resilience and urban sustainability";
-European Project FMFI- LLP Program - Sustainable Management of Cultural Landscapes (october 2017 to date);
-NAWA 2018 (International Scholarship exchange of PhD candidates and Academic Staff).

Collaborations

University of Barcellona, University of Naples "Federico II", University of Naples "L'Orientale", University of Rome "Tor Vergata", University of Sao Paulo (Brasil).

International research group "GCRG-Global Catastrophe Reasearch Group" (Coord. Thomas J. Puleo - UCLA, Arizona State University); International research group "The center in the postgentrified cities: consumption, retail and Urban planning" (Coord. Carles Carreras - University of Barcelona); National reserach group "Trading sites, between tradition and innovation" (Coord. Caterina Cirelli-University of Catania); National research group "Territorial reorganization and local development" (coor. Girolamo Cusimano - University of Palermo).

Active research

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Organization of study tours, seminars, exhibitions for the teachers of Geography (lower and upper secondary schools).