ISTH 2014 - NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES. The integrated approach of Urban Sustainable Development through the implementation of Horizon/Europe2020

ISTH2020 is promoted by the LaborEst (Evaluation and Economic Appraisal Lab) and CLUDs (Commercial Local Urban Districts) Research Lab, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) with the aim to receive contributions from national and international scientific community on integrated development strategies and research in metropolitan contexts according to the directions of Europe 2020 and Horizon 2020.
The aims of the Symposium are:
1. Strengthening the international exchange in order to promote joint research activities according to the objectives of the 2014?2020 programming period.
2. Stimulating the debate on community engagement and new forms of public-private partnership within urban-rural networks and metropolitan areas.
3. Promoting an integrated approach through specialized inputs merging on the creation of strongly localized - and not generalized - interventions and actions, fostering a the bottom-up, rather than the “top-down” approach.