Spatial Planning and Mobility

Research focus

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Investigation about the complexity of the interactions between urban/regional planning and the system of infrastructures and services for mobility. The basic idea is that mobility, in its different forms, is one of the basic factors influencing the distribution of people and activities in spaces of various scales; thus, the contribution of urban and regional planners for the conception and implementation of mobility systems and services must be considered as fundamental. Major keywords are environmental and urban quality, sustainable mobility, and transport efficiency. The research activities are carried on within the Laboratorio Territorio e Mobilità or LTM; it begun its activity in 1990 with the name of Laboratorio Trasporti in the Dipartimento di Scienze del Territorio (Department of Territorial Sciences, the former structure from which the DiAP evolved). In these years LTM has developed activities of planning and consultancy related with the research. The main research topics are the following: - Regional and Urban Planning. Definition of methods for the production of urban and regional plans in which mobility issues are considered as determinant for the distribution of human activities and of physical developments as well as for the quality of urban and natural environment. - Traffic and Transport Planning. Definition of methods for the production of traffic plans, road network plans and public transport plans in which mobility issues are considered not only for their economic and technical characteristics, but also for their interactions with the distribution of human activities and urban developments. - Mobility Management. Experience suggests that the traditional transport planning approach is not always suitable to achieve good results in terms of changes of modal split, especially in areas provided with good transport services and infrastructures. Managing the commuters behaviour on the company level is an innovative approach to mobility problems. - Innovative Techniques. Development and implementation of advanced GIS techniques finalized to the management, the cartographic representation and the interpretation of large amounts of territorial data over wide areas. Definition of GPS techniques for mobility surveys and reports. Creation and implementation of mathematic models to individuate high interrelated areas like daily urban systems.

Dipartimento di afferenza

Dipartimento di Architettura e Pianificazione (DIAP)

Docenti afferenti

Associate Professors
Giuseppe Boatti
Assistant Professors
Osvaldo Lamperti
Ugo Targetti