RISULTATI RICERCA

Il lavoro analizza l’effetto della progressiva integrazione economico-monetaria a livello europeo sul commercio estero delle regioni italiane. L’analisi degli scambi commerciali delle regioni con l’Unione europea non fa emergere modificazioni di rilevo nella concentrazione e specializzazione a livello locale, anche se denota un certo grado di trasformazione della struttura delle esportazioni regionali. Inoltre, nella maggior parte dei casi, non sembrano essersi prodotti effetti di convergenza fra le strutture delle esportazioni regionali e quella prevalente nell’Unione europea, mentre la struttura dei vantaggi comparati rispetto all’Unione europea mantiene i suoi punti di forza nei settori di tradizionale specializzazione, con una tendenza alla concentrazione, indicando possibili fragilità del modello di specializzazione italiano e costituendo fonte di possibili shock asimmetrici rispetto all’area monetaria comune.

Socioeconomic dynamics and property rights regulation as driving forces of urban spatial development: the case of Vienna (di Wolfgang Blaas and Gerlinde Gutheil-Knopp-Kirchwald) - ABSTRACT: The paper sets out to explain recent changes in urban structures and central business district (CBD) functions in Vienna by entrepreneurial decisions to locate office buildings. In line with institutional approaches, supply and demand in the office market are modeled within the social and political context: (1) the demand side is shaped by technological and socio-economic trends with specific market reactions such as relocation of (parts of) firm activities, new qualitative-technical requirements on the office building, growing importance of soft location factors and the trend towards large-scale developments; (2) the supply side is shaped by local land use and building regulations, including international commitments such as the recognition of the historic centre of Vienna as an UNESCO cultural world heritage site. What we observe in Vienna may be a rather common pattern of spatial development: companies exposed to global pressures on the one hand and a very restrictive local regulatory regime at the other hand are having difficulties to accommodate their changing spatial needs, in particular in the CBD. Hence, office locations show a definite trend to leave the CBD and to choose decentral sites. New sub-centres are emerging, very often on locations urban planning did not suggest for further development. In order to preserve the economic vitality of the historic centre of Vienna apart from its touristic importance we suggest legislative and institutional changes to enable a better balance between conservation and development strategies.