The communities, situations and landscapes which lie around the borders of the City of Milan were investigated for two years. They were the subject matter of a project by the Urban Policy Design Workshop and also of an exhibition and convention held at the Urban Center of Milan, which were based on the results of the workshop. What is the nature of borders? Who draws them and for what purposes? What effects do they generate? What landscapes do they construct? What opportunities and what difficulties do they present? How can they become a resource to the community? How can projects and policies be built that are effective for the adjacent areas? How can they become the centrepoint of adequate policies for a metropolitan city? These are the questions and subjects which various authors have addressed in the pages that follow.


Keywords: Milan metropolitan city; borders; urban policy design

Alessandro Balducci, Antonella Bruzzese, in "TERRITORIO" 67/2013, pp. 23-24, DOI:10.3280/TR2013-067002