Environment and Urbanization in Modern Italy

From the second half of the 1940s, urban drift, industrial development, and mass consumption drove environmental change in Italy. Federico Paolini's fourth book presents essays on natural resources, transport, politics, and the environment movement, concluding with a forecast of future environmental problems.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2020
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

From the second half of the 1940s, when postwar reconstruction began in Italy, there emerged three significant driving forces of environmental change: the unstoppable process of urban drift, fueled by substantial migratory flows from the countryside and southern regions toward the cities where large-scale productive activities were beginning to gather momentum; unrestrained industrial development, which was tolerated as a necessary tribute to progress and modernization; and mass consumption. In his fourth book, Federico Paolini presents a comprehensive collection of essays that explore a wide range of environmental topics, including the utilization of natural resources, the consequences of transportation-related environmental issues, and the dynamics of the environmental movement. Paolini concludes the book with a forward-looking forecast regarding the environmental challenges that are likely to dominate the public discourse of the twenty-first century.

Weight: 518g
Dimension: 161 x 235 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780822945932