Carlo Sessa

• Research Director at Institute of Study for the Integration of Systems, Rome, Italy

This chapter illustrates a co-creation approach engaging stakeholders and citizens to develop a shared agenda of sustainable transport solutions, responding to travel needs which are qualitatively and quantitatively different for residents and tourists. The chapter is articulated in three sections. The first section illustrates the co-creation appr...

This document aims at assessing and fine tuning alternative scenarios concerning road automated transport, based on the contribution of research, industry and public stakeholders convened at the CityMobil2 Workshops organised in La Rochelle on 30–31st March 2015. Two different paradigms—with and without a shift to shared mobility—were debated and a...

This paper first discusses polycentric regions, their features and how they can be detected by means of indicators of regional structure and mobility patterns, and why polycentric regions will be increasingly relevant to the future of mobility planning in the EU landscape. The paper discusses then the experience of six polycentric regions - Marche...

This report presents the findings of the research conducted for the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) on global economic trends up to the horizon of 2030 and how they matter for Europe. The report builds on extensive analytical research, a wide-ranging review of the literature and simulations with two macroeconomic models, one of...

The PASHMINA (paradigm shifts modeling and innovative approaches) project grew out of the need to improve our understanding of the paradigm shift in the energy-transport-landuse nexus and, more broadly, in world development. In envisioning the world at 2050, we envisaged future growth in four possible directions: growth without limits, growth withi...

Good governance is a key element in achieving sustainable development. But how are both concepts linked in the practice of measuring sustainable development? Experts and representatives of the civil society cooperated to define good governance criteria for sustainable development indicators.

In the wake of the unprecedented uprisings that brought to an end decades of repressive authoritarian rule, the Southern Mediterranean region has reached a turning point in its history, presenting many opportunities and challenges for the EU. In this MEDPRO Policy Paper, Rym Ayadi and Carlo Sessa explore various possible scenarios that could play o...

This article argues that a better management of increasingly complex socio-ecological systems would require to adopt evidence-based policy-making and improve the science–policy interface by means of participatory action research involving scientists, citizens and policy-makers. The connectivity between the production of scientific evidence by exper...

La 124ème Table Ronde de la CEMT sur l'économie des transports traite d'un thème ambitieux, celui en l'occurrence du rôle que les incitations fiscales et réglementaires peuvent jouer dans l'accession de nos villes et régions à un avenir plus durable. Ce thème ne se limite pas aux transports, mais s'inscrit, étant donné qu'il se trouve au cœur du pr...

The ECMT’s 124th Round Table on transport economics addresses an ambitious topic -- the role of regulatory and fiscal incentives to shape a more sustainable future for our cities and regions. The topic is not limited to transport but, as it will be the main subject of this paper, entails a broader perspective, including the following: – The present...

In the late 1990s, innovation in the institutional arrangements boosted a new collaborative transport planning approach in the city of Rome. The creation of an integrated planning agency (STA) helped the transition from the level of theoretical and ideologically driven planning, traditionally anchored to the high volatility of the political arena,...