Human flows is the Urban Thinkers Campus promoted by the United Nations and organized by PUSH in collaboration with the Municipality of Palermo from 14 to 16 November 2019.
The event is designed to foster a dialogue on the future of cities starting from Palermo and in relation to the specific topic of mobility addressed from three different points of view: Infrastructure & Policies, Services & Data, Rights & Laws.
INFRASTRUCTURES & POLICIES |
INFRASTRUCTURES & POLICIES |
New high-tech cars, buses and trains are slowly changing both public and private transport fleets in Europe. Are the transit infrastructures in Palermo ready for this kind of innovation?
Palermo is the second airport in Italy for passenger growth. Is the increasing number of tourists able to balance – from an economic, cultural and social point of view – the brain drain that the city has been experiencing for years?
Palermo is the 21st freight port out of 30 in Italy and has recently been proposed as a logistics platform for the “Belt and Road Initiative” of the Chinese government in the Mediterranean. Would the economic impact of these large investments be able to counterbalance the environmental one?
SERVICES & DATA |
SERVICES & DATA |
Palermo is the sixth most chaotic city in Europe and the twenty-first in the world in terms of traffic (TomTom Traffic Index 2019).
A new, massive infrastructure project is being developed to improve mass transport services (trams and metro). What will be the environmental, social and economic impact on the future of the city?
The new mobility services in Palermo are changing the way people move around the city. To what extent do the new mobility datasets influence decision-makers in the design of new policies?
RIGHTS & LAWS |
RIGHTS & LAWS |
In 2016 Palermo was ranked 70th (out of 108) in a study measuring accessibility for children and people with disabilities. How can we make the city more accessible?
Palermo has distinguished itself in Italy for having disobeyed national restrictive policies on migration and integration, becoming a “social intercultural laboratory”. How did this trigger new economic, cultural and social values?
Local and international speakers, including the most valuable candidates to the Open Call, will present innovative proposals, practices that could produce a positive impact on the territory, successful solutions already tested and replicable in Palermo.
The Plenary Sessions are open with free admission.
All talks will be broadcasted in live streaming as well as recorded and made available online at the end of the conference.
Professionals and experts will be invited to moderate thematic tables that will involve a heterogeneous audience of researchers, professionals, citizens and representatives of the public administration.
The expected outcome is the first draft of a programmatic document on the future of mobility in Palermo and on the adoption of the principles of the New Urban Agenda to this related. This document will be presented at the end of the Conference and included in its proceedings.
