Focus

Between the 2021 Agenda and the 2030 Agenda there is a conceptual leap that, from the "now ancient" definition of the concept of sustainable development of 1992, reaches the mature formalization of the implementation criteria of 2015, even if partially superseded themselves, in order to launch the challenge of achievement in three decades of determined social, economic and ecological sustainability thresholds.

Community (as Horizon Europe 2021-2027; European Green Deal, etc.) and National research plans (as PNR 2015-2020; PNR 2021-2027, etc.) are periodically intertwined with this desire. By proposing calls for projects addressing the same themes, they can give a large number of contributes to the achievement of the prefigured purposes.

From an articulated program of actions, which turns out to be a real manual for the sustainable development of the planet in the 21st century, we have reached the 17 objectives that embrace fundamental issues for sustainable development in its three dimensions: ending poverty, fighting against inequality, and tackling climate change.

It has been understood that, alongside the three dimensions (economic, social, ecological), a fourth must be counted. The one that expressly concerns LIVING, understood as "the articulated concept that underlies and interprets every attempt to act on any form of sustainable development".

It’s a topic that requires constant design research because its continuous evolution makes any analysis or theorizing overcome by the changing scenarios. Furthermore, its breadth requires a holistic and multi-scalar approach in order to understand the interconnections between different cultural spheres and to handle the implications on multiple context scenarios.

The in-depth study proposed for the conference intends to cross this moment of transition and to explore, with trans-disciplinary and inter-generational contributions, what the "sustainable" planning could be suitable for each of the proposed themes, in a view aimed both at the existing heritage and at the soon to be one, from the urban scale to the most detailed solutions.

From the fourth dimension of sustainable development (LIVING), scientific contributions could evaluate the human and inclusive dimension, the functional and health security dimension, the historical and cultural enhancement dimension, the technological and circular dimension. All this will be possible to do with an open approach, which will reward the aggregation and hybridization of multiple disciplinary contributions, numerical simulations or experimental validations, predictive analysis and instrumental monitoring.