CITTÀ E URBANISTICA OLTRE LA CRESCITA. TRANSIZIONE VERDE: VERSO CHE COSA? ECOLOGIA, ECONOMIA E URBANISTICA TRA GREEN DEAL E PARADIGMI POST-GROWTH/ CITIES AND URBANISM BEYOND GROWTH. ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION: WHERE IS IT GOING? ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS, AND URBAN PLANNING BETWEEN EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL AND POST-GROWTH PARADIGMS

After decades of austerity politics, post-crisis measures such as ‘Next Generation EU’ and, before that, the so-called ‘Green New Deal’ (substantiated e.g., through the ‘Renovation Wave Strategy), are seen and awaited as a major opportunity for recovery and relaunch for cities and territories, particularly in those countries which contested and/or actually suffered more than others for the previous EU political economy orientation. A call for changing institutions and instruments to respond to a climate crisis which is strictly related to development models is progressively diffusing. Consequently, also the debate on “post-growth” is accelerating, defining different, sometimes radically different perspectives for society, economy and space. This issue of Tracce Urbane, interdisciplinary journal of urban studies and planning, is devoted to highlighting the multifaceted intertwining between urban planning, political economy and ecology in dealing with the question of ecologic transition and more sustainable development models, providing a kaleidoscope of reflections and cases, elaborated in different contexts, scales, and environments.