DIST
Interuniversity Department
of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning
Today half of the world's population lives in urban areas. The United Nations expects this number to rise up to 75 percent in 25 years. However, territories are not static entities. They grow, shrink, change, in an increasingly unpredictable way, both on a local and a global scale. Of course, all these changes have a tremendous impact on our society.
The Inter-university Department of Regional & Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) is the reference structure for the Politecnico di Torino and the University of Turin in the cultural areas that study the transformation and the governance processes within a territory, as considered in its physical, economic, social, political, cultural aspects and their interrelationships, in a integrated sustainability perspective.
The DIST promotes, coordinates and manages research, teaching and third mission activities aimed at the educating the change agents of tomorrows' challenges for a sustainable management of our territories.
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Department News
Isobenefit Urbanism (IU)
Call for papers for Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (HSSC)
Editors: Luca S. D'Acci (DIST, Polito) and Tommaso Gabrieli (University College London)
The Relationship Between Landscape Sustainability and Urban Ecology
Call for papers for the Special Issue of Land journal (MDPI)
Editors: Luigi La Riccia (DIST, SDG11lab) and Angioletta Voghera (DIST)
Shaping Sustainable Cities: Mainstreaming Assessment Methods and Development Strategies for Resilient, Circular, Digital and Inclusive Cities. Analytics and OR applications at EURO 2025
Call for papers for the Special Issue of Elsevier "Sustainability Analytics and Modeling"
Editors: Sara Torabi Moghadam, Patrizia Lombardi, Virginia Pellerey, Rossana Riccardi, Cynthia Chen
Shaping Future Cities: Turning Assessment into Strategies and Actions for Resilience
Call for papers for the Special Issue Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development"
Editors: Francesca Abastante, Ombretta Caldarice, Beatrice Mecca (DIST, Politecnico di Torino)
Digital Innovation for People-Centered Design, Planning and Management of Climate-Resilient Cities
Call for papers for the Special Issue Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development"
Editors: Sara Torabi Moghadam and Jhon Ricardo Escorcia Hernández