Massimo Clemente

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About Massimo Clemente

Massimo Clemente is Director of CNR IRISS the Institute of Research on Innovation and Services for Development, National Research Council of Italy. He coordinates a multidisciplinary group concerned with urban and regionak planning that collaborates with United Nations agencies, European Union institutions, universities, research centers, government and local authorities. The research activities are focused on city and architecture as tools to realize sustainable development in three dimensions: environmental, social and economic. During his career, he has studied innovation technology and urban change, sustainable mobility and intercultural cities. At present, he is focused on the possible contribution of urban planning and design into local sustainable development process – in particular, in seaside cities where the local identity is strictly connected to sea and to maritime identity and he is author of more than one hundred scientific publications in this fields.