Elena Tarsi


Biography

Elena Tarsi is architect, PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Planning at University of Florence (Italy) and researcher at CES where is member of the NHUMEP - Humanities, Migration and Peace Studies research group. She is coordinator of the Latin American section of LabPSM - Laboratory City and Territory in the Global South of University of Florence. She is contracted professor at Department of Architecture of Florence and at University Nostra Signora del Buon Consiglio" in Tirana (Albania). The main focuses of her research have been the formation and transformation of Global South urban system, cities and metropoles, with specific attention to urban exclusion, informal settlements and inclusion's local policies for informal settlement's requalification. Her current research interests address informal production of space in the Global North, the impacts of migration on territories, participation and the right to the city, polarization, gentrification, and touristification of cities and territories, and urban inequality.


Latest Publications

Article in Scientific journal

Tarsi, Elena; Carta, Massimo (2020), "Il paesaggio del turismo oltre il COVID-19: prospettive per una Firenze resiliente", Ri-Vista: Research for landscape architecture, 1-12

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Book Chapter

Tarsi, Elena; Matos Rodrigues, Fernando (2020), Capitulo IV. Direito à habitação e cidade justa: Críticas e contribuições à Nova Geração de Políticas de Habitação em Portugal., in Manuel Carlos Silva Fernando Matos Rodrigues João Teixeira Lopes António Jorge Fontes Teresa Mora (org.), POR UMA HABITAÇÃO BÁSICA. Cidadania, democracia associativa e metodologias participativas.. Porto: Afrontamento, 97-124

Article in Scientific journal

Tarsi, Elena (2020), "Quando la mobilità è il parametro dello sfruttamento. Migrazione e agricoltura.", Contesti, 1/209, 134-149

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