Cyclical Covid Evolution and Transition Towards a Symbiosis Between Metropolitan Model and Widespread Settlement Model

Abstract

The paper starts from the possibility of a cyclical spread of the pandemic and the need for a review of urban and regional planning tools. In this perspective, the paper proposes a series of programming and planning suggestions for the protection from the risks of Covid, based on an integration between revision of times, spaces and flexible organization of the city and the regional territory. In this context, the relationship between medium / large cities and systems of small urban and rural centres of inland areas is reset. The results and conclusions highlight the close dependence between European Union objectives, consequent urban-territorial objectives, new tools and procedures for the transition from the protection of seismic risks to the global one.