The Breath of the Metropolis: Smart Working and New Urban Geographies

The paper explores the potentialities of telework, a topic with rich literature published since 1970s, which has become topical again its forced application related to COVID-19 pandemic emergency. carries out an analysis potential territorial impact—transport networks and geographies living—of telework in Italian national context. highlights relevance certain metropolitan areas that present urban poles where economic sectors high propensity for are centralised. This survey relates large stock tourist housing vicinity demand arising from change preferences towards more pleasant contexts made possible by telework. In conclusion, this work aims contribute construction platform context—lagging behind but recent legislative measures on smart working—aimed at favouring definition research lines able enhance offered environmental, social, sustainability objectives, it also outline scenarios main