Francesca Savoldi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4622658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Savoldi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Savoldi |
| SIGNATURE | SAVOLDI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8154-471X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Planetary boundaries or socio-ecological limits from below? Insights from port cities
This article examines the planetary boundaries framework for environmental governance in port cities, highlighting tensions between planetary metrics and situated socio-ecological limits. Based on ethnographic research in Colombo, Valencia, Genoa and Rotterdam, it shows that environmental issues are experienced as socio-ecological problems affecting livelihoods, public health and territorial identities. While planetary boundaries are useful for d…
The double movements of port cities
Port cities stand at the center of the contradictions of supply-chain capitalism, where large-scale logistical expansion collides with social, economic, and environmental priorities on the ground. Drawing on critical logistics scholarship and ethnographic research, the article conceptualizes port infrastructure as a site of Polanyian double movement: while enabling the expansion of global circulation, it simultaneously provokes counter-movements,…
Geographies and counter-geographies of global circulation in port cities – the case of Piraeus
Infrastructures of Transiency
Cultural Studies Association’s Environment, Space & Place Working Group Co-Chair Richard Simpson discusses the local, global, and transnational impact of cruise ships and the cruise ship industry with Constance Dijkstra, International Maritime Organization (IMO) policy manager for the advocacy group T&E, Karla Hart, co-founder of the Global Cruise Activist Network, and Luc Renaud, Associate Professor at the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies…
Contested port cities
This article examines the increasingly conflictual relationship between ports and their surrounding communities at a time of wide-reaching infrastructural expansion. It highlights how the centralization of power and logistical gigantism produce deterritorializing frictions, decoupling inhabitants from their territories and creating the conditions for social contestation. It calls for a rethinking of the role of communities in contemporary port-ci…
Waves of contention
European Union (EU) responses to maritime boundary disputes reveal certain paradoxes of governance. The increasing interest of EU states in controlling larger maritime areas and the public and private exploitation of marine and seabed resources are enhancing the territorialization of the sea. The EU as a political project claims to transcend state-vested interests, promoting peaceful dispute resolution when it comes to maritime boundary disputes.…
Internet, Social Capital, and e-Inclusion in Post-Conflict Belfast
In this paper, we discuss Belfast community workers' expectations about the influence of the Internet on social capital and on social inclusion among youngsters from segregated areas of the city. For the purpose of conducting onsite research, we selected one of the main organizations working with young people and distributed a questionnaire among the organization's workers. The results show that according to the workers' expectations, the Interne…
Geographies and counter-geographies of global circulation in port cities – the case of Piraeus
Contested port cities
This article examines the increasingly conflictual relationship between ports and their surrounding communities at a time of wide-reaching infrastructural expansion. It highlights how the centralization of power and logistical gigantism produce deterritorializing frictions, decoupling inhabitants from their territories and creating the conditions for social contestation. It calls for a rethinking of the role of communities in contemporary port-ci…
Internet, Social Capital, and e-Inclusion in Post-Conflict Belfast
In this paper, we discuss Belfast community workers' expectations about the influence of the Internet on social capital and on social inclusion among youngsters from segregated areas of the city. For the purpose of conducting onsite research, we selected one of the main organizations working with young people and distributed a questionnaire among the organization's workers. The results show that according to the workers' expectations, the Interne…
Waves of contention
European Union (EU) responses to maritime boundary disputes reveal certain paradoxes of governance. The increasing interest of EU states in controlling larger maritime areas and the public and private exploitation of marine and seabed resources are enhancing the territorialization of the sea. The EU as a political project claims to transcend state-vested interests, promoting peaceful dispute resolution when it comes to maritime boundary disputes.…
Infrastructures of Transiency
Cultural Studies Association’s Environment, Space & Place Working Group Co-Chair Richard Simpson discusses the local, global, and transnational impact of cruise ships and the cruise ship industry with Constance Dijkstra, International Maritime Organization (IMO) policy manager for the advocacy group T&E, Karla Hart, co-founder of the Global Cruise Activist Network, and Luc Renaud, Associate Professor at the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies…
Contested port cities
This article examines the increasingly conflictual relationship between ports and their surrounding communities at a time of wide-reaching infrastructural expansion. It highlights how the centralization of power and logistical gigantism produce deterritorializing frictions, decoupling inhabitants from their territories and creating the conditions for social contestation. It calls for a rethinking of the role of communities in contemporary port-ci…
Geographies and counter-geographies of global circulation in port cities – the case of Piraeus
Planetary boundaries or socio-ecological limits from below? Insights from port cities
This article examines the planetary boundaries framework for environmental governance in port cities, highlighting tensions between planetary metrics and situated socio-ecological limits. Based on ethnographic research in Colombo, Valencia, Genoa and Rotterdam, it shows that environmental issues are experienced as socio-ecological problems affecting livelihoods, public health and territorial identities. While planetary boundaries are useful for d…
The double movements of port cities
Port cities stand at the center of the contradictions of supply-chain capitalism, where large-scale logistical expansion collides with social, economic, and environmental priorities on the ground. Drawing on critical logistics scholarship and ethnographic research, the article conceptualizes port infrastructure as a site of Polanyian double movement: while enabling the expansion of global circulation, it simultaneously provokes counter-movements,…
Engineering (4 works) · Maritime Ports and Logistics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Coastal and Marine Management (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Port (circuit theory (2 works)