Immaterial Production in Venice: Towards a Post-Fordist Economy

Abstract

Planning in Venice must consider the question of sustainability. The evolutionary courses which are produced by policies define the scope for the possibilities or all the alternatives which can, in theory, be pursued. In order to be agreed upon and credible in terms of society’s debate, the alternatives must shape development courses which are really sustainable. That is, development courses which can, on the one hand, sustain themselves by rebuilding, over time, the reasons as well as the resources consumed in development and, on the other, courses which can regenerate the city’s identity in a continuous way, by re-elaborating it in gradually different forms which are adapted to the circumstances which emerge in the evolution of the environment and of the urban system.