This article investigates decision-making processes related to the development of an inland navigation transport network in Northern Italy, focusing on the period 1945 – 1965. The transformation of the Po river and other connected rivers and channels into a modern waterway became particularly prominent since the National Unification, with the aim to connect the main cities (Milan, Turin) with Venice harbour and the Adriatic sea. After WWII, the economic recovery allowed to undertake the projects: the inland navigation development was strongly supported at the local level (provinces, municipalities and chambers of commerce), but was not perceived as a national problem, enforcing the gap between the regional dimension and the national one. Furthermore local authorities started to discuss about the track and the priorities in the construction, without finding a common solution. Finally, all these plans were bounded to fail, considering the priority given to the highway development and to the car industry.
La questione idroviaria: politiche territoriali e trasporti nell’Italia del boom economico
PROTO, MATTEO
2010
Abstract
This article investigates decision-making processes related to the development of an inland navigation transport network in Northern Italy, focusing on the period 1945 – 1965. The transformation of the Po river and other connected rivers and channels into a modern waterway became particularly prominent since the National Unification, with the aim to connect the main cities (Milan, Turin) with Venice harbour and the Adriatic sea. After WWII, the economic recovery allowed to undertake the projects: the inland navigation development was strongly supported at the local level (provinces, municipalities and chambers of commerce), but was not perceived as a national problem, enforcing the gap between the regional dimension and the national one. Furthermore local authorities started to discuss about the track and the priorities in the construction, without finding a common solution. Finally, all these plans were bounded to fail, considering the priority given to the highway development and to the car industry.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
