Planning Times of the City: an Overview on Urban Time Policies

In 2010 the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has adopted a recommendation in order to foster local time policies. The paper analyses the development of urban time policies in Italy after the implementation of the national law (Act 53/2000) and, in particular, its relation with the regional legislation. From this point of view, it is possible to appreciate the “trespassing” of these policies on gender’s equal opportunities, social welfare policies and urban planning. Secondly, the paper reviews what happened about the implementation of urban time policies at regional level, where the increase of local time policies is also a consequence of the allocation of regional and national funds. In conclusion, the paper proposes a classification of the towns’ experiences in their specific relation with urban planning and it represents an opportunity to discuss weakness and opportunity of of these policies’ “trespassing”.