THE COURSE WILL ENABLE THE LEARNER TO ACQUIRE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR URBAN ANALYSIS NECESSARY FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF LOCAL REALITY, FOR CRITICAL READING OF EVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENA AND FOR THE PREPARATION OF PLANS TO TRANSFORM THE SPACE. THE ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING OF "URBAN QUALITY", CONNECTED TO THE PRESENCE OF SPECIFIC RECOGNITION ELEMENTS, TO THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACES OF RELATIONSHIP AND TO THE FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES