L'accoglienza dei Minori Stranieri Non Accompagnati in Italia: un'indagine preliminare

L’indagine si è articolata in due fasi, la prima prevedeva interviste agli operatori; la seconda, interviste ai minori. Per la raccolta dei dati sono state costruite due interviste ad hoc. Sono state raccolte 24 interviste ad operatori e 6 a minori. In questo lavoro vengono presentati alcuni risultati delle interviste agli operatori perché la loro esperienza nell’incontro con i ragazzi è spesso in ombra nella pur vasta letteratura e ricerca sull’accoglienza dei MSNA. Dall’esperienza che gli operatori hanno raccontato emerge un’immagine dei ragazzi, dei quali essi si occupano, come di persone più adulte di quanto dica la loro età, ma alle quali vengono proposte delle condizioni di vita e delle attività, durante la permanenza in comunità, pensate per soggetti preadolescenti se non bambini. Questi operatori sembra sentano il proprio mandato come quello di genitori in grado di offrire ai ragazzi una seconda possibilità: rifare l’infanzia e viversi l’adolescenza in contrasto con l’altro mandato, quello dei genitori reali, che è di natura quasi esclusivamente economica, nel senso dell’aspettativa di trovare un lavoro e con esso un guadagno. Gli operatori intendono il loro mandato sovente nei termini di una funzione riparativa, per far fronte ad angosce legate a un’idea di danneggiamento e quindi al senso di colpa nei confronti del popolo dei giovani migranti. Non è difficile comprendere che si tratta di un intento riparativo impossibile e quindi destinato a generare frustrazione e senso di impotenza. L’offerta riparativa, così, finisce col precedere e oscurare la domanda autentica, alla quale non viene dato spazio

Pedestrian rule compliance at signalized intersections in different urban contexts: An observational study

The purpose of this paper is to examine the rule compliance behavior of pedestrians at signalized intersections located in two different urban contexts in Italy, a tourist context and a typical working urban context, and to highlight if there is any influence, of the specific urban context, on the non-compliance behavior of pedestrians. Digital video camera images are gathered in two different urban contexts and data are processed using automated software, self-written in MatLab. Both test places are located in Tuscany (Italy) and they are only 20 km apart. The tourist, or recreational, context is the beach town of Viareggio. The typical working, or commuter, urban context is the historical city of Lucca. Factors such as age, sex and group size are analyzed. Pearson’s chi-square test has been applied to investigate whether the difference between observed values and expected values of variables is statistically significant. The average crossing speed in tourists is found to be 1.50 m/s and the average 15th percentile is 1.09 m/s, whereas in commuters, the average crossing speed is found to be 1.78 m/s and the average 15th percentile is 1.42 m/s. The obtained results highlight that pedestrians in a tourist urban context are generally more compliant to traffic lights than in a commuter urban context. Moreover, the results point out that pedestrian behavior is highly linked to the urban context, and the obtained results of this exploratory study on pedestrians, in a recreational context as compared to a working one, raise some interesting questions that deserve further research work

Pedestrian rule compliance at signalized intersections in different urban contexts: an observational study

The purpose of this paper is to examine the rule compliance behavior of pedestrians at signalized intersections located in two different urban contexts in Italy, a tourist context and a typical working urban context, and to highlight if there is any influence, of the specific urban context, on the non-compliance behavior of pedestrians. Digital video camera images are gathered in two different urban contexts and data are processed using automated software, self-written in MatLab. Both test places are located in Tuscany (Italy) and they are only 20 km apart. The tourist, or recreational, context is the beach town of Viareggio. The typical working, or commuter, urban context is the historical city of Lucca. Factors such as age, sex and group size are analyzed. Pearson’s chi-square test has been applied to investigate whether the difference between observed values and expected values of variables is statistically significant. The average crossing speed in tourists is found to be 1.50 m/s and the average 15th percentile is 1.09 m/s, whereas in commuters, the average crossing speed is found to be 1.78 m/s and the average 15th percentile is 1.42 m/s. The obtained results highlight that pedestrians in a tourist urban context are generally more compliant to traffic lights than in a commuter urban context. Moreover, the results point out that pedestrian behavior is highly linked to the urban context, and the obtained results of this exploratory study on pedestrians, in a recreational context as compared to a working one, raise some interesting questions that deserve further research work