Enhancing Spatial Imaginaries of Metropolitan Renaissance: A Regional Design Approach

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I would like to thank the authors of the paper entitled ‘Enhancing Spatial Imaginaries of Metropolitan Renaissance: A Regional Design Approach’ for their efforts: the paper was improved significantly and now its RQs and structure are much clearer.

My comment is about the conclusion part.

Since the research is built on a single case study in a specific context of Italy and Florence (geographical, economic, political, historical context, etc.), it would be useful in the conclusion to give a different perspective for the future research directions and maybe their possible practical applications in relation to different contexts and time periods.

Meanwhile, in the Introduction, two final chapters are mentioned (6) Conclusions and (7) directions for further research, while in the final version they are united.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The paper attempts to empirically apply the analysis of the effectiveness of regional projects through the prism of methods of identification and analysis of the performativity of spatial images. Referring to theoretical considerations, the author proceeds to propose an application of this process in practice (on the example of Florence).

The paper is well structured and written – it meets the universal requirements of scientific articles (IMRAD). The title of the article is clear and adequate. The abstract is clear, it presents the object of research, the content, and the results. The introduction states the objectives of the paper and the relevance of the research work. The author has demonstrated a very good knowledge of the existing literature - the background to this topic I believe is correct. The methodology of the study is also extensively presented. I also have no comments on the analysis carried out of development projects through the prism of the effectiveness of spatial imagery of the Florence agglomeration. The results of this study show the usability of the tool used.

The results and interpretations are correct and relevant to the research conducted in the paper. However, the conclusions obtained are not at all rooted in the previous research output - with references to specific literature items. To what extent does the presented research fill the previously defined research gap? Are they consistent with previous theoretical studies or do they negate them? What did the study fail to identify and that should be the subject of further in-depth research?

With this element completed, I believe the article is suitable for publication.

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