The V and VI editions of the six-month seminar courses of 2016 and 2017 (January - June) entitled ‘Development and Preservation in Large Cities: an international perspective’ had an extraordinary success as well as the previous editions of 2012 (I), 2013 (II), 2014 (III) and 2015 (IV). 70 participants were involved among professors, researchers, PhD students and students from the pa…