Villages and Regeneration

Italy is dotted with numerous villages characterised by different cultural and local identities. Villages and communities in inland areas are the most critical, due to marginalisation phenomena. The particulr sistuation brought about the pandemic and the pursuit of better living conditions has brought villages back to the centre of debate as the baiss for the country's sustainability development. The objective is not only to rethink the value of villages, with the aim of assigning them an important role of revitalisation of the territory, but at the same time to review the strategies and actions necessary to place them at the centre of new models of living and of utilising the historical built farbic, landscape and environment, in livel with current demands and needs. Starting from the cultural debate, on the issue and the complex regulatory apparatus of regeneration programmes, the point of view identifies the need to implement a renewded planning process able to integrate traditional and innovative knowledge, a project based on a strategic document that looks to the future to fully discuss and decide which themes to invest in and which criticalities to resolve, in order to guaratee citizens and communities a better quality habitat and establish a priority grid for political, cultural and economic invervention.