Innovations in practice. Regional regeneration strategies for municipalities networks

摘要

Territories and towns located near major regional capitals, or even more national ones, experienced often a process of cultural and demographic "colonization", from the hegemonic center, losing identity and traditions and being unable to offer alternative settlements, infrastructure and equipment of services. The same phenomena happen for municipalities located away from major infrastructures and development networks. Changing these cultural and social dynamics, capable of determining new and different territorial suburbs rather than urban areas, with poor conditions or neglect within large metropolitan areas, is a field of research and practice poorly attended. The objective of this study is to identify possible strategies for territorial regeneration for networks of small and medium size municipalities, starting from models of sustainable local development, elaborated in a regional experience in Southern Italy compared with similar international cases.