New Land Values Patterns in the Space of the Italian Metropolitan Areas: The Case of the Logistic Retro-port in Naples

Abstract

In the perspective of the new level of government - the Metropolitan city of Naples- one of the most challenging projects concerns the redevelopment of the ex-industrial areas located in the eastern zone of the city, characterized by the presence of the port. One of the reasons for the slowness in which the program of urban regeneration proceed (NaplEst) is the generic identification of the demand for new functions in an area which plays a strategic role in the metropolitan context. The article, starting from an analysis of the land values in the space of the metropolitan city, wants to highlight their evolution. With reference to the land values in the peripheral areas, it is possible to see new values, more significant with regard to the past. In this new and discontinued framework of land values, a more realistic proposal for the regeneration of the retro-port is relevant: the logistic function, in accordance with the “State Plan of a first Intervention for the South industrial ports”.