Abstract
In Italy, southern cities are often characterized by widespread phenomena of illegal settlements, that have resulted among other things in a worsening of the quality of life of the urban-rural interface, and the decline of the considerable architectural interest of the entire city. .The goal of this paper is to propose an approach that would help requalify what is already built, to make the best of what has been realized by focusing on the quality and liveability of the city. This approach is based on a particular methodology based on the promotion of Urban Complex Programs (PUC), which provide a system of development rights resulting from the demolition of unfinished illegal settlements . The benefits of this approach are many, including improvements in efficiencies and safety, meeting demands of environmental protection and reducing consumption of energy, responding to the highest standards of protection and seismic risk prevention. They can be obtained only on one condition: that they are based on a system of collective and public conveniences in accordance with the principle of sustainability in multiple dimensions (environmental, cultural, technological, political, institutional, social and economic). But for this approach to be viable it needs also to be convenient for the private actors as well. With this paper we hope to provide first an original approach that can improve the conditions of cities burdened with the problems of illegal settlements that is both sustainable and convenient and, second, an instrument that can provide information for both the public and private sectors on the fairness of the procedure and their mutual interest in pursuing this approach.
Highlights
One of the most significant indicators of the competitiveness of a territory is its capacity to attract people and capital
We present the concept of the Transfer of Development Rights that we are proposing as a tool to address this issue, followed by a section on the main methodological aspects of an approach to the regeneration of illegal settlements based on the exchange of development rights, in accordance with the principles of sustainability
Why should the public administration proceed in this way? What benefits derive to the collectivity? Possible benefits include the decrease of the real estate’s stock and the preservation of the land on which the illegal buildings were located
Summary
One of the most significant indicators of the competitiveness of a territory is its capacity to attract people and capital. If we reason in terms of efficient use of territorial resources, it is clear that it makes no sense to consume other urban ground, expanding the already urbanized land, when in the same time, within the city, there are forms of degradation that dilate ever more with the expansion of the city. The degraded areas (disused or unqualified) in the urban system, unanimously are considered to be important resources for the future of the city: through their redevelopment and reconversion it is possible insert in the urban fabric functions of strategic importance, for the promotion of economic and social development, capable of enhancing the competitiveness of the city
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