Territorial Regeneration Research Articles

К вопросу классификации комплексов добычи торфяного сырья

Ensuring the national security of the state is the main path of its development. One of the priority areas is the efficient extraction of natural resources in combination with rational environmental management within the framework of climateneutral economic activities based on the best available technologies. The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation specifies such ways to achieve the desired results in this area as sustainable development of the mineral resource base, ecological regeneration of territories, prevention of aquatic ecosystems pollution, their restoration, as well as replacement of imported equipment with mining and technological machines of Russian manufacturers, development of scientific infrastructure, etc. One of the strategically important resources is peat (Russia has 35% of the world's peat reserves), however, its significant reserves are heavily waterlogged and the drainage of peat deposits negatively affects the state of the environment. This requires the development of new technologies and equipment for their implementation and the development of an expanded classification of peat extraction complexes. The classification presented by the authors structures the existing complexes. It serves as a guideline regarding the relevance of developing new peat mining complexes in relation to the conditions for the implementation of their geotechnology, as well as regarding the type of movement of complexes and the type of product they produce.

New frontiers in the teaching of the agricultural enterprise: elements for a debate

The ecological transition assigns a strategic role to farms in achieving the sustainable transformation of agricultural systems. Therefore, teaching of agricultural economics must make these demands of civil society its own and rethink topics, decision-making tools, and teaching methods fostering the transition to sustainable agriculture. The main aim of this article is discussing the relevant teaching topics and the useful decision support tools useful for concrete progress in agricultural economics in the cycles of university studies. Five topics are recognized as priorities for the rethinking of courses on agricultural economics: agricultural systems, equitable distribution of value, quality and value of agri-food products, territorial regeneration, protection and regeneration of natural resources. The paper focuses also on the nature and role of decision support tools in university teaching. Finally, some considerations are extended to the opportunities offered by formal teaching in the context of informal training such as university-enterprise cooperation and in the context of the internationalization of degree courses supported by the Erasmus+ program. Further analysis is needed to evaluate how to rethink both single training courses, and global study programs in agricultural economics.

Welcoming and Generative Local Welfare as an Agent for Territorial Development: A Case Study from Southern Italy

AbstractIn Italy, shrinking regions cover more than 60% of the national territory. Although these areas are in demographic and economic decline (Accordo di Partenariato, 2014), many resilient initiatives have been developed over the years (Moss, 1996; Meloni, 2015). Among these experiences, several are aimed at welcoming the migrant population (Corrado, 2013), becoming privileged spaces for more equitable and inclusive modes of territorial regeneration (Van der Ploeg et al., 2003; Oostindie et al., 2010). Drawing upon these premises, the paper intends to reflect on the presence of non-EU migrants in shrinking Italian areas and on their role in local sustainable development. The contribution presents some of the first results of the Horizon 2020 project “WELCOMING SPACES”, with a specific focus on the municipality of Camini, one of the most shrinking areas in Southern Italy, to highlight how migration can lead to local development and rural regeneration processes. Camini is a good case study, as the reception centre managed by the social cooperative ‘JungiMundu’ hosts 118 migrants out of a total population of 810. Thanks to the presence of this number of people, several public services (i.e., post office, school, etc.) have been (re)activated. In the first part of this article, we introduce the case study, while in the second part, we reflect on how the reception of migrants contributes to the implementation of collective and public services for the whole community. The increase in population, both in terms of newcomers and Italian returnees, has also allowed for the regeneration of the village, economically and socially, creating connections between different cultures and traditions that had almost disappeared.

The Realms of Abandonment: Measures and Interpretations of Landscape Value/Risk in Northern Sardinia (Italy)

This contribution is part of the context of studies on the prospects of eco-oriented territorial rebalancing involving the settlement networks of inland areas. These are characterised by the contrast between socio-territorial disadvantage issues and opportunities to reuse physical resources within the broader framework of territorial regeneration and the revitalisation of local identities. In Italy, the region of Sardinia represents one of the most suitable operational contexts for the study of this relationship due to the presence of a natural context that dominates the urbanised areas and a deep, and in some ways still intact, cultural identity. Between nature and culture lies the issue of urban settlement structures, which are progressively being emptied due to depopulation and abandonment, and which require responses to revitalise territories integrated with the now inescapable ecological–environmental needs. This study proposes the formation of an initial platform of indicators to describe the effects of land abandonment through a multidimensional approach to highlight the potentials and weaknesses of the natural, urban, and socio-cultural heritage. The scale of observation and comparison concerns urban centres and small towns in the province of Sassari in the Region of Sardinia (Italy). The creation of an integrated set of maps highlighting deficiencies, vocations, and unexpressed potentials are the first results of the observation methodology adopted; these residual potentials can be used to design possible redevelopment and regeneration strategies based on the specific vocations of territories and urban settlements.

Sustainable Collaborative Strategies of Territorial Regeneration for the Cultural Enhancement of Unresolved Landscapes

The experience of adaptation and instability to a plurality of threats that question the life of human beings on the planet, from the post-pandemic to political conflicts, up to the danger looming in the background—the upheavals expected from climate change—impose a reflection that recognizes that landscape/cultural heritage plays a key role in preservation/enhancement as a specific resource for its “human-centered development”, based on values included. These threats are challenges in which phenomena that require solidarity and common actions are faced, which should lead humans to cooperate to face them. The European Landscape Convention of 2000 attributed an important role to the landscape, as an “essential component of the life context of peoples”. The phase of listening to the territory and participatory and co-design processes are necessary tools for understanding the expectations and perceptions of the communities, co-exploring possible new uses of the landscape, being capable of generating added value for all stakeholders, and adopting a “win-win” approach. From this perspective, this contribution poses the following research question: how to build collaborative processes capable of putting local institutions, businesses, and local communities in synergy, to identify enhancement strategies for the cultural landscape? This study explores the potential of an integrated, incremental, and adaptive decision-making approach, oriented toward the elaboration of shared choices aimed at the elaboration of territorial enhancement strategies attentive to the specificity of the multiple values and complex resources that characterize the cultural terraced landscapes of the Costa Viola (Italy). In particular, the interactions between different knowledge, approaches, and tools makes it possible to formulate scenarios, strategies, and actions, contributing to the creation of a richer and more complex context of knowledge of the territory and to the construction of bottom-up and situated transformation strategies, supported from a decision-making process attentive to the identification of values and an understanding of the needs of the local ‘landscape community’ who live and animate it.

ЕКОНОМІЧНІ МЕХАНІЗМИ ПЛАНУВАННЯ РОЗВИТКУ ТЕРИТОРІЙ В УМОВАХ ВІДБУДОВИ КРАЇНИ

Economic mechanisms of territorial development planning are considered. The problems of researching the economic mechanisms of planning the development of territories in the conditions of the reconstruction of the country and the directions of their effective effectiveness are determined, as well as the justification of measures for their successful implementation. The legal basis of the research in the field of territorial development planning is analyzed, the purpose of the study is determined – analysis of economic mechanisms of territorial development planning in the reconstruction of the country and determine proposals for improving these mechanisms in the transformation of public relations and regeneration of territories in the country. The research methodology is based on general scientific methods, in particular, analysis and synthesis, comparison, induction and deduction, observation, which provide an opportunity to analyze achievements in theory and practice in the field of territorial development planning. The processes of improvement of economic mechanisms of planning of development of territories in the conditions of reconstruction and regeneration of territories, legal maintenance of town-planning development are defined by actual. The normative- legislative documents in the field of territorial development planning are studied, which provide a certain basic basis and increase the efficiency of application of new tools and practices in the conditions of reconstruction of the country. The role of public administration and administration bodies in the formation of the economic basis for the effective development of the territories of Ukraine is determined, given the strengthening of the impact of martial law. Modern innovative approaches to the effective implementation of urban development in modern conditions of regeneration of spaces and the need for their economic support are updated. The importance of improving the economic mechanisms of territorial development planning and the formation of innovation and investment climate to address priorities and find solutions for spatial development at the local level is substantiated. The conclusion of the study is the need to introduce economic mechanisms for planning the development of territories, in particular, mechanisms for investment provision of territories, mechanisms for financial support of the processes of reproduction of territories, mechanisms for reproduction of the capital of territories, state economic support, which are innovative and investment capable and are the direction of the use of modern technologies at the level of each territorial community in the conditions of the reconstruction of the country.

Strategies for the economic and territorial regeneration of the Magdalena River: the case of the city of Girardot, Colombia

Strategies for the economic and territorial regeneration of the Magdalena River: the case of the city of Girardot, Colombia

Soaking in the thermal landscapes: a slow tour across the Italian inner territories


 
 
 
 Crossing the Italian inner territories offers the opportunity to describe no longer their marginali- ty, but to narrate their human and natural resources and, among many, the water: this journey through the Italian thermal landscapes aims to unveil how the landscape is a collective good to be protected, but also a unique opportunity for territorial regeneration. The discovery of the curative properties of some waters – which derive from their deep flow through mineral layers – is intercrossed by history and myth, but their rediscovery is nowadays more relevant than ever for a slow, experiential, sustainable, and inclusive fruition. In the disconnected system of inner rural and mountain territories, the thermal baths can be an opportunity to rediscover and reconnect with nature and wellbeing: they can be places to stay, to be reached for the physical and spiritual rehabilitation, to experience landscapes where to immerse, remain and return.
 
 
 

Regenerating Places outside the Metropolis. A Reading of Three Global Art-Related Processes and Development Trajectories

The aim of the paper is to reflect on the intersection of two relevant phenomena that unfolded in recent decades in all the most industrialized countries and economies—from the United States to Europe and Japan—as the shrinkage of vast urban and rural areas and the increasing role of culture as a driver for economic growth and social development. The attention is focused on the role of art as one of the main engines of territorial regeneration. Three case studies—Verzegnis in Italy, the Seto Islands in Japan, Marfa in the United States—have been selected to open a reflection on the relation between culture, art and regeneration on a global scale. To measure these effects, the research intertwined field explorations, access to primary and secondary texts, an original mapping of the sites and a series of targeted interviews through an extensive questionnaire. The research addresses the role played by art and culture both in the reuse of abandoned buildings and spaces and in the activation, involvement and self-empowerment of the inhabitants. The aim is not the definition of an immediately generalizable model but to reach the first synthesis, identifying general characters and opening future research paths that engage with the theoretical and practical implementation of politics related to heritage, culture and innovative regeneration processes.

Walking along the Sheeptrack…Rural Tourism, Ecomuseums, and Bio-Cultural Heritage

The paper deals with the issue of responsible and sustainable tourism starting from a series of Italian (and only partially French) cases of ecomuseums of pastoralism and transhumance as potential drivers for development and territorial regeneration, as well as for the promotion of experiential tourism with low environmental impact, capable of triggering participatory processes of inclusion and social innovation. Through the analysis of two Italian regions (Piedmont and Molise) and three cases (Ecomuseum of Pastoralism in Pontebernardo, Cuneo; Ecomuseum Itinerari Frentani, Larino; and the ongoing program of the Institutional Contract of Development in Campodipietra, Molise) the authors propose an interpretative model based on three main issues: the awareness, agenda, and action of a responsustainable tourism concept and on the three different subjects of local actors, tourists and policy-makers, obtaining as the main result the pre-eminence of intangible actions for development over environmental recovery and conservation activities.

Framing territorial regeneration decisions: Purpose, perspective and scope

Territorial planning has been recognized as an inherently wicked problem situation or ill-defined problem, with also an intrinsic spatial nature (i.e. a non-homogeneous spatial distribution of territorial characteristics, impacts associated to alternative solutions and stakeholders).The first and most important phase of any planning and decision making process consists in framing the project/decision situation, which should lead to a clear understanding of the problem/opportunity that needs to be addressed, as well as a clear understanding of what needs to be achieved. This paper proposes and tests an integrated and spatially explicit framework based on the three key components of purpose, perspective and scope to support the framing stage of territorial planning and regeneration processes. While this framework represents a consolidated approach for decision aiding across different domains of applications, it constitutes a novel approach for territorial regeneration processes. The proposed framework has been deployed to support the planning and regeneration process in a World Heritage site in Northern Italy. Results show that an integrated, spatially explicit and collaborative framework, based on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), SWOT analysis, Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and stakeholders’ analysis, can effectively support the identification and definition of (i) the top priority for a certain territorial context (i.e. purpose of the intervention), (ii) who to involve in the process and when (i.e. perspective) and the geographical boundaries of the subsequent decision efforts (i.e. the scope of the planning and decision making process). By borrowing cutting edge approaches from the decision analysis domain and introducing them in the field of territorial regeneration processes, this work bridges together urban planning, behavioral decision analysis and multi methodology research.

The living Corpus. New design developments of historical Alpine architecture

T”The Corpus of historical architecture – built by traditional societies in the Alps be-tween the great settlement phase of the twelfth-thirteenth century and the break caused by twentieth-century modernization – represents one of the main references when addressing the topic of building in the mountains. It is recognized as having authority. It is to it that we appeal – from the nineteenth-century Swiss-German treatises, through Adolf Loos and Giuseppe Pagano, to contemporary designers – to legitimize theories or to support collective images on building in the mountains. The Corpus of historical Alpine architecture, however, consists not only of the materiality of the buildings and infrastructures, but above all of the dense layering of exegesis and interpretations. The essay highlights how in recent years, however, it seems to be set in motion again through actions of a different nature: on the one hand, the weakening of a patrimonial paradigm that only placed the recognition of historical values and the conservation-enhancement of heritage at the center; on the other hand, the emergence of an unprecedented issue related to the construction of a new habitability in the Alps through projects for the revitalization and re-generation of territories based on the need for spaces that provide social interaction to the community, welfare, and culture production. This creates a new demand for the construction of “use values” that goes beyond the historical and symbolic values of heritage; thus, an unprecedented way of looking and thinking about things is required to prefigure a new civilization of the mountain in which legacies return to being a living body.”

Регенерация территории жилой застройки с применением Стандарта комплексного развития на примере микрорайона Юбилейный г. Иркутска

The aim was to apply the target model of the Integrated Area Development Standard for the existing housing sector. The study was performed on the lot of the Yubileyny microdistrict of Irkutsk within the 22nd session of the International Baikal winter university of urban planning design. The research in-cluded an analysis of the territory using GIS tools, as well as field research and a series of interviews with representatives of different groups of residents. In addition, we developed a strategy for territorial transformation. The target model of the Integrated Area Development Standard was selected. Based on the research results, the applicability of the target model was proved for the established territory in the housing sector. The proposed method of territorial regeneration provides residents of the micro-district with safer and more comfortable housing, as well as promotes vitality in urban space, hence stopping its degradation. However, essential conditions need to be elaborated and ensured to imple-ment the strategy. It can be concluded that applying the tools of the Integrated Area Development Standard is appropriate when establishing strategies for the modernisation of both white land and built-up urban areas. At the same time, the measures proposed in the project can also be recommended for renovating the areas with mass prefabricated housing in other Russian cities.

Outside the compact city. Making borders disappear

The paper explores the challenges of demographic changes and economic growth, with reference to post-war expansions, in-between urban and rural territories.Examining EU definitions and past programmes, it analysis the concepts of periurban areas and urban fringe within two major EU funded project: Horizon 2020 “REPAiR” and URBACT III “Sub> urban. Reinventing the fringe”. These projects, going beyond past definitions, consider areas outside the compact city as an overall continuous built/un-built territory, an amorphous area between the high-density inner city and the low-density suburbs. These border areas of a city in transition, signed by urban abandonment and decay, have a strong potential for conversion and density; not in the sense of expansion related to land consumption, but working on a density of open-spaces, e.g. eco-services for new liveable habitats and sustainable way of living. The territorial regeneration process becomes progressive, adaptive and flexible, to be defined from both side of the border, through collaborative and cooperative processes, learning from the compact city.The paper uses three samples from the EU funded project -the cities of Casoria (Italy), Antwerp (Belgium) and Oslo (Norway)- which worked on their fringe, based on principles of an alternative paradigm of growth, which starts from the conversion of physical heritage (built and un-built), through densification and diversification of uses, to re-interpret the meaning and identity of long neglected areas.

Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy

Post-mining territories constitute a structural component of contemporary urbanisation processes. They are often located in post-urban areas and create new landscapes of abandonment.Sometimes they are stigmatised as landscapes characterised by unsustainable development, and are therefore seen as an obstacle in the transition to a post-carbon society.This paper contributes to the debate surrounding this question and shows a tentative approach to the reparation of post-mining territories through a (designed) strategy that rebuilds the territorial, landscape and social reputation of a site called Santa Barbara, that has been exploited by ENEL (Ente Nazionale per l’Energia Elettrica – National Agency for Electric Energy), an Italian multinational energy company, for almost 50 years. Santa Barbara is located in a neglected area of central Tuscany, Italy, in the upper Arno Valley (Valdarno Superiore). It finds itself in-between several renowned branded landscapes, such as Chianti (or Chiantishire as named by British citizens who began coming to this area for holidays in the late 20th Century), the small city of San Giovanni Valdarno and other prestigious Tuscan landscapes. This area is profoundly intertwined with the urbanisation processes of the greater metropolitan area of Florence, while simultaneously being a mono-functional territory that is not visibly urbanised. Today, this territory is characterised by a peculiar landscape that seems to be dominated by the ‘motion’ of land. Hills, paths and trajectories of use, which have been changing over the past decades and even in recent years, have inspired the reparation strategy for the landscape. Crucial to this strategy is the role played by ENEL, the company responsible for the deterritorialisation of this site and that launched the ‘Future-e Project’ in 2017. This project promoted a process aimed at creating a vision for the future of the Santa Barbara ex-mining site alongside local communities (institutions, local economic actors, etc.) and inhabitants. The project, already underway, has also involved the Politecnico di Milano and the Università degli Studi di Firenze, both called in to assist in analysing the case study. In short, the paper portrays the socio-territorial evolution of the Santa Barbara ex-mining site and describes a strategy for territorial regeneration aimed at revisiting the past, sharing the present and building the future with a propensity towards renewable energy sources. Central to this strategy is the landscape, which fuels a social, economic, spatial and narrative shift that allows for sustainable and solar energy-driven territorial regeneration. In doing this, the paper investigates the crucial cooperative interplay among a private company (ENEL) and the local community, public actors (the municipalities) and the universities involved in the design of the post-carbon future of this site.

ПРАВОВІ ЗАСАДИ ТА ПРАКТИКА ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ РЕВІТАЛІЗАЦІЇ У ПОЛЬСЬКИХ МІСТАХ

The general articulation of the issue and its connection with the important research and practice tasks. Currently, most Polish cities have some degraded areas with poor infrastructure and numerous economic, environmental and social problems. To solve them, an innovative tool of urban policy is widely used, namely revitalization in response to the crisis phenomena of urban development. The analysis of recent publications regarding the issues this article deals with; identification of parts of the general problem that have not been previously addressed. The issue of the essence and ways of ensuring the revitalization of cities needs the relevant scientific justification, including the foreign experience. In Ukraine, this problem is at the initial stage of research. The purpose (the objective) of this article. The article defines the legal basis and key characteristics of the revitalization of Polish cities based on the synthesis of best practices in this area. The key results and the background. Revitalization objectives have been analyzed in the strategy documents on state development, and the model for the impact of regulatory legal instruments on the revitalization of Polish cities has been presented. The attention is focused on taking into account the strategic goals, defined in the relevant Poland’s regulatory legal acts on urban revitalization, in the practice of gminas’ activity. The analysis of the advanced practices in this sphere makes it possible to identify four major areas that have become the basis for the revitalization of Polish cities, namely: protection and exploitation of cultural heritage potential, urban development and regulation of urban mobility, support for housing development in the degraded areas, economic regeneration of territories and job creation. Conclusions and the prospects for further research. In conclusion, the characteristics of revitalizing Polish cities have been justified with regard to using the tools of civic engagement in the process of revitalization programming, underdeveloped public and private partnerships, prioritizing the revitalization of historic city centers, encouraging economic development in the degraded areas, improving the quality of the functional zoning sphere, housing policy, etc. The prospects for further scientific research on urban revitalization include the justification of recommendations to the domestic public administration bodies concerning the revitalization of the degraded Ukrainian city areas.

The Public–Private Partnership for the Enhancement of Unused Public Buildings: An Experimental Model of Economic Feasibility Project

This article is part of the debate on the economic evaluation of urban regeneration projects to be implemented through partnership forms between public and private subjects. It illustrates the results of the research activity carried out by the authors, aimed at developing innovative tools to verify the economic feasibility and the sustainability of projects for the reuse of unused public buildings. Particularly, the study made it possible to develop an experimental model of economic feasibility project to be used in the. The model aims at verifying if the economic conditions are satisfied, and which ones, if any, are appealing for the private involvement within the realization and/or management of collective utility interventions. Significant points of the model are: (1) The inclusion of real estate re-use projects in the wider context of urban and territorial regeneration; (2) the adoption of criteria to assess costs and revenues remarkably eligible, in the authors’ opinion, to understand the effective economic feasibility and/or sustainability of reuse projects, even under the framework of reliable techniques as the ‘Cash Flow Analysis’ and the ‘Discounted Cash Flow Analysis’.

“Sharing” tourism as an opportunity for territorial regeneration: the case of Iseo Lake, Italy

“Sharing” tourism as an opportunity for territorial regeneration: the case of Iseo Lake, Italy

Virtuous processes: biocomposite roofing systems for territorial re-generation

The article illustrates the outcomes of FIR 2014 Research on the topic of sustainable development of the urban-industrial areas of Augusta and Siracusa – meant as a single hub. Hemp farming for soil phytodepuration allows to activate a multi-scale process of regeneration that introduces new production activities for the transformation of biomass into building bio-materials. The need for competitiveness led to draft a project about a new roofing system constituted by biocomposite slabs, using raw materials produced locally. This allows to reduce pollution, to increase jobs and to promote the renovation of the building stock thanks to low-cost components produced on site and compatible with construction systems belonging to the local tradition.

Sustainable actions for urban and territorial re-generation

Sustainable actions for urban and territorial re-generation