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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Il ri-ciclo socialmente innovativo come attivatore di sviluppo urbano e regionale. I brownfield come contesto di analisi e azione.

Federica Scaffidi

subject

urban and regional developmentinnovazione sociale sviluppo locale brownfield sviluppo urbano e regionale ricerca-azione.brownfieldaction research.Settore ICAR/21 - UrbanisticaRe-cyclinglocal developmentRi-ciclosocial innovation

description

The research topic is the re-cycling of brownfields with social innovative practices, and how it can activate the urban and regional development. The research analyses critically and interprets the re-cycle theory (Marini and Bocchi 2014; Carta 2014) developed by the Italian Research “Re-cycle Italy” (PRIN) focusing on its social innovative aspects (Moulaert et al., 2005; Phills et al., 2008, Tekin and Tekdogan, 2015). Nowadays, the community-based planning is essential for the spatial regeneration processes. These realities generate a new sense of consciousness and a huge network of local activists, social enterprises able to develop the place in an incremental way. Therefore, it is important to understand in which ways social innovative initiatives can interfere in the planning policies. Is it possible to consider the social innovative re-cycling as a key role for the local development? To answer to this question 11 empirical references [e.g. Salinas de Añana saltworks in the Basque Country (Spain), Cotton mill of Spinnerei of Lipsia (Germany), Periferica of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), ExFadda of San Vito dei Normanni (Italy), ZecheZollverein of the Ruhr Region (Germany)] have been selected from the European scenario (Italy, Germany and Spain) in which the research activity has been carried out. They have been analysed and compared in a matrix, and a quantitative (demographic analysis) and qualitative approach have been adopted with explorative and dialogic inspections, semi-structured and unstructured interviews to some social actors. All these examples are socially innovative re-cycling experiences that have defined positive effects to the urban and regional area, promoting cultural initiatives, urban regeneration processes and new territorial flows. In conclusion, from this “actionable knowledge” the research wants to demonstrate that it is possible to imagine and create alternative life cycles in a social innovative way defining new scenarios of urban and regional development. The research goal is to create a new modus operandi for local communities, social enterprises and local administrations in order to improve a structural transformation.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/338715