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Farm Cultural Park : An Experience of Social Innovation in the Recovery of the Historical Centre of Favara

Giorgio Faraci

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Engineering060102 archaeologybusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectEnvironmental resource management0211 other engineering and technologiesIdentity (social science)021107 urban & regional planning06 humanities and the arts02 engineering and technologyPublic administrationSustainable designGeneral Earth and Planetary Sciences0601 history and archaeologySocial innovationPsychological resilienceCultural institutionbusinessCreative cityInclusion (education)General Environmental Sciencemedia_common

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In 2010 some people from Favara decided to initiate a process of recovery and re-appropriation of the abandoned historical centre, by establishing Farm Cultural Park, a private cultural institution. This paper aims to describe the process of sustainable design, social innovation and inclusion, triggered by the Farm Cultural Park in the historical centre of Favara which, by showing its resilience, has redefined its identity, progressing from a place of widespread, unauthorised development to a dynamic creative city.

10.1016/j.proenv.2017.03.054http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2017.03.054