Search results for " Local Development"

The territorial and social metamorphosis of the Inner Peripheries

2019

The paper debates the theme of the Inner Peripheries that, in their complexity and diversity, represent those territories in which a rethinking of the rural/urban, society/territory, society/economy, territory/production and community/landscape relationship is increasingly urgent for the sustainability, to interrupt the process of abandonment and to strengthen and network the small experiences of innovation that are taking place and that are showing that they can be welcoming and functional places, capable of realizing new local centralities with global attractiveness. With the aim of opening a debate on the role that inner peripheries can take in a multi-scale territorial scenario and on t…

Urban Regeneration in Porto: exploring the role of the EU urban policies in Bairro da Sé

European cities have been threatened by many challenges, including socioeconomic crisis, environmental hazards and the phenomenon of climate change, that affect both the territory and the people that inhabit it. At the same time the European Commission underlines the major impact of local urban settings on the sustainable development of Europe, while cities hold the capacity to steer their futures. Since the 1990s that the European Union, together with the Portuguese urban policies, have been influencing the processes of spatial development within the city of Porto by deploying direct and indirect urban regeneration strategies. Among these strategies are integrated urban regeneration interv…

Territory and memory: The Landing of the Allies in Sicily in 1943

2012

The concept of memory (memorial site) has gained crucial importance in recent years for the identification of places (areas) and in the affirmation of local identities. The memorial sites are areas where usually tragic events have occurred and resulted in a cultural change. In these places there are still signs of these historical events and/or tangible and intangible indications created by the society such as: monuments, obelisks, marble inscriptions, others. Sicily represents an ideal area for studying memorial sites; not only because of the number of dominations in the past centuries, but also for the significance of all places where the mafia has taken its root. These elements have caus…

L’arcipelago territoriale delle Aree Interne: verso nuove forme di economia, società e sviluppo locale

2017

L’attuale fase di transizione dei modelli economici sta provocando fasi di instabilità, necessità di cambiamento/aggiornamento/adattamento nella sfera economica, nei processi di sviluppo e innovazione, nello stile di vita delle società e dei cittadini, nelle città e nei territori rurali. Questa instabilità si sta verificando sia nelle città sia nei territori interni caratterizzati da perdita demografica, elevato indice di invecchiamento e incapacità di soddisfare le nuove esigenze del mercato. Le Aree Interne rappresentano, pertanto, quei territori in cui un ripensamento del rapporto territorio/produzione nonché degli strumenti e delle politiche da attivare è sempre più impellente per la lo…

Działalność animacyjna liderów Lokalnej Grupy Działania w środowisku wiejskim (przykład Śląska Opolskiego)

2016

Artykuł omawia modernizację obszarów wiejskich Śląska Opolskiego w perspektywie działań animacyjnych podejmowanych przez liderów lokalnych skupionych w Lokalnej Grupie Działania. Przeanalizowano – na podstawie badań terenowych – ich współpracę z Fundacją Euro-Country – partnerstwo dla zrównoważonego rozwoju obszarów wiejskich, która wspólnie z nimi wdraża lokalną strategię rozwoju, budując lokalne partnerstwo i integrując społeczności wiejskie wokół idei zrównoważonego i wielofunkcyjnego rozwoju.

The Peripheri-City of the Inner Areas: Local Development in the Sicani Territory

2018

The inner peripheries are now subject to territorial and social metamorphosis in the sense that they are returning to be attractive places for younger generations through the rediscovery of the potential that they offer in terms of esources and propensity to change. Characterised by an ev-ergrowing number of bottom-up innovation experiences of both traditional crafts and agricultural production, and with abandoned sites in social and cultural places having been recovered, thus allowing the rediscovery the sense of sharing and conviviality typical of these places in the past to be rediscovered, these sites presently need to be discussed, described, and thought of in a new way. The experience…

Norme dal patrimonio culturale per la trasformazione e lo sviluppo sostenibile. Sperimentazione applicata al Piano del Colore delle Isole Egadi

2020

L’arcipelago delle isole Egadi, all'estremità occidentale della Sicilia, custodisce un patrimonio architettonico, paesaggistico e ambientale di grande valore. Dal difficoltoso rapporto tra la popolazione insediata e un ambiente per molti versi ostile, è stato forgiato nei secoli un paesaggio eccezionale, frutto di condizioni estreme di sopravvivenza condizionate dalle esigue risorse locali come la pesca del tonno, l'estrazione della pietra da costruzione e l'agricoltura. L’intero arcipelago è oggi soggetto a vincolo paesaggistico per l’alto valore dei suoi elementi costituenti che si configurano, nella loro interezza, come beni culturali. La texture e le cromie della pietra locale, una calc…

Ex-post evaluation of Territorial Integrated Projects in Italy: an empirical analysis at firm level

2013

This paper focuses on the evaluation of an incentive program for firms implemented in southern Italy during the last decade. In the framework of the policy instruments aimed to reduce territorial disparities, and to support local development, territorial integrated projects (TIP) constituted a new operational mode to implement the Regional Operational Programmes. A TIP is defined as a ?set of inter-sectorial actions, closely consistent and linked among them, which converge towards the common objective of territorial development and justify a unitary implementation approach'. The resources allocated for each TIP may be aimed at three types of interventions such as infrastructures, public act…

Service provision and social cohesion in rural areas: interaction between commuting, mobility and the residential preferences in Latvia

2012

The main issue addressed in this study is interaction of development policy of agricultural and rural areas with the regional and cohesion policies. This paper is based on an empirical study of everyday commuting models and spatial practices of different social groups of rural people in Latvia. This article analyzes data from a survey “Place, capabilities, migration” conducted in 2011 with a total of 1009 respondents in Latvia. The theoretical basis of research is rooted in the mobility studies and sociological and geographical conceptualization of space and place. The main focus is on analysis of relationship between commuting, mobility and the placeattachment. What are the main reasons of…

Territori locali. L’efficacia degli strumenti di governo dei paesaggi in transizione

2019

Si spopolano alcune delle aree deboli nel Paese. Le strumentazioni disponibili per la comprensione dei fenomeni di declino non sembrano in grado di cogliere appieno le specificità territoriali. Le attenzioni dei decisori alle tematiche sociali ed economiche sono proposte come prioritarie mentre la cura delle caratteristiche ambientali e culturali sono ancora oggi percepite come vincoli. Economia e sostenibilità culturale ed ambientale restano separate nella prevalenza dei casi e ciò determina l’inefficacia delle politiche di tutela e valorizzazione delle risorse in gioco. Le discipline economiche e quelle paesaggistiche dal punto di vista della ricerca possono essere integrate, mentre l’ana…