Some results from Italian practices of urban regeneration process
Francesco SelicatoFrancesco RotondoPierangela LoconteClaudia PiscitelliClaudi Ceppi
The small towns are the bearing structure of Italy
In the last years huge energies have been invested for the
regeneration and development of settlements and their local
contexts
Municipalities with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants are as
much as 91.8% of the total, with a land area equal to
79.4% and with the 42.18% of the population
An example of development and regeneration is…
NATURAL, CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC PARKOf VAL D'ORCIA
in Tuscany
objective
1. protection, enhancement and development of the territory
2. conservation of natural and artistic heritage in the valley
3. ensure a real improvement in local economy
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF
VAL D’ORCIA
Need to create adevelopment model …
… able to promote the area and not just the individual goods or exceptional sites
… based on the protection of cultural and natural values
… based on integrated planning, strategic and operational together, aimed at overcoming of sectorial management in the government of the territory
The territoryof Park of Val d’OrciaPienza
Radicofani
Castiglione
San QuiricoMontalcino
5 municipalities:
Municipality of CastiglioneMunicipality of MontalcinoMunicipality of PienzaMunicipality of RadicofaniMunicipality of San Quirico
The territory of Park of Val d’Orcia
- A barren landscape of gullies and clay
- historical iconography and paintings of the School of Siena
- A territory that counts only 13,895 inhabitants against a total area of 66,866 ha (density 4.81ab / ha)
The territory of Park of Val d’Orcia
- A territory of pasture, arable land and mixed and arboreal cultures like vineyards, olive groves
- valley along the Francigena Road in direction of Rome
The territory of Park of Val d’Orcia lieswithin a Protected Natural Area of Local Interest(ANPIL)
The heritage to protect and enhance
Will to preserve the landscape, the history, the traditions and the
environment, trying to ensure a real improvement in the lives of the
people who through their work have contributed to the genesis of a
wealth of rare beauty and singularity.
NATURAL, CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC PARK OF VAL D'ORCIA
The process of construction of the park started in the early nineties
Public authorities to achieve their goals have used a structure for
private company ( S.r.l. = limited liability company)
Val d'Orcia S.r.l.
The members of the S.r.l. (public and private members ) are :
The 5 municipalities (Montalcino, Pienza, San Quirico d'Orcia, Castiglione d'Orcia,
Radicofani), the Province of Siena, Siena Amiata Mountain Community, individual
entrepreneurs, associations, local consortia and other entities.
the Municipalities of the Val d'Orcia and the Province of Siena signed
an "Agreement in a partnership for the management of the protected
area of local interest in the Val d'Orcia and the establishment of the
Conference of the Val d'Orcia."
Using a MANAGEMENT PLAN
to drive in a coordinated action of knowledge, conservation,
enhancement, promotion and control
It’s a bottom-up process, from local to global
1. Development of tourism carefully in the full integrity of the environment, the
landscape, the culture, the traditions and the surrounding areas.
2. Conversion and enhancement of agriculture, livestock and livestock products,
supporting and promoting certified quality.
3. Preservation and development of small business, trade and industry, with
particular reference to traditional arts. At the same time, enhance of services of
reception and lounge, of quality standards and technological innovations adapted
to international tourist demands
INDICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
•Rules of ANPIL
defines a set of rules needed to make the public and private actions
compatible with the conservation of values of the area
• Unified Building Regulations
makes homogeneous procedures and rules for the entire territory
RULES
1. Measures to protect the territory: incentive to the creation and
development of companies and Organic Farm, decrease of the sites
of excavation, landfill closure, three new nature reserves
2. Networking -
Paths and Lay-bys
3. Touristic signalisation s
(Park entrance panels, reporting of historical and
Architectural heritage, accommodation)
4. Tourist Offices – Museums – theatres
PROJECTS
5. Brand Val d’Orcia
• protected and to promote local products (cheese, wine, olive oil,
honey and saffron).
• facilities and typical services.
• The brand determines the origin and the requirements of typical
products (Done in the Park).
6. DOC Orcia
Project Val d'Orcia was obtained for DOC wines produced here (wider
than the boundaries of the park)
PROJECTS
PROJECTS
7. Established the Wine Route Orcia (2002)
8. Nature Train - They travel on Historical Locomotive and Steam Train
along a line reopened only for tourist trips. The Crete Senesi and Val
d'Orcia up high Maremma
9. Realization of all the information and promotional material in a
coordinated manner
10. Festival of Val d’Orcia , International Festival of Montalcino
• Integration in the area of institutional responsibilities for the protection and
enhancement of the heritage
• Integration between local authorities
• Integration of research, conservation and use.
• Integration of environmental and cultural heritage, tourist facilities in the
park and the territory
• Creating an enterprise culture in heritage management
• Organization of work based on territorial mobility, flexible working hours and
tasks
FACTORS OF INNOVATION
RESULTSIncrease in tourism
• With the promotion and offer of new equipment and services, there has been a sharp
increase in tourist flows, far higher than the provincial average.
• At first, larger attendance in the towns of Montalcino, Pienza and S. Quirico, then better
distributed also in more marginal areas (as a result of actions).
• A consortium of Tour Operators on the initiative of local entrepreneurs in the sector (a
positive trend).
RESULTSIncrease in the accommodation
• Significant increase in the number of accommodation. In most of these new structures
have used existing buildings, often retrieving them from situations of degradation, with
benefits for the protection of landscape values.
• Actually the presence of tourists does not seem to cause problems for the preservation
of assets.
RESULTS
Enhancement of high quality agricolture• Started new actions to enhance agriculture using for this purpose also the association
between quality of the landscape and of the product; promoted new brands for different agricultural products with important implications for commercial.
Increase in the value of agricultural land
• As a result of activities carried out there was a good increase in the value of farms
Stopping of demographic decline• It 'been blocked demographic decline (down 50% of the inhabitants from 1951 to
1991). Population largely unchanged over the last decade.
Since July 2, 2004VAL D’ORCIA
has been recognized by UNESCO as a
WORLD HERITAGEAS A CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
“The landscape of the Val d'Orcia was celebrated by the most important painters of the Sienese school which opens the Renaissance. Images of the Val d'Orcia which events the harmonic relationship between man and nature have acquired the status of an icon of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking”. (criteria VI)
RESULTS
THE NATURAL, CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC PARK Of VAL D'ORCIA is one
of the most important examples in Italy and in the World of
• Territorial and landscape development
• Integration of history, culture, tradition and economic,
touristic and social aspects
The experience is particularly interesting because the individual
municipalities have recognized their common matrices and have
chosen to join together in order to better govern their territory and
build new development scenarios, different than in the past
In particular, in the last period all Italian regions, with different times
and in different ways, have implemented new strategies for
enhancement of their territory and heritage
Territory and historic centers
as a resource
for tourists but, above all,
for the resident population
An example of the new policies of the Apulia
Region for the protection, enhancement and
development of the territory are:
1. Integrated Plan for Territorial Development
(PIST)
2. Cultural and Environmental Systems(SAC)
1. Integrated Plan for Territorial Development (PIST)• Integrated System of Territorial regeneration and enhancement of the historic and
environmental characters.
• This tool was created by Law n.21/2008 of the Apulia Region "Standards for urban
regeneration", which promotes the regeneration of parts of cities and urban systems in
accordance with municipal and inter-municipal strategies aimed at improving the urban,
residential, socio-economic, environmental and cultural human settlements and by means
of action drawn up with the involvement of residents and public and private stakeholders..
• The programs are based on an idea-guide of regeneration linked to environmental,
historical and cultural character of the territorial, on his identity and on the needs and
demands of the people.
For example …
PIST - Integrated Plan for
Territorial Development “Dal
costone terrazzato sud alla
conca di Bari – Integrated
System of Territorial
regeneration and
enhancement of the historic
and environmental
characters of the
municipalities of Cellamare,
Capurso and Valenzano
Cultural and Environmental Systems (SAC)
• are aggregations of environmental and cultural resources of the area (tangible and
intangible), properly organized and managed on the basis of the ability to activate
pathways of the evaluation, development and inter-institutional cooperation;
• are sets of goods and activities that are valued in an innovative way, through actions of
integrated management in the context of a process of development and territorial
attractiveness conducted at local and regional level;
• 3. in line with the existing instruments of spatial planning and economic planning and
management steps result in the objectives of the program.
For example …
SAC - MARI TRA LE MURA: nel Blu dipinto di Puglia
Municipalities of Coversano, Polignano a Mare, Mola di Bari and
Rutigliano
CORE IDEA
Tell by the lines
the "TIME" and the "SPACE"
Thank you!