Angela Viglianisi

Urban Renewal: Negotiation Procedures and Evaluation Models

In complex programs of urban redevelopment recourse to negotiation procedures between PA and private developers emphasizes the role of evaluation, both in terms of the collective advantage and from the point of view of financial feasibility. The purpose of the contribution is twofold: the first is to investigate the role that can be exercised by the evaluation in order to confer efficiency, fairness, transparency and democratic participation in the processes of formation and implementation of strategic programs for urban and metropolitan development characterized by high levels of complexity, the second objective is to provide an integrated assessment model which can fulfill this role properly and adequately support the decision-makers and the public in decision-making ex-ante to an integrated assessment of the “public convenience” and at the same time check whether there are sufficient margins of feasibility and financial sustainability for the private developer to carry out the investment program.

A Multicriteria Assessment Model for Selecting Strategic Projects in Urban Areas

The main goal of this paper lies in the need to define an assessment methodology to search for the feasibility of strategic programs aimed at achieving the urban sustainable development. The methodology utilizes a multidimensional approach for selecting the strategic actions, in which the choice and the feasibility are conditioned by the multiplicity of involved interests.

The Port-City Interface

Assuming that waterfront have always been special places “where land and water meet” [1] nowadays they are mostly places for urban renewal, where conflicts and debates, about what their role should be within the urban context, emerge. The “port-city interface” aims at explaining the spatial, institutional and socio-economic relations occurring between cities and ports; evaluating new approaches to take into consideration urban regeneration initiatives where different functions compete causing often urban decay. Particularly, factors of success will be highlighted to address urban regeneration initiatives, toward sustainable approaches, in those sensitive, complex urban areas, for development. The “interface” [2], where port and city communicate, is often a ground characterized by competition, but it could also be a possibility for both city and port to grow. The comparison among selected case studies highlights the dynamics involved into those places, from the spatial, institutional and socio-economic points of view, in order to provide a useful framework for the decision-making process performing between port and city related areas. The possible interaction could enhance the innovation and sustainability attempts of regeneration initiatives in those peculiar places, providing added value for the whole urban system [3].

Villa San Giovanni Transport Hub: A Public-Private Partnership Opportunity

Transport is the foundation of sustainable economic growth and development. When well balanced, transport greatly facilitates economic and social development, as it allows the free movement of people, goods and services. This paper estimates the potential opportunities for a Public-Private Partnership to deliver efficient transport infrastructure and services for a new transport hub in the city of Villa San Giovanni, which lies in an excellent geographic position and possesses several other strengths. The area is very attractive from an economic point of view because of its privileged position on one of the most scenic natural areas of Italy: the Strait of Messina. Planning would need to be strategic, and Public-private Partnerships are a special feature of governance. Urban transformation projects are very complex and have to be examined from several points of view (socio-cultural, environmental, infrastructural, administrative, and economic-financial) to determine their sustainability, especially in Villa San Giovanni. This paper illustrates a synthetic evaluation method to assess the renewal potential of the railway station in Villa San Giovanni and the spatial and urban regeneration opportunities that would follow. In addition, it aims at building a conceptual framework to support decision makers in selecting the best Public-Private Partnership model for the development of a transport hub. This paper presents a working model of participatory management, based on PPP, which serves the purpose of supporting Public Administrations in managing the urban regeneration processes more efficiently.

Municipal Emergency Planning. The Strategic Planning Model and the Contribution of Evaluation Tools

The numerous natural disasters that have devastated the Italian territory have ignited a strong political debate on the need to secure the Italian territory, which has now become fragile due to poor management characterized by decades of building abuses and poor choices of urban development.

A Program for the Development of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria - Preliminary Issues

The Program of the development of the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria, can not be guided from simple considerations of quantitative type, but it must take into account the existing system of material and immaterial relations, that are the result of a series of sectorial issues organization, of the social and economic dynamics, until the cultural identities. Above all, the transport system has always an important role for development and control of a territorial System / Organization [1]. The integrated approach transport-territory, still now not at all took for granted, must become an opportunity to pursue for the competitiveness development of metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria. One of the asserted factors of competitiveness of a metropolitan area must be that of local transports. For these reasons, the present contribution puts as goal the deepening of urban metropolitan links of Reggio Calabria with the various systems of relationship between the municipalities, it has come to generate an idea of Territorial Organization of the future metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria. Also, the methodological course is based on analysis of supply of transport on the critical till to come to the definition of the first hypothesis of vision.

Urban Development Agreement: “Metropolitan Perspectives 2013” The Public - Private Partnership in Urban and Infrastructure Development in the North Area of Reggio Calabria

The Plan for the City, can be defined more like an operative program than a plan. In his criteria it is possible to identify a systemic, synergistic and sustanaible approach. The approach was that to define a method to integrate the time with economic and social factors, defining a more large concept of sustainability. The path has involved local stakeholders to understand their need, even often conflictual, between public and private, translating them into selection criteria and go on to apath of selection of actions. These actions will follow on iter on Public - Private partnership, three goals: to decrease public costs, to create a new push effect on investments, to encourage the private stakeholder on process of urban transformation.