Carmela Tramontana

The Management of Cultural Heritage: the Importance of No Profit Subjects

This study aims to contribute to the enhancement of cultural and environmental heritage of Calabria, with the objective to identify the optimal management model, able to achieve results effective, efficient and long lasting, as the effects of mismanagement often determine causes of decay and abandonment of heritage: have been used the verification of the comparative financial sustainability, as suggested by the Legislative Decree 42/2004, between two categories of program manager, profit and no profit, starting from the assumption that the real manager public, owner of a large part of cultural heritage, it is not in the best condition to manage because of multiple factors. From the simulation performed on the Geraces Cultural Park of History and Memory, it is clear that the subject no profit is the one best suited, so, with the same objectives, and services to be provided within the tariff, it checks the condition of equilibrium between costs and revenues: specifically, the cost of a no profit entity is considerably lower, making use of voluntary unlike a subject who must supply profit instead of real salaries.

Economic Sustainability in the Management of Archaeological Sites: The Case of Bova Marina (Reggio Calabria, Italy)

This paper deals with the issue of economic sustainability in the management of cultural heritage. The first part is dedicated to theoretical aspects, while the second part presents a case study of an archaeological area in the province of Reggio Calabria (Italy). Regarding the theoretical aspects, the question of economic sustainability is placed in the debate on the so-called New Public Management, and highlights which variables affect the economic balance in the management phase of a site starting from the nature of the management entity and of the activities carried out.

Evaluation Approach to the Integrated Valorization of Territorial Resources: The Case Study of the Tyrrhenian Area of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria

The paper deals with the topic of integrated territorial valorization strategies, presenting the first step of a research project on the case study of the Tyrrhenian area of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. In a theoretical view that leads to rethinking European development models in areas characterized by considerable marginality, the paper copes with the weakness/opportunities of lagging areas and the vision of the territory as a system of social, cultural, economic, and natural features. The methodology is based on the definition of evaluative tools enabling the identification of effective and coherent concepts for understanding, and planning to enhance, territorial attractiveness. This preliminary stage of the project aims to verify the preconditions for the establishment of a local, attractive system, combining socioeconomic analysis, identification of thematic attractors, and the study of financial territorial allocation. The paper’s results contribute to the scientific debate on the role of the “knowledge phase” in the dynamics of sustainable development, highlighting critical elements and opportunities for implementing an integrated valorization strategy of the case-study area.

Unused Real Estate and Enhancement of Historic Centers: Legislative Instruments and Procedural Ideas

Private real estate in historic centers plays a key role in development dynamics as their efficient use is functional in the competitiveness of the territories they belong to. This estate is often neglected and with complicated ownership circumstances hardly compromising the implementation of evaluation plans. Generally, this paper aims to contribute to the debate on historic centers and has the specific goal to suggest those tools and preliminary procedures to help Administrations on the issue of private unused buildings within an integrated process of evaluation. We brought to light two approaches: one related to regulatory issues that define the available legislative instruments; the other one related to evaluative issues, which show the role of evaluation in finding out those preparatory instruments able to create integrated plans in terms of feasibility and sustainability of investment recovery. This should be realized with the help of private funds, so it is essential a benefit estimation.

The Outstanding Universal Value of the Isola Ellenofona

This paper is a summary of the research carried out to bring out the distinctive elements of cultural heritage, for the outstanding and universal value, they characterize a well-defined area of Calabria to get UNESCO recognition. This action is part of a broader framework of interventions, aimed at understanding the importance of the actions for the protection, preservation and transmission to future generations of the cultural, natural and intangible heritage in the territory through the establishment an integrated actions to be taken to the economic development and social context.