Tiziana Meduri

The Public/Private Partnership for Urban Regeneration in the USA

The paper examines the cooperation consists of the public / private partnership in the American environment, starting from the definition of the same, as experience shows partneship to represent the local government an alternative way to pursue growth and improvement in respect of sustainable development. In this context also shows the need for local government to work with business and the community to promote the territorys competitiveness, and wellness of local residents. The case of San Diego, California, shows how virtuous interaction and collaborative subjects (private, public, non-profit) has led to the economic and social development of different neighborhoods.

Hypothesis for the Development of Identity Resources Surrounding the San Niceto’ Castle in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria

The study is aimed at developing a valorization proposal for a historically relevant area in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria by the use of the cultural identity of the territory. Specifically, a plan is proposed to manage the cultural heritage of the Barony of Saint Aniceto that starts from local production, and provides an integrated plan for the development of cultural identity. The method consists of a preliminary investigation of the data that led to the identification of effective tools for valorization actions. The next step involved the pre-feasibility study of the proposed project. The paper intends to demonstrate that a development project could be the possible way out of the view of culture as a marginal aspect of economic life but rather is based on the socio-economic policies for the development of a territory.

The Cultural Landscape of the Rocky Settlements of Calabrian Greek Monk

The research project starts from a survey of the hypogean sites, on the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts of the Province of Reggio Calabria, where traces of “Italian-Greek” monks can be found and which have contributed to the realization of a Cultural Landscape since the times of the first immigrations.

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.