RE-INVENTING HISTORIC AREAS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN CHALLENGES INTO TRANSFORMATION Cristina Garzillo Leemhuis – ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
The human-centred development strategy to face the challenges of our century. From right to the city towards rights to adequate housing for all
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What kind of city?
Small cities seem to be more attractive than before and feel safer (less
people, no cramped travel, open air, close to home food, etc.).
Bigger cities need to review and rethink their internal policies.
If urban sustainability efforts continue to ignore justice,
they can exacerbate inequalities.
Our approach with nature and the planet has been questioned.
There is a need to make green cities meet
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What processes?
Re-use of abandoned buildings, improving functions and adapting to new needs to a threshold that does not compromise their value.
A new Tourism model creating deep social, environmental and economic benefits moving away from the “stop-and-go” approach.
Culture is a catalyst for collaborative processes to regenerate and transform cities into creative and sustainable laboratories.
Sustainability, resilience, peace and culture as pillars of the cities of the future.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 776758
Defining Circular Governance
We want to know if and how…“a Circular Governance approach to
adaptive reuse of cultural heritage is
being used in selected cities and
regions, and which governance models
and tools can best help communities
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No 776758 5
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No 776758 6
28-05-2020 GA-brainstorming session
• Potential of domestic tourism, linked to nature
• New actions potentially evolving into business opportunities
• Urban dwellers to come to less populated areas for staycations
• Sharing of practices developed in other territories to reduce the sensation of solitude and uncertainty
• Rural co-working and hot-desking spaces
• Local administrations of small
municipalities struggle to maintain their ordinary activities
• Effective cooperation between
stakeholders through remote coordination
• Exacerbated existing mobility issues, due to social distances and restrictions
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Challenges and opportunities of bigger cities
BOLOGNA
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Challenges and opportunities of bigger cities
BOLOGNA
Challenges and opportunities of bigger cities
LISBON
| COMPLETED ACTIONS (during January – May 2020)Participative Inventory Output:
List of the 140 Marvila and Beato Cultural Heritage elements, each of them with:
• a text
• old and current photos
Challenges and opportunities of bigger cities
LISBON
COMPLETED ACTIONS (during January – May 2020)
38 interviews
200 short videos
organised thematically, each in relation to a personal experience related to a tangible and intangible Cultural
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T - Building
RIJEKA (HR)
New cultural district - From Brick Building to Children’s House
Image: Marion Philips and Kenickie by Kathryn Robertson
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TORINO (ITALY)
From one-company town| To CITY OF CULTURE KNOWLEDGE CREATIVITY
CAMERINO (ITALY)
How to improve Resilience in the Historic Area
Mitigate the impact of natural hazards on small old town, developing
knowledge and tools for monitoring and preserving cultural heritage
natural hazards small old town developing knowledge and tools cultural heritage monitoring and preserving
Seismic, geomorphological and meteorological hazards with an integrated approach
The Camerino ARCH
experience as a reference for other towns or urban areas with similar features (city dimension, population, age, urban layout, building
constructions) Increase awareness among
inhabitants and institutions and develop methods and
practices “General objectives-actions” to apply in the historic area
CAMERINO (ITALY)
Local work plan: Strategies and Actions (extract)
Strategy
Implement and develop the assessments on construction materials and techniques of historic buildings and their relationship with seismic effects
Objective 3
Action 2: Data acquisition on building
materials: identification and
geo-localization of materials sampling;
description of sampling methods and analytical methods; data
collection-database ranges by type of analysis (basic analysis, in-depth analysis,
measurements and direct observations); data processing from sampling
Action 3: Effective communication actions, including a digital open
database, oriented to improve
CAMERINO (ITALY)
How do cities govern their historic areas?
Successful cultural policies generate positive impacts for cities:
q Creating jobs
q Attracting tourists
q Educating urban population
q Creating intercultural dialogue
q Regenerating urban areas
q Improving the well-being of their
inhabitants
• Levels of governance:
resource or
constraint?
• Policy sectors: who is
involved?
• Maecenas finibus
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• Vel dignissim purus
aliquet.
Seven pillars for urban
policies based on Culture
and Cultural Heritage
5 sectoral
2 cross-cutting topics
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