Territorial Effects of Shared-Living Heritage Regeneration

Tiziano Cattaneo, Emanuele Giorgi, Mauricio Flores and Viviana Barquero
Additional contact information
Tiziano Cattaneo: Environmental Futures Lab., College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, n. 281 Fuxin Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200092, China
Emanuele Giorgi: Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño Av. H. Colegio Militar 4700, Nombre de Dios, Chihuahua 31300, Mexico
Mauricio Flores: Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño Av. H. Colegio Militar 4700, Nombre de Dios, Chihuahua 31300, Mexico
Viviana Barquero: Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño Av. Eugenio Garza Sada S/N, Predio Cerro Gordo, León 37190, Mexico

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 20, 1-28

Abstract: The paper presents further steps of study started by authors in recent years, as part of the widest international research collaboration, which focuses on shared life and regeneration of abandonment of rural settlements as strategies for the development of sustainable territories. This research aims to understand how the regeneration of ancient community buildings impacts on the sustainable development of the local context. To understand these effects, the research considered four traditional typologies of community buildings, from different cultures: Tulou (China), Cascina (Italy), Hacienda (Mexico), and Marae (New Zealand). Among the tens/hundreds of contemporary regeneration interventions, three contemporary projects per each of these typologies have been selected. To assess the territorial impact of the projects a new approach has been defined using Expert Interviews as the methodology, so as to be able to have an assessment directly by experts in the fields of regenerative projects and sustainable development. The Expert Interviews were held based on a questionnaire that assessed the effects of the projects. For the evaluation of the projects, two categories of indicators have been selected: (1) United Nations SDGs, (2) architectural regeneration indicators generated by the study “The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool”, by Francesca Nocca, published in Sustainability (2017, 9, 1882). The research outputs show how the urban-architectural regeneration of these historical typologies can be clearly associated with indications of sustainable development. The results also show that in all four cultures the regeneration of historic buildings provides many benefits to local communities by successfully mixing different income groups and the inclusion of marginalized or vulnerable groups.

Keywords: shared heritage; architectural design; heritage regeneration; community buildings; expert interview method; sustainable development goals (SDGs); cultural landscape; territorial impacts and sustainability; rural-urban (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/20/8616/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/20/8616/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:20:p:8616-:d:430633

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().