Urban Regeneration Process: The Case of a Residential Complex in a Suburb of Rome, Italy

Alessandra Battisti, Asia Barnocchi and Silvia Iorio
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Alessandra Battisti: Department of Planning, Design and Technology of Architecture, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via Flaminia 72, 00196 Rome, Italy
Asia Barnocchi: Department of Planning, Design and Technology of Architecture, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via Flaminia 72, 00196 Rome, Italy
Silvia Iorio: Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of History of Medicine and Bioethics, Sapienza, University of Rome, Viale dell’Università 34, 00185 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 21, 1-20

Abstract: With the aim of promoting biological, social and psychological well-being, a multi-institutional and multidisciplinary action-research process was developed for the regeneration of a large residential complex in Rome, Italy. A methodology with a community-based approach was adopted in a context where spatial segregation is intertwined with health and social inequalities. Methods: Through qualitative-quantitative analysis involving the active participation of the local population and institutions in every stage, an integrated survey model was developed in order to create proper communication between the needs of the population and sustainable solutions. Results: the implemented process allowed for clear planning of actions and interventions that could be economically sustainable through the structuring and development of a local network. Conclusions: the process involving the participation of the population in the analysis of their own problems and difficulties, as well as in the development of possible interventions and actions to be proposed, appears to be the only adequate approach that allows for the definition of mutual objectives based on the real needs of the end users.

Keywords: sustainable cities and communities; good health and well-being; urban and social marginality; participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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