Military Barracks as Cultural Heritage in Italy: A Comparison between before-1900- and 1900-to-1950-Built Barracks

Federico Camerin, Nicola Camatti and Francesco Gastaldi
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Federico Camerin: Departamento de Urbanismo y Representación de la Arquitectura, IUU Instituto Universitario de Urbanística, Universidad UVA de Valladolid, 47014 Valladolid, Spain
Francesco Gastaldi: Dipartimento di Culture del Progetto, Università IUAV di Venezia, 30135 Venezia, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-31

Abstract: This paper addresses the fundamental role that cultural heritage can play in local development processes to guarantee community wellbeing, quality of life, and quality of society. The enhancement of cultural heritage’s tangible and intangible values may result in sustainable and resilient territory, but a number of issues emerge when dealing with the reuse of specific inherited assets, such as former military barracks. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of these assets, especially those released from the military after the end of the Cold War. We thus explore the Italian case through the comparison of before-1900 and 1900-to-1950 former military barracks. The objectives are the following. First, to discover how these two types of military sites are approached (or no) as proper heritage. Second, to understand how the reuse management is carrying out and how it deals with conservative and profit-driven approaches towards the achievement of cultural, economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Third, to compare the Italian case with similar international good practices to discover common/different trends and innovative solutions to be applied in Italy.

Keywords: former military barracks; cultural heritage management; territorial government; urban regeneration; tangible and intangible values; profit-oriented and non-profit-oriented approach; local sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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