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New Regeneration Scenarios to Improve the Livability in Villages
The paper presents some of the results of research carried out by the authors on the small towns, which are characterized by demographic and economic fragility, as well as by critical issues caused by climatic, cultural, geomorphological, and social changes. People’s well-being, health, and quality of life are aspects that have taken on particular importance since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world. On the one side, COVID-19 highlighted some problems related to overpopulation in urban areas and to psycho-physical isolation of older people. On the other hand, the pandemic has highlighted the possibilities offered by new technologies for working from home and being able to live further away from large population centers, offering a higher quality of life and the possibility of living in contact with nature.
Therefore, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in the number of residents in smaller population entities (towns, villages, etc.) has been observed and several initiatives (at national and European level) have been activated to facilitate this.
The paper deals with the sustainable regeneration and redevelopment of existing buildings and public space in small towns. It explores the implications between the need for adaptive regeneration to ensure both the adequate levels of performance and functionality of the space (indoor, outdoor space) with its components/materials and the equally urgent need to conceive such adaptive actions in a circular way.
The collection, review, and systematization of the literature led to the identification of a framework of adaptive/circular strategies at the single component, building and public space scales, and to the verification of the model in a design experiment on a small town in Spain.
New Regeneration Scenarios to Improve the Livability in Villages
The paper presents some of the results of research carried out by the authors on the small towns, which are characterized by demographic and economic fragility, as well as by critical issues caused by climatic, cultural, geomorphological, and social changes. People’s well-being, health, and quality of life are aspects that have taken on particular importance since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world. On the one side, COVID-19 highlighted some problems related to overpopulation in urban areas and to psycho-physical isolation of older people. On the other hand, the pandemic has highlighted the possibilities offered by new technologies for working from home and being able to live further away from large population centers, offering a higher quality of life and the possibility of living in contact with nature.
Therefore, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in the number of residents in smaller population entities (towns, villages, etc.) has been observed and several initiatives (at national and European level) have been activated to facilitate this.
The paper deals with the sustainable regeneration and redevelopment of existing buildings and public space in small towns. It explores the implications between the need for adaptive regeneration to ensure both the adequate levels of performance and functionality of the space (indoor, outdoor space) with its components/materials and the equally urgent need to conceive such adaptive actions in a circular way.
The collection, review, and systematization of the literature led to the identification of a framework of adaptive/circular strategies at the single component, building and public space scales, and to the verification of the model in a design experiment on a small town in Spain.
New Regeneration Scenarios to Improve the Livability in Villages
Innovative Renewable Energy
Sayigh, Ali (editor) / Cellucci, Cristiana (author) / Chaza Chimeno, Mario Rosario (author) / Rico Delgado, Fernando (author)
2023-09-08
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
| NTIS | 1971
| Online Contents | 1997
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997