Scientific Coordinator

Ciro Romano

Objectives and contents

Marginal areas (often called ‘inner areas’) and villages constitute peripheral territories, often characterised by rural vocation as well as by demographic and economic decline. It seems clear that today marginality and demographic contraction can represent a great opportunity to re-establish the environmental balance and enhance the beauty of landscapes that have escaped to uncontrolled building in past decades. From such perspectives comes a different consideration of small towns, a renewed view of the old geographical hierarchies and a new focus on landscapes with a strong sense of place and identity. All this can turn into a source of satisfaction, of cultural regeneration, but also of income. These contexts can become places where people can live, stably or even intermittently, through the intensification of uses and values, in particular by combining traditional knowledge and new technologies, especially thanks to digitalization. These places can also provide great opportunities in terms of renewable energy and energy self-sufficiency. The aim of main project is to pursue applied research projects in the field of cultural valorisation of both tangible and intangible heritage, and in the field of digital and energy transition.

Research Group IRISS

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Collaborations

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Featured scientific publications

In progress

Duration

Start 2022 | End 2025

Amount and source of financing

Progetto interno

Administrative reference

DUS.AD019.006

Administrative manager

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