Urban Renewal: Negotiation Procedures and Evaluation Models

In complex programs of urban redevelopment recourse to negotiation procedures between PA and private developers emphasizes the role of evaluation, both in terms of the collective advantage and from the point of view of financial feasibility. The purpose of the contribution is twofold: the first is to investigate the role that can be exercised by the evaluation in order to confer efficiency, fairness, transparency and democratic participation in the processes of formation and im- plementation of strategic programs for urban and metropolitan development cha- racterized by high levels of complexity, the second objective is to provide an integrated assessment model which can fulfill this role properly and adequately support the decision-makers and the public in decision-making ex-ante to an integrated assessment of the "public convenience" and at the same time check whether there are sufficient margins of feasibility and financial sustainability for the private developer to carry out the investment program.