Longevity city: urbanistica e qualità della vita. Un percorso virtuoso per garantire il benessere

The present study starts from the idea that the abandonment of small centres in inner areas can be contrasted through sustainable and innovative strategies. The regeneration of the depopulating centres is possible only investing in the territorial capital and in the endogenous resources assuming at the base a “project of knowledge” of the potential present therein. It means committing to safeguarding the cultural and landscaping heritage by experimenting with new design paradigms as briefly represented in the "ecoborghi" pilot project. The research aims to restore and enhance the original meaning of small centres by re-reading the real conditions and a re-proposal of the potential and opportunities for qualitative development, starting from the great historical-cultural heritage in the essential interaction between protection, maintenance, and management of historical landscapes. To do this, we propose the pilot project ecoborghi, an enhancement project aimed at redeveloping public spaces in historical centres that is an integral part of the Local Landscape Observatory.