Descrizione del progetto
Soluzioni per il restringimento delle città
In futuro, la superficie di alcune città si restringerà: questo fenomeno multidimensionale è dovuto al declino urbano, che può essere provocato da una lunga serie di fattori: dal depauperamento delle risorse naturali fino alla deindustrializzazione e alla migrazione. Qualunque sia la causa, gli studi dimostrano che tale declino è generalmente permanente e che il restringimento della superficie urbana rappresenta una minaccia per la competitività europea. In tale contesto, il progetto RE-CITY, finanziato dall’UE, fornirà una prospettiva per sviluppare in modo ottimale e sostenibile le città con una superficie in riduzione, sostenendo al contempo elementi di prosperità economica, vivibilità, stabilità sociale e innovazione. Il progetto svilupperà soluzioni per città in restringimento riunendo 16 partner provenienti dal mondo accademico e non accademico, con competenze in ambiti quali la pianificazione del territorio, la geografia, l’economia e le scienze sociali.
Obiettivo
Processes of shrinkage are multidimensional phenomena encompassing cities, parts of cities, or regions that are experiencing a dramatic decline in their economic and social bases. While the causal factors are diverse and complex, the most evident factor in shrinkage is a loss of employment opportunities and out-migration of population. Previous research by the beneficiaries has pointed out that decline is enduring, and shrinkage is most probably jeopardizing the prosperity of European competitiveness. Moreover, experts, who are specifically trained in leadership and management of shrinkage processes, are in short supply throughout Europe.
Through this RE-CITY ETN, new approaches and success factores for shrinking cities will be explored and evaluated.
RE-CITY provides a perspective for the robust and sustainably sound development of shrinking cities, while supporting elements of economic prosperity, liveability, social stability and innovation.
This ETN will develop novel solutions for shrinking cities, and investigate case studies approaches for dealing with shrinking cities in terms of four innovative key themes: conceptualising shrinking smart, governing, greening/right-sizing, and regrowing shrinking cities. On this basis RE-CITY applications will be developed:
a tangible framework of tools and methods including planning instruments.
The RE-CITY ETN aims at training highly skilled experts for the four key themes of shrinking cities noted above, enabling them to act as leaders, mediators, and consultants of change while fostering innovative solutions and perspectives for these areas. These aims will be achieved by a structured training programme to provide expertise to multidisciplanary RE-CITY professionals by means of key scientific skills targeted to the requirements of shrinking cities, and to establish a long-lasting training programme with pioneer solutions for shrinking cities.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinatore
67663 Kaiserslautern
Germania