The creation of a permanent laboratory of urban regeneration. An action-research path in the aurora neighborhood of turin

Journal title ECONOMIA E SOCIETÀ REGIONALE
Author/s Sara Mela
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2021/3
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 91-101 File size 261 KB
DOI 10.3280/ES2021-003007
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The paper presents some considerations developed as a result of an action-research work carried out by a group of researchers and professors of the Polytechnic and the University of Turin, in the Aurora neighbourhood of Turin. The paragraphs 1 and 2 contain a theoretical reflection on the theme of urban regeneration as a practice aimed at the creation of a social infrastructure that identifies public space as the backbone of a variety of services co-designed by citizens. The paragraph 3 presents the results of a campaign of interviews with privileged witnesses and describes the process that, following the health emergency caused by the spread of the pandemic, led to the creation of a coordination of over 40 active organizations in Aurora (citizens’ committees, associations, neighborhood centers, etc.) aimed at creating a permanent laboratory for the neighbourhood regeneration.

Keywords: Grassroots Regeneration, Social Infrastructure, Transdisciplinary Research, Gentrification

Jel codes: R0, Z1

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Sara Mela, La creazione di un laboratorio permanente di rigenerazione urbana. Un percorso di ricerca-azione nel quartiere aurora di Torino in "ECONOMIA E SOCIETÀ REGIONALE " 3/2021, pp 91-101, DOI: 10.3280/ES2021-003007