The industrial area of Crotone: from problem to opportunity for development

In line with what has been addressed by the urban andenvironmental regeneration of the “Ancient Kroton”, withinwhich this research is part of the redevelopment of theformer industrial site (Eni), focuses in particular on thetools that can be used to mobilize and involve the propertiesof the soils, for the consultation of the Subjectsconcerned and the sharing of the objectives in the conversionproject. This research aims to deepen policiesand processes aimed at the urban and environmental developmentand regeneration of the former ENI area, andparts of the city connected to it. The city of Crotone hasinitiated and developed a policy of conversion-related interventions,regeneration and enhancement of its cultural,environmental and landscape heritage, in order to starta “cultural revolution”, on which to base processes of socialand economic development. It is the project to enhance“Old Kroton” and the environmental, tourist andcultural system of Crotone and Capo Colonna. The casestudy will be structured through a careful comparativeevaluation, supported by a more in-depth analysis ofgood practices, in the Italian and community. The generalobjective arises above all in relation to a need, of a newsearch for cultural and collective identity, which in thisproject must be a “journey of knowledge” based on theexploration of visible and invisible places.