Strategic scenarios for urban and environmental regeneration. A master plan for ancient Kroton

Since the end of the seventies, the problem of the management of brownfield sites has emerged in major industrialized countries, producing significant risks for the health of both communities and environment. Following what has been said, the path of urban and environmental regeneration of the Ancient Kroton is tackled, which is part of this case study. The interest in the redevelopment of the former industrial site (ENI reclamation), focuses in particular on the tools that can be used to mobilize and involve the properties of the soils, for the consultation of the interested parties and the sharing of purposes in the urban regeneration project sustainable. This research aims to investigate the policies and processes aimed at the development and urban and environmental regeneration of the former ENI area, and parts of the city connected to it. It is the enhancement project of Ancient Kroton and the environmental, tourist and cultural system of Crotone and Capocolonna. The general objective arises above all in relation to a need, which is that of a new search for a cultural and collective identity, which in this project must be configured as a future public space, based on the exploration of visible and invisible places. Finally, this research examines the existing European regulatory and political context on the subject, in order to develop, through the analysis of best practices, a management model for the complex remediation and redevelopment procedures of brownfield sites. The city of Crotone has launched and developed a policy of interventions related to the conversion, regeneration and enhancement of its cultural, environmental and landscape heritage, in order to launch a cultural revolution, on which to base social and economic development processes. The case study will be structured through a careful comparative evaluation, supported by a more in-depth analysis of good practices, both in Italy and in the EU.