Territorial sustainable regeneration: a case study

This contribution proposes an analysis of the current state of the denied areas identified by the Provincial Plan and new ones of 19 municipalities in the Province of Caserta and a classification by type of transformation based on some specific characteristics of the area and the context. Figure 1 shows the still existing denied areas and the new functions assumed by the already transformed areas. The percentage of denied areas identified by the PTP which have not yet been recovered is less than 25% in Casapesenna, Parete, San Cipriano, and Trentola; between 25 and 50% in Lusciano, San Marcellino, Succivo, and Teverola; more than 50% in the remaining 11 municipalities. About 37% of recovered areas has a residential function, these are mostly small and peri-urban areas, while about 20% of recovered areas has a productive/commercial function and are mostly medium-large areas. Only about 14% of recovered areas has an agricultural function and only 10% have an environmental function. The remaining 19% have a function different from the previous categories or mixed. Over the years, other areas have been progressively abandoned and today present the same characteristics defined by the PTP for denied areas (figure 1). Most of them are small-medium areas located on the edges of compact urban centres, in predominantly residential or agricultural areas, and characterized by environmental and physical degradation.