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How to Revitalise a Historic District: A Stakeholders-Oriented Assessment Framework of Adaptive Reuse

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This research proposes an application of a MultiCriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in the adaptive reuse framework, which is able to structure the complex decision process required for the effective reuse of an historic district. Nowadays, many cities are facing an economic, financial, social and urban decline. This is particularly true when thinking about historic districts, which are usually characterized by high unique cultural values but, at the same time, show difficult characteristics in terms of comfort and security. Accordingly, the planning rules to be applied to the historic districts need to be re-written overcoming the traditional logics. The proposed adaptive reuse framework deals with the application of the Macbeth method. To properly test, develop and illustrate the framework we conducted an experimental validation through a case study: the urban regeneration of an historical district in Biella (Italy) starting from the adaptive reuse of an historic building.

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  1. Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, Viale Mattioli 39, 10125, Turin, Italy

    Francesca Abastante, Isabella M. Lami & Beatrice Mecca

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  1. DIST, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Giulio Mondini

  2. DASTU, Politecnico of Milano, Milano, Italy

    Alessandra Oppio

  3. Università IUAV, Venezia, Italy

    Stefano Stanghellini

  4. DIST, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Marta Bottero

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    Francesca Abastante

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Abastante, F., Lami, I.M., Mecca, B. (2020). How to Revitalise a Historic District: A Stakeholders-Oriented Assessment Framework of Adaptive Reuse. In: Mondini, G., Oppio, A., Stanghellini, S., Bottero, M., Abastante, F. (eds) Values and Functions for Future Cities. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23786-8_1

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