By referring to the European Green Deal, this paper analyzes the “intrinsic value” of cultural
heritage by investigating the human-centered adaptive reuse of this heritage. This implies …

Cultural heritage (CH) is considered a key element of cities and regions' identity
anduniqueness, contributing to people's wellbeing and health, as well as jobs creation …

Cultural heritage is recognized as a key element for local sustainable development,
contributing to the identity of territories and cultural diversity of local communities. The …

As underlined by OECD and United Nations, as cities are growing in size, they will face
challenges in becoming climate neutral, reducing their environmental footprint, and meeting …

Rehabilitation and management of pre-industrial architectural heritage over time has played
a central role in the international scientific debate since the 1970s. In light of the experience …

Our time is characterized by extraordinary and accelerated changes. They determine new
uncertainties, new growing turbulences, disequilibria and conflicts between, for example …

The paradigm shift towards a more humanistic and ecological paradigm evoked by United
Nations and the Green Deal is increasingly required in this period of growing …

The adaptive re-use of cultural assets is proposed as the entry point for implementing the
circular city, that is the specific spatial/territorial aspect of the circular economy. The circular …

The challenges of sustainable development are mainly concentrated in the cities. Therefore,
they represent a key place for implementing strategies and actions to achieve (or not …

BACKGROUND: Local governments are fundamental for achieving the ecological transition
of our societies/cities. Also COVID-19 has shown that many of the barriers and bottlenecks in …