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Activities and institutional initiatives related to urban regeneration are now characterized by approaches that involve the environmental aspect, increasingly accompanied by objectives related to improving the liveability of cities, social inclusion and a mix of neighborhoods and cities. In this respect, there is a strong parallel between the approach also used in significant experiences and the words of the encyclical “Laudato si” of Pope Francis. Indeed, arguing that a true ecological approach is always a social approach (§ 49), the inseparability of the two aspects of development of the city is asserted. The framework in which this symbiosis finds its best combination is the urban space. Its centrality, in tune with what the Pope says (pp. 150, 151), is the goal of some instances of rethinking the city or parts thereof described in the paper.
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The texts “Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment” and “Our common future” are available on the website of UN Documents: Gathering a Body of Global Agreements, the digital collection of key United Nations documents relating to sustainable development, education, human rights, peace, etc. at the link http://www.un-documents.net/index.htm.
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On the website of the European Green Capital Awards, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/index_en.htm, it is possible to find all the information about good and best practices and the reports of each winning city. In particular, the report of Vitoria-Gasteiz can be downloaded following the link http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/VG-Green-Conclusiones.pdf. Other information about Vitoria-Gasteiz is reachable via the city’s website http://www.vitoria-gasteiz.org/we001/was/we001Action.do?idioma=en&aplicacion=wb021&tabla=contenido&uid=u_1550d0e4_148c51d23a0__7fc4, where, in particular, it is possible to peruse the strategies and projects since 2012.
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All the documents and presentations at the conferences and seminars of the REBUS training course can be consulted on: issuu.com/laboratoriorebus.
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The booklet with the guidelines can be downloaded from the website of the Emilia-Romagna Region: http://bit.ly/RIGENERARELACITTACONLANATURA.
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Dessì, V. (2018). Urban Spaces in the City of Climatic and Social Changes. In: Mondini, G., Fattinnanzi, E., Oppio, A., Bottero, M., Stanghellini, S. (eds) Integrated Evaluation for the Management of Contemporary Cities. SIEV 2016. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78271-3_26
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