Overview
- Gathers recent scientific research on slow tourism and marginality/spatial inequality, exploring the linkages between the two
- Highlights a range of Italian and European policies and case studies
- Discusses the 700-km-long VENTO cycle route project in detail
Part of the book series: Research for Development (REDE)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Proposal of Regeneration for Marginal Areas
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Landscape and Heritage as Keys for Slow Travel
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A Line Born for Sustainable Development: The Case Study of VENTO
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European Policies and Strategies Enhancing Projects of Slowness
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Keywords
- Slow tourism infrastructure
- Pathways and cycleways
- Reframing sustainability in tourism
- Regeneration of marginalised areas
- Spatial inequalities
- Marginalization
- Regional development strategies
- Territorial cohesion
- Cultural heritage valorization in marginal areas
- SwissMobility model
- European policies of slow tourism
- Sustainable development
- Heritage regeneration
- VENTO project
- landscape/regional and urban planning
About this book
This book investigates why and how cycle and walking paths can help to promote the regeneration of marginalized areas facing depopulation and economic decline. In addition, it offers a broad overview of recent scientific research into slow tourism and marginality/spatial inequality and explores the linkages between these topics. Key issues are addressed by experts from various disciplinary backgrounds, and potential measures are proposed for the integration of slow tourism into strategies for regional development. Particular attention is devoted to the VENTO project, which involves the creation of a 700-km-long cycle route from Venice to Turin that passes through various rural and marginalized areas of northern Italy. The goal, research process, design, and early lessons from this important project are all discussed in detail. Moreover, the book describes policies and strategies that have successfully been used to enhance the slow tourism infrastructure in other European countries.Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers, professionals, and students interested in e.g. policymaking, tourism planning, regional development, and landscape and urban planning.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Paolo Pileri is a Full Professor of Urban Planning at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. His research interests have consistently brought together environmental issues with urban and landscape planning, and many of his research efforts have involved projects focusing on sustainable mobility as a way to better link people and landscapes. In this context, he has been working on the VENTO project to connect “forgotten” but nonetheless stunning Italian landscapes along the Po River by means of an extensive cycle path. This is not merely about the path itself, but also the ability of a territory and landscape project to generate a new, green/local economy and new high-quality jobs. Professor Pileri is the author or editor of numerous publications, ranging from books and journal articles to popular works.
Rossella Moscarelli is currently engaged in a Ph.D. project titled “Inner areas and slow lines: an opportunity to regeneratemarginalized territories in Italy” at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano. Holding an M.Sc. (cum laude) in Environmental and Technological Architecture, she is an active collaborator in the VENTO research group and has also studied public policies relating to, and the impacts of, the Camino de Santiago in Spain. She is the author of numerous publications on slow tourism infrastructure, land consumption, and regeneration.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cycling & Walking for Regional Development
Book Subtitle: How Slowness Regenerates Marginal Areas
Editors: Paolo Pileri, Rossella Moscarelli
Series Title: Research for Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44003-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44002-2Published: 29 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44005-3Published: 29 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44003-9Published: 28 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2198-7300
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7319
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 249
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Sustainable Development, Cities, Countries, Regions, Urban Economics, Urban Studies/Sociology, Cultural Heritage