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Human Circular Tourism as the Tourism of Tomorrow: The Role of Travellers in Achieving a More Sustainable and Circular Tourism
No full textNowadays, the challenge of sustainability is increasingly played out in cities, which represent the favoured field of action to implement strategies and actions for supporting the transition towards a more human and ecological development paradigm. The problems caused by the current economic model (linear model) are even more stressed today due to the effects produced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tourism sector (one of the world’s major economic sectors and, thus, one of the main players in the development dynamics) is one of the economic sectors that has been the most negatively impacted by the pandemic. In this study, Human Circular Tourism (HCT) is proposed as a strategy to move towards a more sustainable future and, thus, reduce the negative impacts produced by the tourism sector. In particular, the objective of this paper is to understand the awareness of travellers (one of the categories of actors involved in the tourism experience) regarding sustainable and circular tourism in order to support local governments in the elaboration and implementation of strategies and actions towards more sustainable and circular tourism. To this end, a survey was conducted. In particular, a questionnaire was developed and submitted to a sample of tourists from all over the world to understand their behaviours and perceptions in their tourist experiences. From a critical analysis of the results, it emerges that there is a growing awareness of issues related to the concept of sustainability, especially in relation to the major issues of climate change and people’s health. This perception has certainly been influenced by the health emergency from COVID-19, but the sample of interviewees reveals that much still needs to be invested in increasing their awareness of the complexity of the factors involved in more sustainable, circular, and human-centred tourism. Therefore, starting from this, possible future prospects for the tourism sector from the circular economy perspective are here identified
The Multidimensional Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Regeneration Projects: A Proposal for Integrating Level(s) Tool—The Case Study of Villa Vannucchi in San Giorgio a Cremano (Italy)
No full textThe 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 achieve) sustainable development objectives. In this perspective, the circular city model represents a new way of organizing the city. As demonstrated by a variety of best practices, the entry points for triggering circular processes at the urban scale are various. In this paper, cultural heritage is presented as the entry point for the implementation of this new urban development model. The focus here is on the implementation tools, with a particular emphasis on the evaluation tools for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of this model, that is, the multidimensional benefits that it can produce. The Level(s) tool, proposed by the European Commission in 2017, is the only officially recognised assessment tool related to the circular economy at the European level. It aims to evaluate the performance of new buildings from a circular economy perspective. This paper intends to expand the field of action of the aforementioned tool to projects related to cultural heritage. Nevertheless, the Level(s) tool has some weaknesses in relation to values and attributes that need to be considered when dealing with cultural heritage. This paper proposes an evaluation framework for assessing cultural heritage renovation and reuse projects, considering all its values and the multidimensional impacts that they are able to produce (economic, social, environmental impacts) in the city. The starting point for the development of the proposed evaluation framework is the Level(s) tool by the European Commission. On the basis of critical considerations, this tool is integrated with criteria and indicators deduced from other previous studies and other official tools on this issue (Green Building Council and Heritage Impact Assessment tools). The evaluation framework is here tested to evaluate the renovation/reuse project of Villa Vannucchi, a historic building located in the city of San Giorgio a Cremano in the metropolitan city of Naples (Italy)
CIRCULAR CITY MODEL AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED EVALUATION TOOL
No full textPoichè il mondo risulta sempre più urbanizzato, le sfide dello sviluppo sostenibile sarannosempre più concentrate nelle città, richiedendo l’identificazione e l’attuazione di nuovimodelli e strategie di sviluppo. Il modello di economia circolare può essere implementatonelle città per il raggiungimento dello sviluppo sostenibile. Sebbene alcune città si stianogià muovendo verso questa direzione, c’è ancora ambiguità attorno a questo concetto.Le città circolari sono un fenomeno nuovo e, ad oggi, è molto difficile costruire evidenzaempirica del loro successo (o fallimento). Il presente paper si propone di analizzare ilmodello della città circolare partendo dalle definizioni in letteratura e da sei casi di studio dicittà europee metropolitane circolari. In particolare, l’attenzione è posta sugli strumenti pervalutare e monitorare l’efficienza delle città circolari, ovvero valutare gli impatti (positivie/o negativi) di progetti e iniziative dell’agenda delle città circolari.Parole chiave: città circolare, città metropolitana, valutazione integrataAs the world continues to urbanize, sustainable development challenges will be more andmore concentrated in cities and they increasingly require identifying and implementing newdevelopment models and strategies. The circular economy model can be implemented in thecities in order to achieve sustainable development. Although some cities are movingtowards this direction, there is still ambiguity around this concept.Circular cities are a new phenomenon and, to date, it is very difficult to build empiricalevidence of their success (or failure). This paper aims to analyse the circular city modelstarting from definitions in literature and six case studies of European circular metropolitancities. In particular, this paper is focused on the evaluation framework for assessing andmonitoring the efficiency of the circular cities, that is to assess (positive and/or negative)impacts of projects and initiatives of the circular city agendas.Keywords: circular city, metropolitan city, integrated evaluatio
Urban values-centred regeneration in the perspective of the circular economy model.
No full textAs the world continues to urbanize, sustainable development challenges will be more and more concentrated in cities and they increasingly require identifying and implementing new development models and strategies to be able to conserve the identity in a general context of homogenization/standardization. In this perspective, cultural heritage plays an important role also for enhancing quality of life, well-being and health conditions. The circular economy model can be implemented in the cities in order to achieve sustainable development. It offers a great opportunity to increase urban productivity, and to date, there are some good practices of circularization of processes at different scales in which the implementation of circular processes has produced benefits. In the circular approach, resources are reused, recycled, recovered, regenerated and shared. Among resources, cultural heritage/landscape should be considered. Cultural heritage conservation/valorization and circular economy are intertwined: cultural heritage conservation can be implemented through circular economy, and circular economy can be implemented through cultural heritage conservation/valorization. Assuming the unifying approach of the landscape as a ‘prism’, proposed through the historic urban landscape (HUL) approach, in which all different perspectives converge with respect to which it is possible to interpret the city system, this contribution intends to propose some strategies for values-centred regeneration of the city based on the circular economy model. In particular, the focus is on the operational strategy of cultural heritage adaptive reuse, highlighting the relationship between ‘intrinsic value’ and use values. In this perspective, the evaluation activity plays a fundamental role in identifying the multidimensional productivity of the different project alternatives and related impacts, beyond the reductive perspective of the tourism approach (e.g. in terms of the archaeological/museum park)
Towards an Integrated Evaluation Approach for Cultural Urban Landscape Conservation/Regeneration
Full text linkThe contemporary economic crisis (and also ecological and social crisis) calls for a new model of urban development. The international debate is today focused on the necessity of a new paradigm (Hosagrahar et al., 2016) that will define sustainable development policies and programmes: this new paradigm moves the concept of development towards a more humanistic and ecological point of view.
The international debate around Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recently is going to highlight the role of cultural heritage for sustainable development (United Nations, 2015a).
Cultural heritage can play a critical role in the achievement of the above mentioned new humanistic and ecological paradigm of sustainable city.
In this paper some indicators to evaluate cultural urban landscape conservation/regeneration projects are identified, starting from case studies.
The purpose of the analysis of good practices is to support the elaboration of a multidimensional matrix that can produce empirical evidence about impacts of cultural urban landscape conservation/regeneration.
After a particular focus on the relationship between variation of landscape and variation of wellbeing, it will present a methodological proposal to evaluate cultural urban landscape conservation/regeneration projects
Matera: city of nature, city of culture, city of regeneration. Towards a landscape-based and culture-based urban circular economy
No full textEach city is a living organism with its own dynamics. Cities, as complex dynamic and adaptive
systems, are able of self-organization/self-management. There are many causes of the decline of cities
today (poverty, unemployment, etc.) that interdepend on the others in continuous retroactive processes.
The general proposal of this paper refers to a key word: “regeneration” as revitalization of the activities in
the perspective of the circular economy/city. The aim is to explore how an urban circular economy can be
implemented through a cultural landscape-based approach, analyzing the case study of Matera (Italy) and
assuming the interdependence between a specific landscape and the circular economy/city models. The
aim is to understand how to transform a millennial experience of underdevelopment into a dynamic
development perspective
Cultural heritage and sustainable development: impact assessment of two adaptive reuse projects in Siracusa, Sicily
Full text linkIn this period of increasing urbanization, cultural heritage can play a key role to achieve sustainable development, as widely recognized by international institutions (i.e., United Nations (UN), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)). In this perspective, it is necessary to operationalize the principles stated at international level and thus new approaches and tools are required. The paper aims to understand the relationships between the implementation of adaptive reuse projects and their success (or not) in terms of impacts on the buildings themselves and on the urban context. The assessment framework for evaluating the impacts of heritage conservation and rehabilitation projects is described through the analysis and comparison of two Italian case studies: the Ancient Market and the Basilica of St. Peter the Apostle, in Siracusa (Italy). Although realized both in the same place (Ortigia, the historic centre of Siracusa), during the same period and by the same architect, these two interventions have produced different results in terms of urban development. A set of indicators, deduced from recent scientific studies, has been used to analyse the different impacts on physical, cultural, social, environmental and economic systems. To understand in depth the causes of these two different results, a survey has been carried out involving experts. The proposed indicators used for the ex-post
evaluation can be also adopted in other contexts and for ex ante evaluation, in order to orient the strategic design choices in cultural heritage adaptive reuse projects
Towards the Human Circular Tourism: Recommendations, Actions, and Multidimensional Indicators for the Tourist Category
Full text linkAs 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 the growing needs of their populations. In cities, the main challenges of sustainable development are concentrated. So, there is a need to identify a new development model in order to make cities more sustainable. This necessity concerns all sectors, including the tourism one, which represents the third largest socio-economic activity in Europe. The tourism sector puts pressure on the city, increasing waste generation, noise and air pollution, and congestion in infrastructure and public areas. In addition, it is organized according to the linear economy model. This linearity is particularly visible in cities as people here tend to choose comfort over sustainability. In this framework, new approaches, strategies, and tools are required in order to make the tourism sector more sustainable, thus reducing its negative impacts on cities. In this perspective, the Human Circular Tourism (HCT) model is proposed. The aim of this study is to provide an operational framework consisting of recommendations, actions, and indicators to effectively operationalize the Human Circular Tourism model and to support public authorities (and other tourism stakeholders) in the identification of efficient policies in the tourism sector
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