Annalisa SPALAZZI, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
Fabiano COMPAGNUCCI, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
Alberto RENZI, Movimento Tellurico – trekking, ecologia e solidarietà Association, Italy
On the background of the slow burn affecting most Italian inner areas, the aim of this work is to discuss the role of a bottom-up project, the “Mutated Lands Route” (Cammino nelle Terre Mutate-CMT), in enhancing the resilience capacity of local communities (Martin R, Sunley P;2015). The CMT is a 250 kilometres hiking & bike path across the Apennines of four Italian regions (Marche, Umbria, Lazio and Abruzzo) that was implemented to cope with the material and immaterial disruption caused by the 2009 and 2016-17 Central Italy’ earthquakes. By connecting villages and local communities between Fabriano and L’Aquila it stimulates visits of the“mutated lands”. Its strength is to be based on a common good. This presumably stimulates the commitment of local communities and is likely to encourage institutional cooperation through a common governance framework. As of now, the CMT is yet producing positive externalities. First, it has enhanced people and place-based activities to benefit from “Slow Tourism” as a regenerative action (Pollock;2019). Secondly, it has reinforced communities sense of identity. These first outcomes are an encouraging answer to the declining path of many inner areas that are suffering from contingent criticalities (earthquake) but also, and mainly, from structural ones (Compagnucci F, Morettini G;2021, Ciuffetti A;2019). In this sense, the CMT is a timely territorial policy, fitting with both the National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI) (Lucatelli S;2015) and the Plan for Recovery and Resilience (PNRR).
The presentation will discuss the case of CMT and its capacity to leverage funding and projects for the local economy. In addition, based on the tourism ecosystem analysis, it will argue how the route acts as a resilience network and an innovative governance structure - based on regenerative tourism – to design a new development pattern for the central Apennines by activating complementary activities to tourism, improving the liveability of citizens.
Mots clés : Resilient communities|post-disaster & regeneration policies|community-based tourism|inner areas|local development
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