Cultural Heritage Operations for the Regeneration of Urban Sites
The city of Bastia in Corsica is the smallest URBACT Lead
Partner city in population terms but by no means should
this be a judge of the quality of the networking activity. This
project which started work in June 2004 with a kick off
meeting in Bastia has held a total of 8 seminars and a final
conference in November 2006 in Naples. The seminars
always included site visits and case study examples which
are now presented within the Final Report.
The network’s activities are based on the assumption that
cultural heritage has a contribution to make to the processes
of territorial valorisation and modernisation and has to be
considered as a major resource for economic development
and social cohesion. The network set out to prove through
practical examples that cultural heritage should not be
considered as a constraint in urban regeneration projects
but should be considered as a resource which can be used
to improve such projects.
The work undertaken resulted in the identification of clear
guidelines on how to create links between cultural heritage
preservation and urban regeneration.