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The economic impacts of con(temporary) urban regeneration processes: the case of Milan

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  • Leopoldo Sdino,
  • Francesca Torrieri,
  • Marta Dell'Ovo,
  • Marco Rossitti
Leopoldo Sdino
Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Francesca Torrieri
Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marta Dell'Ovo
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marco Rossitti
Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16953

Published 2025-07-31

Keywords

  • Economic,
  • Impacts,
  • Tactical urbanism,
  • Urban Regeneration,
  • Evaluation

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Sdino, L., Torrieri, F., Dell’Ovo, M., & Rossitti, M. (2025). The economic impacts of con(temporary) urban regeneration processes: the case of Milan. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (3), 88–97. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16953

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Abstract

Considering the growing importance and widespread adoption of temporary approaches to urban transformations, the paper deals with the open research challenge of understanding the economic impacts of tactical urban interventions. Moving from a literature review on the impacts of urban regeneration projects, it proposes an investigation approach from a local economy growth perspective. This approach is applied to the “Piazze Aperte” programme, which was implemented by the municipality of Milan in 2018. Its preliminary results return a possible positive contribution of tactical urban experiences on the reference neighbourhoods’ business dynamics. It seems to unfold about the different neighbourhoods’ specificities and the intervention area’s urban morphology.

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