New Regeneration Scenarios to Improve the Livability in Villages

Abstract

The paper presents some of the results of research carried out by the authors on the small towns, which are characterized by demographic and economic fragility, as well as by critical issues caused by climatic, cultural, geomorphological, and social changes. People's well-being, health, and quality of life are aspects that have taken on particular importance since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world. On the one side, COVID-19 highlighted some problems related to overpopulation in urban areas and to psycho-physical isolation of older people. On the other hand, the pandemic has highlighted the possibilities offered by new technologies for working from home and being able to live further away from large population centers, offering a higher quality of life and the possibility of living in contact with nature.