Social balance and economic effectiveness in historic centers rehabilitation

Abstract

The growing need to support financially the processes of urban regeneration of city centers clashes with the limited availability of public resources. Administrations are therefore forced to evaluate the priority areas of intervention, on the one hand trying to pursue goals of social equity, other actions to promote efficient financial plan. Consequently the reference institutional policy of intervention is based on regulatory frameworks that require a closer integration of programming needs of the allocation of resources, and social needs. The chapter shows an example of conciliation among the seek for efficiency and for social equality in choosing priority of intervention in the urban make up of historic centers.