This book presents the results of research carried out by a work team from the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence, promoted and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in the Western Balkans (Tiranë). It focuses on Bënjë, a rural village in the municipality of Përmet, southern Albania. Bënjë is studied and described in relation to the surrounding territory of the upper Vjosa Valley, of the hightest landscape value. The research defines a strategy of small interventions aimed at enhancing, in the most respectful way, the natural, architectural and social resources of the area as a lever for a process of sustainable and socially inclusive development, proposing an approach to the revitalisation of rural areas that can be replicated in other similar contexts.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-7624-6726
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-0642-0455
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Book Title
Enhancing cultural and natural heritage as a lever for the regeneration of rural areas
Book Subtitle
The village of Bënjë, Southern Albania, as a case study
Authors
Antonio Laurìa, Francesco Alberti, Pietro Matracchi, Gabriele Paolinelli
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
252
Publication Year
2024
Copyright Information
© 2024 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0436-1
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0435-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0436-1
Series Title
People_Places_Architecture
Series ISSN
2975-0415
Series E-ISSN
2975-027X