The abandonment of secondary railway infrastructure is a key challenge for inland and rural areas affected by demographic decline, ageing, service loss and weak accessibility. This paper analyses the Avellino–Rocchetta Sant’Antonio railway line in southern Italy as latent infrastructure and proposes a network-based adaptive reuse framework. Disused stations are reinterpreted as Hub–Showcase nodes: multifunctional micro-hubs for local services, territorial information, heritage enhancement, storytelling and inter-municipal coordination. Based on literature review, territorial analysis, node assessment and incremental scenarios, the study shows that a dense system of 31 stations over 118 km can support territorial cohesion and place-based regeneration.
University of Salerno, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0007-6583-1824
University of Salerno, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-4944-246X
University of Salerno, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-9968-899X
Titolo del capitolo
Latent infrastructure in inland areas: a network-based model for the adaptive reuse of disused railway stations along the Avellino–Rocchetta Sant’Antonio line (Irpinia, Italy)
Autori
Attilio Ferraro, Emanuela D’Andria, Pierfrancesco Fiore
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.85
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Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-1112-3
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ReUso