The Saluzzo and Terre del Monviso area is characterized by a socio-economic and institutional dynamism that makes it an interesting laboratory for the in-depth study of activities aimed at building integrated development initiatives based on negotiation and strategic processes.
The research aims to define the knowledge base for the activation of an inclusive and strategic process to accommodate the diverse needs of the territory, supporting a process of socioeconomic and spatial development that takes into account diverse needs but attempts to strengthen functional integration, in order to reinforce settlement, production, and access to services.
The research content, which is both scientific and intentional in nature, developed within the framework of the expertise of the DIST and DAD departments of the Polytechnic University of Turin with the support of the interdepartmental FULL Center, serves to analyze and support the voluntary planning efforts of the Saluzzo and Terre del Monviso areas, offering food for thought, analytical data, and strategic scenarios to administrations, communities, stakeholders, and innovation actors.
The introductory part of the research illustrates some of the characteristics of the territory, the different landscape values at the intersection with the various environmental settlement contexts, the long history summarized by emblematic representations of the territory, and the complex framework of local governance.
The first part, the Atlas, illustrates a considerable amount of socio-demographic data relating to local services and welfare, infrastructure and mobility, tourism and cultural resources, settlement patterns and widespread residential areas, agriculture and fruit growing, and the local economic and business system. This data provides the necessary basis for the development of analyses and policies.
Finally, the second part, Strategies and Actions, outlines possible strategies and actions for certain priority issues, which refer to five possible images of the territory: the territory of welfare and local services, the territory of interconnected mobility, the territory of tourism and culture, the territory of quality of life, and the territory of productivity and innovation. Many of these strategies and actions stem from a review of a series of projects that are already recognizable and in place, which have been reorganized into a comprehensive and coherent framework capable of outlining a territorial project for the coming years.
Lands of Monviso. Strategic scenarios for a metro-mountain territory
The territory of Saluzzo and Terre del Monviso is characterized by a socio-economic and institutional dynamism that makes it an interesting laboratory for in-depth study of activities aimed at building integrated development initiatives on the basis of negotiation and strategic processes.
The purpose of the research is to define the cognitive basis for the activation of an inclusive and strategic process to acknowledge the territory’s diverse instances, supporting a socio-economic and spatial development process that takes into account the diversified needs but attempts to strengthen their functional integration, in order to strengthen the organization of settlement, production and access to services.
The contents of the research, at the same time of scientific and intentional value, elaborated within the framework of the competencies of the DIST and DAD departments of the Politecnico di Torino with the support of the FULL interdepartmental center, have the function of analyzing and supporting the voluntary planning of the Saluzzo and Terre del Monviso territory, offering elements for reflection, analytical data and strategic scenarios to administrations, communities, stakeholders and innovation actors.
The introductory part of the research illustrates some elements characterizing the territory, the different landscape values at the intersection with the various environmental settlement contexts, the long history summarised by emblematic representations of the territory and the complex framework of local governance.
The first part, the Atlas, illustrates a considerable amount of socio-demographic data, relating to services and territorial welfare, infrastructures and mobility, tourism and cultural resources, settlement and diffuse residential characteristics, agriculture and fruit-growing, and the local economic and entrepreneurial system. They are the necessary basis for the construction of analyses and policies.
Finally, the second part, Strategies and Actions, outlines possible strategies and actions for a number of priority themes, which refer to five possible images of the territory: the territory of welfare and territorial services, the territory of interconnected mobility, the territory of tourism and culture, the territory of the quality of living, and the territory of productivity and innovation. Many of these strategies and actions stem from a reconnaissance of a series of projects already recognisable and in the field, which has been recomposed into an organic and overall framework, capable of outlining a territorial project for the coming years.
