Towards sustainable communities managing culture-driven urban regeneration

Cities as communities are rethinking how to develop and implement sustainable urban development. Culture plays a relevant role for improving social and economic competitiveness of cities and helps to drive urban culture-driven regeneration processes. Urban regeneration helps cities to re-qualifying urban spaces as sources of community meaning and promote social growth strengthening local resources within urban places. Culture can contribute to shaping sustainable cities and urban communities by developing sustainable urban regeneration as social innovation and source for urban change community-driven and collaborative governance framework