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Table 5: SWOT Analisys of Paolo VI district - Taranto. (Author: M. Positano)
Strenghts

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

1. Paolo VI district rises on
the junction of territorial
connection roads that
reach Grottaglie, Statte,
Vocchiaro and Montemesola.

1. The routes of the bus lines
11, 17 and 24 are long, the
frequency of the departures
is above 20 minutes (at
some times even above
35 minutes). The stops
within the district and the
town are on average 400
metres apart. There are
no direct and fast lines
(without intermediate stops)
connecting the urban poles
(Station – New Hospital –
Campus – Shopping centre,
...)
2. There are not very
functional cycle paths.
3. Within the district there
are no:
Colleges for offsite
students;
Leisure areas
4. The private urban voids
cover an area widely higher
than the buildings.
5. The percentage of well
managed private green areas
is higher than the the public
one.
6. Within the buildings fabric
an accentuated distance
between the constructions
can be noted, as well as
an elevated development
in height of the prevailing
building type. The absence
of a urban continuum is
incremented by the presence
of imposing “floating building
volumes” in empty space and
emphasized by the presence
of empty spaces either not yet
built or waste lands.

1. Redesign of public
transport lines
2. Creation of activities
and leisure facilities in the
proximity of the shopping
centre
3. Retrieval of the
environmental park in the
vicinity of Paolo VI district
4. Retrieval and
reconversion of the PIP
area
5. Requalification of the
waste lands within the
district
6. Redesign of the cycle
paths and routes
7. Promotion of
“agriculture of proximity”
systems
8. Thickening of the
settlement fabric to solve
the urban discontinuities
9. Creation of an
infrastructural axis
for sport and leisure
activities in green.

1. The zoning that affected
the district has highlighted
large waste lands within
the settlement fabric. Such
areas, even if conceived
to provide facilities for the
district, collective spaces and
public green areas, are still
abandoned. From this it
can be observed how the
public open spaces are in
all respects urban voids
rather than spaces of
relation.
2. The presence of the
shopping centre does
not favour retail trade,
eliminating the network of
small businesses that indeed
composes a substantial part
of the residential fabric.
3. Paolo VI district is, indeed, a
dormitory district.

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