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Conclusions
Such study allows to highlight how, through specific typologies of actions, it is possible to produce, within the processes of urban transformation, effects that aid the regeneration of the parts
of the town in physical and social decay..
The university campuses, intended as places of research and cultural training, to that effect, thanks
also to the numerous social facilities (residential, sport, cultural, leisure,...) that rotate around
them, affect directly the enhancement of the urban spaces, determining, at times, a turnaround
of the role and the hierarchies of the spaces and the urban and extra-urban connections. The
inclusion of these places in specific urban contexts becomes, therefore, one of the most effective
tools within the requalification policies of the urban areas of the contemporary town.
The aspects of experimentation and technologic innovation that may result from these places
should not be neglected. These settlements, due to their multi-faced functions, can become places of applied research where experiment innovative constructive solutions from the technical
and technological point of view. In this sense the case of Taranto poses itself as a significant opportunity for the start of such experimentation.

Acknowledgements
The present work is an integral part of a larger research regarding the campuses and the processes of urban regeneration, conducted by the authors for several years through publications
and degree thesis. The section on the development of Taranto’s University Centre takes its cue
from the elaboration of the Strategic Plan of the Polytechnic of Bari in 2014 concerning possible
investments for the rebirth of the territory of Taranto and some preliminary studies conducted by
professors Barbara Scozzi and Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo (Scozzi & Pontrandolfo 2013).

Notes
[1] In America, in particular, the term “campus” denotes integrated structures in a single organisational system of didactic,
residential and service functions, including almost all the student residences within the campus. The morphologic
setting is mostly structured into monofunctional buildings (residences, gyms, library) concieved for convential
typological models and low density building structures immersed in the green, with the dislocation of the collective
services in barycentric areas at the service of several residential structures. This is due to the specific mentality of the
colony, so the American towns, being detached from any connection with history rose as an implant able to maximize
the efficiency of the building zones with the possibility to destine great areas to specific functions (zoning), as the
university (Tafuri & Dal Co, 1979: 32-49).
[2] For the promotion of these concepts several university networks have been instituted, as for example Universities
Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) and the Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
[3] Draft law n. 1733 – converting into Law order from DL 5 January 2015, n. 1, concerning “Urgent provisions for the
conduct of businesses of national strategic interest in crisis and the development of the town and the area of Taranto.
By Doctor Vera Corbelli – Extraordinary Commissioner for the urgent operations of reclaiming, environmentalisation
and requalification of Taranto.
[4] The surface concerned by the interventions within the “National reclaiming plan and environmental restoration”,
approved with the DPCM issued 468/2001 is divided as follows: 22.0 km2 (Salina Grande); around 17 Km of coastal
development. In the Senate of the Republic hearing: Doctor Vera Corbelli, Taranto’s area, state of implementation of
the scenario/route actions to be carried out, ROME – 19 January 2015.
[5] D.L. 129/2012 converted from the Law 171/2012 – art.5 understanding concluded on 26 July 2012. The 65 ME of resources
transfered to the Special Accountability derive from the funds: CIPE (110 ME), MATTM (28 ME), network and mobility
PON (14 ME), research and competition PON (30 ME), c.d. Kyoto Fund (70 ME).

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