Perspective (graphical)

Poverty

Circular economy

Economic growth

Biology

Environmental planning

Economy

Artificial intelligence

Economics

Geography

Regeneration (biology)

Ecology

Economic geography

Unemployment

Urban regeneration

Underdevelopment

Computer science

Cell biology

Economic system

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Each city is a living organism with its own dynamics. Cities, as complex dynamic and adaptive systems, are able ofself-organization/self-management. There are many causes of the decline of cities today (poverty, unemployment, etc.) that interdepend on the others in continuous retroactive processes. The general proposal of this paper refers to a key word: “regeneration” as revitalization of the activities in the perspective of the circular economy/city. The aim is to explore how an urban circular economy can be implemented through a cultural landscape-based approach, analysing the case study of Matera (Italy) and assuming the interdependence between a specific landscape and the circular economy/city models. The aim is to understand how to transform a millennial experience of underdevelopment into a dynamic development perspective.

Matera: city of nature, city of culture, city of regeneration. Towards a landscape-based and culture-based urban circular economy