Naples coastline regeneration – Technicalcontrol tools

In both national and European contexts, urban waterfronts regeneration processes show how important it is to promote, for a widespread housing quality, a governance philosophy that provides an integrated system of economic, technological and social measures. Urban coastlines are meaningful environmental, economic and social resources for seaside cities. Natural and anthropic characters preservation, high safety and comfort performances, should be associated with enhancements, such as the promotion of tourist micro marinas, urban coast connections, temporary event services preconfiguration, etc., that follow a work philosophy aimed to favor widespread micro regenerations with a systemic view of city parts. For this purpose, design support tools are particularly useful, as they offer a contribution to the upstream coordination of the regeneration process, collecting and integrating the interests of the involved subjects with the community needs. The paper deals with the experience of studies and applied researches, carried out by a group of researchers of the Department of Urban Design and Planning (DPUU), University of Naples Federico II. The topic of technical control tools is treated with specific reference to the one developed for the coastline in the urban area of the city of Naples. Here, the whole complex of small landings and existing ports has been systematized, by setting criteria to make feasible good practices for small-scale regeneration processes and to promote appropriate design solutions to physical, cultural and economic contexts. Properly governed sustainable technologies may actually be the successful response of the local government to the need of ensuring compatibility between the use of specific parts of the city and the necessary social and economic sustainability in current urban regeneration processes.