Slow regeneration: liveable places for all

Many approaches to a liveable and healthy design can be included in what can be defined as slow regeneration. Slow regeneration is a kind of regeneration which take into account the need of people first and is aimed at changing the places slowly in order to co-create the both new identity of place and its healthy use with and for people according with the times of participation. Indeed, there exist important factors which create good interactions between places and human behaviours, such as: the promotion of daily activities such as walking or cycling which help people in having a healthy weight; the facilitation to easy access to healthy food; and the promotion of connected neighbourhoods and economic development. Aim of this work, carried out in the framework of the IRISS CNR research project “Contemporary urban landscape design: place identity, happiness, liveability, health and sustainability” (with the author’ s responsibility), is to illustrate how a project of slow urban regeneration can be focused on healthy design and improve the liveability of the new place. As means of example, two emblematic case studies - based on the results of different kinds of surveys and questionnaires to users of place - will be showed.