Inner Areas in Italy

This title is a timely contribution to the international academic and policy debate on 'Inner Peripheries' and on the possible measures to reduce inequalities among different regions in Europe. In the framework of the EU Cohesion Policies 2014-2020, a groundbreaking experience of place sensitive interventions addressing marginal areas was promoted in Italy, i.e. the National Strategies for the Inner Areas (SNAI). Inner Areas were identified by SNAI, starting from 2012, due to their remoteness, environmental and architectural fragility, relative poverty, marginality and shrinking trends. The authors of this book elaborate on the outcomes of the first funding cycle of SNAI (2014-2020) and look towards the coming cycle.