The Enhancement of the Italian Territory: Alternative Financial Strategies for Small Municipalities (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)

This book presents some alternative models and financial instruments for the enhancement of public properties and urban regeneration operations. Set against the backdrop of the current scenario of competition between cities to attract investments (but also of cooperation in front of challenges posed by sustainable development issues), the book describes the role played by Public Administrations through the measurement and comparison of their efficiency in the bureaucratic procedures in the field of real estate and their knowledge and use of some alternative financial tools, particularly civic crowdfunding. Following a brief overview of public-private partnership, the book highlights the potentialities of civic crowdfunding for the enhancement of public real estate assets in the Italian territory, related to small municipalities, also including some case studies. These good practices prove civic crowdfunding a useful tool not only to finance and implement public interest initiatives, but also to transparently and directly involve citizens. Preface Contents 1 Between Competition and Cooperation: The Enhancement of the City and the Territory 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Enhancing Cities and Territory 1.3 ESG—Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria 1.4 Territorial Marketing References 2 Measurement and Comparison of the Efficiency of the Permits Concession Processes of the Italian Municipalities 2.1 The Role Played by the Public Administration in Attracting Investment 2.2 The Efficiency of the Licence-Issuing Procedures: Italy in the International Scenario 2.3 Results of the Survey 2.4 Special Focus on Alternative Financial Instruments References 3 Alternative Strategies and Financial Instruments for the Enhancement of the Territory 3.1 Public Private [People] Partnership (4P) a Strategy for the Enhancement of Public Properties 3.1.1 Introduction 3.1.2 Some Data 3.1.3 PP(P)P and Municipalities 3.2 Civic Crowdfunding: Alternative Financial Instruments for the Public Administrations 3.2.1 Introduction 3.2.2 Crowdfunding 3.2.3 Civic Crowdfunding 3.2.4 Role of Public Administrations in Civic Crowdfunding 3.2.5 Civic Crowdfunding Platforms in Italy 3.2.6 Civic Crowdfunding Experiences in Italy References 4 Civic Crowdfunding and the Small Italian Municipalities 4.1 Small Italian Municipalities 4.1.1 National Legislation for the Support and Enhancement of Small Municipalities 4.1.2 NRRP—National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR—Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza) 4.2 Civic Crowdfunding in Small Italian Municipalities. Case Studies 4.3 Public Administration 4.3.1 AnciCrowd “La solidarietà non trema” 4.3.2 Veneto Agricoltura 4.4 Other Organizations 4.4.1 Cooperatives 4.4.2 Banks 4.4.3 Banking Foundations 4.4.4 Associations 4.4.5 Ecclesiastical Entities 4.5 Conclusion References