“Back to the Villages”: Design Sustainable Development Scenarios for In-Land Areas

In-land Areas refers to territories that are farther from cities, often located in mountainous contexts, where job opportunities are less frequent. The National Strategy for Internal Areas (SNAI) represents an innovative national policy for development and territorial cohesion that aims to counter the marginalization and demographic decline phenomena specific to the In-land areas Italy and ultimately countering their “demographic negative trend”. This paper aims to structure a strategic planning process aimed at answering those critical issues within a specific marginal area of Basilicata including four municipalities: Albano di Lucania, Campomaggiore, Castelmezzano, and Pietrapertosa. The methodological framework is based on the Logical Framework Approach as a preliminary analytical-knowledge phase to a co-design exercise that will be carried out with the main actors of the context within a specific Geodesign workshop. The LFA main output are discussed in the paper pointing out the rational process of strategic planning development.