Sustainable Management of Transnational Megaprojects

Chapter 7BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LOCAL IDENTITY AND COMMUNITIES

ABSTRACT: This chapter focuses on recent forms of neo-rural entrepreneurship in the Susa Valley (Alpine Valley) relying on the debate about the new “centrality” of the mountain areas, a discourse that can be placed at the intersection of different local development interpretative models in which the traditional urban-centric perception of mountain territories, traditionally described as “intermediate” or “marginal” territories has weakened. In particular, the analysis will focus on 1. the conditions that allowed new forms of entrepreneurship in the Susa Valley, as well as the critical issues that hindered the establishment and development ...