Neighbourhoods in the centre: the NOLO case in the Milan context

Making cities sustainable means creating opportunities for economic growth, safe and affordable housing, supporting resilient and inclusive societies. Urban regeneration can be a valid opportunity and a sustainable response in order to support the positive links between the various areas of the city. However, monitoring is necessary to ensure that the redevelopment and regeneration of the territory does not bring with it the transformation of the use of housing and social spaces, leading into a crisis of consolidated lifestyles, characterized by bonds of solidarity and mutuality. The role of the public sector is not to prevent the transformative process of the market which is characterized by its role as a force in urban regeneration processes, but rather to propose public policies that can control the possible negative effects of transformations. For Milan looking to 2030, at the centre of an epochal urban transformation, the challenge is open: to regenerate without leaving any place or person behind. The Milanese district North of Loreto (NoLo) is the proposed case study.