Piattaforme digitali per le aree interne: il caso studio di Stigliano

The contribution inquires into the methods and relevance of the use of digital twin within urban planning processes, applied to the cultural and landscape heritage of small historic centers in inner areas. These territorial presidia of high fragility generally suffer from a continuous population loss making the conservation of their historic built heritage difficult and the preservation of territorial relations quite precarious. Indeed, these contexts are continuously in need of new strategies and best practices to evaluate their tangible and intangible resources. The project GO-IN! proposes to create a replicable protocol to structure inner areas digital twins, whose purpose, from the point of view of urban planning and evaluation of intervention strategies, is a thorough and comprehensive cognitive framework to encourage the conscious planning and evaluation of specific and network resources in remote rural hamlets and their reference territory. The case study is the small historic town of Stigliano (MT) in Basilicata, the larger hamlet of the Inner Area 'Montagna Materana' and the leader municipality. The contribution delves into the necessary premises to this application, by investigating the role of digital twins in planning and management practices for inner areas.