Deliberative Spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation (DSMCE): Forming Shared Cultural Values

The paper introduces a methodological approach for a Deliberative Spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation (DSM-CE) able to support cultural enhancement, combining deliberative multi-criteria evaluation methods and Geographic Information System (GIS). The purpose concerns the cultural regeneration issue in an interdisciplinary complex decisional context where an interactive decision-making process among the different stakeholders is oriented to the identification of shared cultural values. The decision-making process has been elaborated for the historic centre of Naples (Italy), in order to activate a culture-led regeneration process and to recognise in the culture the ability to influence site-specific planning actions