The recovery of the waterfront as opportunity of urban consolidation for Naples

The proposed work is divided into two parts. In the first part, we investigate the phenomenon of “waterfront renaissance” pointing out actors and tools of change, which starting from America cities have been affecting the main European port cities. The overview on the most important cases allows us to determine some key points characterizing many interventions of urban waterfront re-qualification. In the second part, the work aims at defining areas, tools and actors involved in the change affecting the city of Naples, with particular reference to restore the relation between city and sea, described in the new general master plan, approved in 2004. The peculiarity of Naples - which, in order to improve the relation with sea, chose the cooperation among administrative bodies and the recovery of areas to be given to public use – represents the starting point for determining the factors helping to realize the spaces of intersection among city, port and sea.