Il fiume quale elemento di rigenerazione urbana e territoriale.

The European hydraulic is a hidden potential for sustainable development. Such a precious, historic heritage deserves today a renewed, coordinated commitment to its re-valuation, by considering both the structural hydraulic works (canals, bridges, locks, shipyards, mills, quays) and the historic artefacts in peril (traditional wooden boats). It is therefore necessary to develop new, more coordinated strategies promote, on the one hand, the memory and identity of hydraulic heritage in a European perspective, linking the institutional activities and encouraging the exchange of experiences and, on the other, to develop new opportunities for a slow ecotourism not only along the European waterways, but also considering canals and small rivers as drivers of sustainable development. This European network should today be considered as a whole system, across national boundaries and administrative borders, as well as a strategic tool to launch innovative policies for regional development.