{"id":3495,"date":"2022-04-07T16:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cittasottoscacco.it\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2022-08-06T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T14:15:49","slug":"macchiagodena-the-wayfinding-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cittasottoscacco.it\/index.php\/en\/2022\/04\/07\/macchiagodena-the-wayfinding-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Macchiagodena: the wayfinding project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This article describes the process undertaken by the Municipality of Macchiagodena with the technical and operational support of Citt\u00e0 Sotto Scacco srl to improve local tourist accessibility, improving internal orientation through a wayfinding project. However, let’s take a step back! We first try to provide a framework of the local context.<\/p>

Rural areas, small municipalities scattered around Italy are among the most significant challenges for professionals working in the accessibility and sustainable mobility sector. The low population density and the long distances between small and large centres of inland areas are among the main issues to be addressed when dealing with rural development. A child or an elderly person who lives in a rural area must have the same opportunity to access services as someone who lives in an urban area. This is a very important challenge for Citt\u00e0 Sotto Scacco!<\/p>

For this reason, it is necessary to develop a methodology for involving all the stakeholders and the community in order to find priorities to start from and that can reflect economic and equity needs. In Macchiagodena since 2021, we started from a clear need: to improve the accessibility of the centre for tourists and for those who live the village every day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is a small mountain village of about 1700 inhabitants in the province of Isernia, the national headquarters of the network “The reading villages”. It is an ancient jewel perched on the Molise Apennines. A place that is embarking on a particular path of revitalization and rural tourism development. There are several initiatives and original actions of the Administration to encourage local tourism, with a view to strategic tourism development in the Matese-Sannio area. Among the tourism development initiatives, we find “Genius Loci”, a literary tourism project that represents a good practice for all small Italian villages. In the next lines, we will go a little deeper to understand the objectives of the Municipality of Macchiagodena through the wayfinding project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Wayfinding project in the historic center of Macchiagodena<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Municipality of Macchiagodena had the objective:<\/p>