Planning and Then Measuring Resilience in the Urban Periphery: The Case of the Northern Area of Turin in Italy

The expression crisis, from Greek “Krino”, means separating, choosing or, discern, evaluate, judge. The crisis therefore requires reflection, an assessment, a discernment that can be the conditions for improvement or rebirth, requires that society verify its ability to measure its own “resilience”. This can be done through techniques involving multiple representations with finely designed indicators that can unfold, through thematic descriptions, complexity and allow the intertwining of the results in a dynamic vision and a productive perspective. The northern suburbs of Turin (Italy) are today affected by complex urban transformation and regeneration processes articulated in functional mixes that support social regeneration and housing policies alongside temporary residential and commercial interventions. Two specific district of Turin, Borgata Vittoria and Pietra Alta, will be presented as an applicative case study of the indicators and graphic codes identified in the methodological approach.