The Blue Frontiers report is a useful tool for those who intervene in the management and transformation
of the fi ve waterfront examined by the WaRe project but, more generally, can be taken as a model for
comparative analysis of processes of revitalization in complex pieces of territory.
As shown in the text and in the articulated comparison tables, the process of redefi nition waterfront areas
can be understood as a laboratory for the analysis of the complexity in the relationship between built and
natural environment. An environment rich in economic, social, environmental potentials, but vulnerable
on many fronts.
The case studies, each one diff erent in terms of dimensional, economic, historical, administrative aspects,
share the fact of being regeneration processes in progress. This makes this work a valuable observation of
alive processes, caughts in their development, including expected results but also unforeseen problems
and yet untapped potential.
