Ripensare la scuola per rigenerare la città: abitare la transizione socio-ecologica Benedetta Masiani University of Florence, Italy This is a section of La città fa scuola, la scuola fa città(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0929-8) by Benedetta Masiani Firenze University Press Florence 2026 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0929-8.07

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School is rethought as a civic and spatial infrastructure for socio-ecological transition, linking urban regeneration, proximity and collective life. Through place-based practices, it acts as a catalyst for community resilience, redefining the relationship between education, space and inhabiting.

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