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CENTER FOR SELF-SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
[LABSLA: LABoratorio per lo Sviluppo Locale Autosostenibile]
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The Center for Self-Sustainable Local Development (LABSLA) is a research oriented branch of the Department of Economic and Social Regional Analysis (DAEST) at the University of Architecture (IUAV) in Venice, Italy. Initiated in 1994, the Center is coordinated by Erich Roberto Trevisiol and brings together research assistants, recent graduates, thesis candidates, and others to participate in discussion groups and to carry out team projects. The Center conducts research for CNR and MURST, hosts international research conferences and pannel discussions, and organizes training activities and workshops for graduates. The Center is also an active participant in external regional research efforts  (ANAB, INBAR, Comitato Scientifico Legambiente) and provides scientific and technical consulting services for city and regional environmental groups (Forum per La Laguna di Venezia.) 

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"ATLASES FOR SELF-SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT"
MURST RESEARCH 40%
VENICE, 20/12/00
 

 
 
 
 
The Center takes a sustainable approach to urban and regional planning, focusing on environmentally sound, locally manageable solutions. 

Self-Sustainable Local Development: the concept of local development is based on the rediscovery of the local patrimony. 

The concept of self-sustainability is based on the assumption that only a new, mutually responsive relationship between residents/producers and territory can provide longlasting equilibrium between human settlements and the environment. Self-sustaining projects integrate new ideas and technology with knowledge of environmental history. 

The Center’s research involves regions (the Venetian Lagoon, Environs of Roncofreddo, Agno Valley, etc.) and cities (Padua, Cesena, Venice, etc.). Research is coordinated with other universities both in Europe and elsewhere, as well as with non-profit partners abroad (Sweden, Germany, Jordan, Argentina). Other research has been conducted in collaboration with the Post-graduate program in Urban and Regional Planning for Developing Countries of the IUAV (Colombia, Brasil). 

Since 1995 the Center’s research has concentrated on the integrated management of the water cycle in settlements through the use of ecologically sound technologies (the reuse, recycling, restoration, and purification of water within a city or settlement.) 
 

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